NEW YORK — They are among the brightest political stars rising from New York. They were born just months apart, 40 years after the founding of Israel. And at the most fraught moment for U.S.-Israeli relations in decades, the clashing views of U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres, both Democrats, offer a striking glimpse into the future of one of U.S. politics’ fiercest debates. Ocasio-Cortez, the left-wing standard-bearer known for her social media mastery, has bucked Democrati
Representing neighboring districts in the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres have staked sharply divergent positions on the Israel-Hamas war.
Last week at a private New York City college, Jewish students in a library stood behind locked doors as a group of pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas protesters banged with their fists, shouting “Free Palestine.” Librarians apparently told Jewish students to “hide in the attic if they wanted to,” words that instantly drew haunting parallels to Anne Frank during the Holocaust.