Progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman called Nikki Haley a “disgusting human being” for writing “finish them” on an IDF bomb during a visit to Israel shortly after a refugee camp was attacked this weekend.
“Nikki Haley is disgusting. She’s a disgusting human being to do that,” he told CNN’s Abby Phillip.
“That is genocidal language and it is the language that is turning the American people against our government.”
The cheeky photo was taken by Israel’s former UN ambassador Danny Danon while Haley was visiting the country’s northern border with Lebanon.
“Why do we continue to support not only the continued attacks in Gaza, but also the perpetual wars?” Bowman continued. “There are people in our country, all their lives, including me. It seems like we are constantly at war with someone who is spending trillions and killing millions, while people here in our country are suffering, starving and dying.”
Progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman called Nikki Haley a “disgusting human being” for writing “finish them” on an IDF bomb during a visit to Israel shortly after it attacked a refugee camp this weekend
Nikki Haley, 52, was traveling along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon when the photo opportunity occurred. The former governor of South Carolina also wrote: ‘America loves Israel’
Bowman also attacked President Joe Biden for his support for Israel as Palestinian civilian casualties have risen.
Last week, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) demanded that Israel cease operations in Rafah due to the impact on civilians, and the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
“American weapons are burning young children alive and that is why he must respond,” Bowman urged Biden. “We cannot send another weapon or another dollar to Israel [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu at this point because they have made progress on what the ICJ has called a plausible genocide, and everyone sees it. My district sees it, the country sees it.”
Bowman is in a contentious primary against AIPAC-backed Westchester County Executive George Latimer, and Israeli-linked political groups are pouring millions into the race against him.
The progressive New Yorker has called reports that Hamas beheaded babies in the October 7 attack “propaganda” and has introduced legislation to provide $14 trillion in reparations to the US’s 42 million black citizens.
“What America needs to understand is that if Israel is fighting our enemies, how can we not help them,” Haley said after her message about the IDF grenade.
“The sure way not to help Israel is to withhold weapons. The sure way not to help Israel is to praise the ICC, the International Court of Justice or anyone else who condemns Israel rather than condemning what is happening.”
“America must do what Israel needs and stop telling them how to fight this war. You’re either a friend or you’re not a friend.’
During her recent visit to the Jewish state, Haley also toured southern Israel, where she met with survivors of the brutal Hamas attack on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of 1,200 people and the kidnapping of 253 others.
In the aftermath of that attack, more than 36,000 Palestinians, including large numbers of young children, were killed in waves of Israeli attacks, according to the Gaza-led Health Ministry.