Jewish anti-Zionist candidate David Orkin wins NY Assembly primary amid leftist sweep

[David__77]

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Orkin, 35, an immigrant workers’ rights attorney and union organizer, received 58.8 percent of the vote, while Rajkumar, who has represented the district since 2021 and is the first South Asian woman ever elected to office in the state, received 40.9%. The district covers a swath of Queens, including parts of Ridgewood, Glendale, Ozone Park, Woodhaven and Richmond Hill.

“Pro-Palestine candidates are sweeping in NYC tonight,” Jewish Voice for Peace Action wrote in a post on Instagram celebrating Orkin’s win Tuesday. “Palestine was on the ballot — and won. David will be a champion for Palestinian freedom in Albany.”

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While Orkin was not endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose winning endorsements of Lander, Chevalier and Valdez signaled a pro-Palestinian lurch for the party in the city with the world’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel. Nonetheless, his victory elevated a self-described anti-Zionist to the ranks of New York’s elected officials at a time when debates over Israel have become increasingly prominent within Democratic politics.

While Israel-related issues were not listed on Orkin’s platform, which centered on affordability and immigration, he repeatedly expressed his support for a “free Palestine” and attacked Rajkumar’s record of support for the Jewish state during his campaign.

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-anti-zionist-candidate-david-orkin-wins-ny-assembly-primary-amid-leftist-sweep/

[3_Limes]

1. This pleases me.

[Initech]

2. Netanyahu is playing with fire, both literally and figuratively.

If we sweep this election, he needs to be completely cut off. No more money for genocide.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Bibi and Itmar did this!

There is no justification for their actions. Demolishing Lebanon? WTF is this? The world should sanction Israel.

[3_Limes]

5. And which part of being againt genocide is anti-semitic?

Please point it out.

[legallyblondeNYC]

6. Do you believe in reparations?

[3_Limes]

7. Not sure I understand what's being asked here.

What reparations? And how is the topic related to my post?

[aocommunalpunch]

8. Israel is Judaism?

Anti-Zionism makes a lot of sense. Antisemitism doesn’t.

[3_Limes]

12. Bullshit!

[legallyblondeNYC]

10. Do you believe in reparations?

[3_Limes]

14. Please explain why you're asking this. Out of contex the question is meaningless.

[PatSeg]

11. Opposing a militant tyrant like Netanyahu

as he bombs innocent civilians is hardly antisemitism. This is about right-wing extremism, not the Jewish people.

Cruelty is cruelty regardless of who is the perpetrator and who is the victim. Bibi is a corrupt leader and like our corrupt leader, is trying to avoid accountability for his crimes.

[legallyblondeNYC]

13. "This is about right-wing extremism...." - precisely!

It's not about an entire nation or a people.