Gaza protests against two Democrats spark outcry and debate on tactics

<p>Incidents involving California state senator Scott Wiener and New York congressman Dan Goldman underscore Israel-Palestine conflict’s role in US elections</p><p>Two recent incidents involving US congressional candidates on opposite coasts have blown up into major controversies, underscoring how the Israel-Palestine conflict has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/22/israel-new-york-mayoral-race">transformed US elections</a> – and illustrating how aggressive protest tactics can spark backlash that overshadows the issues activists meant to highlight.</p><p>Scott Wiener, a gay Jewish state senator and trans rights advocate who is currently the frontrunner in the race to replace the longtime representative Nancy Pelosi in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a>’s 11th district, said he felt forced to leave last week’s annual trans pride march in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/san-francisco">San Francisco</a> after a group of people ran up to him at a local park where the event was taking place, surrounded him and screamed at him over his positions on Israel’s war on Gaza.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/05/gaza-protests-democrats-debate-on-tactics">Continue reading...</a>

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