Yuh-Line Niou endorses boycott of Israel in crowded NY Congress race

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Yuh-Line Niou endorses boycott of Israel in crowded NY Congress race

By Carl Campanile
July 11, 2022

Manhattan-Brooklyn congressional candidate Yuh-Line Niou has endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel in her platform — provoking condemnation from a leading opponent and the head of the state Democratic Party.

Niou, a state assemblywoman who represents Chinatown and the Lower East Side, is running for an open seat in the 10th Congressional District that takes in brownstone Brooklyn, parts of heavily orthodox-Jewish Borough Park and downtown Manhattan.

“I believe in the right to protest as a fundamental tenet of western democracy, so I do support BDS,” Niou said in an email to the Jewish Insider.

Niou has gained some traction after winning the endorsement of the left-leaning Working Families Party while the socialist left supports the BDS movement against the Jewish State.

But a leading opponent in the congressional race, former Mayor Bill de Blasio, slammed Niou for turning against Israel.


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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/07/11/yuh-line-niou-endorses-boycott-of-israel-in-crowded-ny-congress-race/?dicbo=v2-11785b3e5207ebe23d1799a1a1e8dc36