Mallory McMorrow said she was open to discussing defensive systems for Palestinians and Lebanese after being pressed on her support for Israel’s Iron Dome, saying civilians should not live in fear of being bombed.
A campaign spokesperson later said that openness did not extend to Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza and framed her position around ending the war and securing lasting peace.
McMorrow also said she would have backed Bernie Sanders’ failed April resolution to block some weapons sales to Israel and did not push back as podcast hosts denounced Israel as an apartheid state.
The remarks land in Michigan’s bruising three-way Democratic Senate primary, where McMorrow, Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens are competing for Jewish, Muslim and Arab voters ahead of the August contest.
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