Rep. Bowman says there must be 'clear distinction' between Israel's citizens, government

Rep. Jamaal Bowman is calling for a "clear distinction" between Israel's citizens and its government, saying the "Israeli government is not representative of the Jewish people."

"The Israeli government is not representative of the Jewish people. Those are two different things," the congressman said in a video posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "And so when I criticize the Israeli government, I’m not criticizing Jewish people. When I’m criticizing the Myanmar government, I'm not criticizing Buddhists. When I’m criticizing Saudi Arabia, I’m not criticizing Muslims. When I criticize the U.S., I'm criticizing the U.S. government."

"Because our governments have to do better for its people as opposed to using our people and our trauma and our grief and our suffering for their own power," he continued.