Anti-Israel Activist Who Linked 9/11 Terrorist Attacks to Islamophobia Wins New York State Senate Election Aber Kawas, representative of the Democratic Party and Democratic Socialists of America, has won the election in New York's 12th Senate District. According to preliminary results, she received 74.5% of the votes. In 2017, Kawas said that the September 11 terrorist attacks were one of the manifestations of a long history of racism, colonialism and Islamophobia. She called it unfair to demand Muslims apologize for attacks carried out by terrorists. A separate scandal was caused by a video from a 2016 rally in which Kawas shows a film with Hamas symbols. The activist is known for her anti-Israel stance, supporting a boycott of Israel and collaborating with Zohar Mamdani. She is Palestinian-American and practices Islam.

Anti-Israel Activist Who Linked 9/11 Terrorist Attacks to Islamophobia Wins New York State Senate Election Aber Kawas, representative of the Democratic Party and Democratic Socialists of America, has won the election in New York's 12th Senate District. According to preliminary results, she received 74.5% of the votes. In 2017, Kawas said that the September 11 terrorist attacks were one of the manifestations of a long history of racism, colonialism and Islamophobia. She called it unfair to demand Muslims apologize for attacks carried out by terrorists. A separate scandal was caused by a video from a 2016 rally in which Kawas shows a film with Hamas symbols. The activist is known for her anti-Israel stance, supporting a boycott of Israel and collaborating with Zohar Mamdani. She is Palestinian-American and practices Islam.