{"id":567561,"date":"2026-07-30T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/567561\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:22:09","slug":"anti-israel-activist-launches-bid-to-unseat-pro-israel-maryland-congressman-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/567561\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel activist launches bid to unseat pro-Israel Maryland congressman &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (July 30, 2026 \/ JNS)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Anti-Israel activist and writer Osama (\u201cSam\u201d) Husseini has formed an exploratory committee for a congressional campaign challenging Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) in Maryland\u2019s 4th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to make a decision soon,\u201d Husseini, a Palestinian-Jordanian-American, wrote in announcing the committee\u2019s formation. He secured the Green Party\u2019s nomination for the race earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Husseini serves as senior analyst and communications director for the Institute for Public Accuracy, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that promotes progressive voices as expert sources for journalists. He previously worked with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, Husseini was forcibly <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/at-fiery-farewell-press-conference-blinken-calls-ceasefire-delay-temporary-loose-end\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">removed<\/a> from the U.S. State Department briefing room during then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2019s final press conference after repeatedly interrupting Blinken\u2019s remarks and questioning U.S. policy toward Israel and the war in Gaza. As security officers escorted him out, Husseini shouted, \u201cCriminal! Why aren\u2019t you in The Hague?\u201d in reference to the International Criminal Court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Husseini has referred to Ivey, a two-term congressman, as \u201cAIPAC Ivey,\u201d writing that the congressman \u201cloves going to imperial Israel\u201d and criticizing his support for U.S. military aid to Israel, which Husseini claims furthers the \u201ccontinuation of Israel\u2019s genocidal campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Husseini faces an Aug. 3 deadline to file a certificate of candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Ivey defeated four challengers in this year\u2019s Democratic primary and is set to face Republican George McDermott, a small-business owner and perennial candidate whom Ivey defeated by a wide margin in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(July 30, 2026 \/ JNS) Anti-Israel activist and writer Osama (\u201cSam\u201d) Husseini has formed an exploratory committee for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-567561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}