Pelosi-backed US candidate calls for ‘full arms embargo’ on Israel

Connie Chan, endorsed by Nancy Pelosi to succeed her in California, says she will vote to ‘end a genocide in Gaza’.

US Representative Nancy Pelosi, centre-left, and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, centre-right, stand for a group photo at a Get Out the Vote rally on May 29, 2026, in San Francisco, California [Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images]

Connie Chan, the US Democrat endorsed by former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to succeed her in California’s 11th congressional district, has called for a “full arms embargo on the Israeli government”.

In a televised debate on Thursday night, days before mail-in ballots are sent to California voters, Chan said that “on day one in Congress” she would vote to “end a genocide in Gaza and to end an apartheid state”.

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Chan, a San Francisco supervisor, faces fellow Democrat and California state Senator Scott Wiener in the race to succeed Pelosi. The former House speaker, 86, is not seeking re-election.

All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are at stake in November’s midterm elections, with both parties vying for control of Congress.

While on Capitol Hill, Pelosi long supported Israel , condemning efforts to boycott or sanction the country and voting in favour of military aid.

Chan said humanitarian aid must be prioritised and told debate moderators she would not support funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system.

Wiener has also described Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide and said he would oppose funding for the Israeli military and the provision of bombs or offensive weapons.

“This government, and it’s not just [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, is an absolute abomination, in my view, in terms of what it has inflicted on Gaza, in terms of Israel empowering settler violence and land grabs in the West Bank,” Wiener said.

The race comes amid divisions in Congress over US support for Israel. Nearly all Senate Democrats recently backed an unsuccessful effort to require a State Department report on Israel’s human rights practices, including the killings of nine Americans in the occupied West Bank.

This week, several House members also introduced the Stop the Settlements Act, which would impose sanctions on individuals and entities involved in building or expanding illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

获得南希·佩洛西支持，有望接替她在加州的席位的康妮·陈表示，她将投票“结束加沙的种族灭绝”。

2026年5月29日，美国众议员南希·佩洛西（左二）和旧金山监事康妮·陈（右二）在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行的“投票动员”集会上合影。[Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images]

获得前众议院议长南希·佩洛西支持的美国民主党人康妮·陈（Connie Chan）将接替她在加利福尼亚州第 11 选区的席位，她呼吁对以色列政府实施“全面武器禁运”。

在周四晚间的一场电视辩论中，距离邮寄选票寄往加州选民还有几天时间，陈表示，她“在国会的第一天”就会投票“结束加沙的种族灭绝，结束种族隔离国家”。

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以色列定居者在西岸发动种族清洗，袭击农民，士兵殴打记者（共3条记录，此为第2条）

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旧金山监事会成员陈静将在竞选接替佩洛西的席位时，与同为民主党人的加州参议员斯科特·维纳展开角逐。这位86岁的前众议院议长不寻求连任。

11 月的中期选举将决定众议院全部 435 个席位和参议院 35 个席位的归属，两党都将争夺国会的控制权。

在国会山任职期间，佩洛西长期支持以色列，谴责抵制或制裁该国的企图，并投票支持对以色列的军事援助。

陈女士表示，人道主义援助必须优先考虑，并告诉辩论主持人，她不会支持为以色列的“铁穹”导弹防御系统提供资金。

维纳还称以色列对加沙的袭击是种族灭绝，并表示他将反对为以色列军队提供资金以及提供炸弹或进攻性武器。

维纳说：“在我看来，这个政府，不仅仅是以色列总理内塔尼亚胡，简直令人发指，因为它对加沙造成了灾难，以色列助长了定居者暴力和在西岸掠夺土地的行为。”

此次选举正值美国国会就美国对以色列的支持问题存在分歧之际。几乎所有参议院民主党人最近都支持一项最终未能通过的提案，该提案要求国务院提交一份关于以色列人权状况的报告，其中包括九名美国人在被占领的西岸地区被杀害的事件。

本周，几位众议院议员还提出了《停止定居点法案》，该法案将对参与在被占领的西岸和加沙地带建造或扩建以色列非法定居点的个人和实体实施制裁。