Eliot Engel
If the deal goes through, the UAE would be the second country in the Middle East after Israel to have the advanced fighter jets.
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) were two of 58 members of Congress to skip Netanyahu’s speech.
“His constituents apparently concluded that he had lost touch with them, and that is, of course, wholly their decision to make,” said Democratic Majority for Israel president Mark Mellman.
“We’re battling for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party,” said the 16-term New York legislator during a virtual event hosted by NORPAC.
With comparisons being made to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset of former Rep. Joe Crowley in 2018, his job may be in jeopardy as New York voters head to the polls on June 23.
