Samelys Lopez hopes to bring her brand of working-class politics to Washington and that includes supporting Palestinian rights and the right to boycott Israel.
By Alex Kane | +972Magazine | May 26, 2020
‘I stand against colonization and human rights abuses in every continent and will fight for liberation from occupation for all people,’
— Samelys López, New York 15th District congressional candidate
As one of 12 Democratic candidates running to represent New York’s 15th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives this June, Samelys Lopez has to distinguish herself. One way the community organizer from the South Bronx is doing so is by speaking out on Palestine.
Unlike her main opponents — New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, who has pitched himself as a progressive for Israel, and Ruben Diaz Sr., whose Israel support stems from his evangelical background — Lopez is staunchly committed to Palestinian human rights. Her pro-Palestinian stance has won her the endorsement of Jewish Voice for Peace Action, the political and advocacy arm of Jewish Voice for Peace.
“I stand against colonization and human rights abuses in every continent and will fight for liberation from occupation for all people,” Lopez said in a statement accompanying the news of JVPA’s endorsement.
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