LA Mayoral Candidates Bass and Raman Split on Gaza and the Term Genocide During Jewish Federation Forum

Karen Bass splits with Nithya Raman on Israel in Los Angeles mayoral race

The race to determine who will lead one of the United States’s largest cities took a twist Tuesday, when the two women battling to win Los Angeles’s mayoral race sharply diverged over Israel. While the California metropolis holds the second-largest population of Jewish residents in the U.S., the issue of antisemitism, which is surging in the city, has been on the back burner in the race, as incumbent Mayor Karen Bass fights to stave off a challe…

LA mayoral candidates Bass and Raman split on Gaza and the term genocide during Jewish Federation forum

LOS ANGELES - The candidates for Los Angeles mayor gave opposing takes on the war in Gaza on Tuesday night, with Council member Nithya Raman saying Israel has committed genocide and Mayor Karen Bass asserting the term is inappropriate.

Candidate Nithya Raman Tells 1,000 Jews That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza

LOS ANGELES - City Councilmember Nithya Raman walked into a packed Jewish Federation mayoral forum at the Skirball Cultural Center on Tuesday night and told a crowd of about 1,000 that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The word landed like a brick. Parts of the hall groaned. Raman said she understood it was "a deeply painful word" with a "historical context" that mattered...

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Bass and Raman split on Gaza and the term genocide during Jewish Federation forum

Councilmember Nithya Raman defended her use of the term genocide, saying she relied on international experts. Asked if she thinks the term is appropriate, Bass said: "No, I don't."