The most controversial Congressional primary in history is about Israel — and so much more

On Saturday, Representative Jamaal Bowman held a rally at St Mary’s Park in the birthplace of hip-hop, where he quoted lines from Boogie Down Production’s “South Bronx.”

Bowman brought out the big guns — and not just his biceps, that he says he has earned from bench-pressing 405 pounds — including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders.

Bowman, a member of the Squad who once pulled off a shocker primary challenge, now faces an unprecedented onslaught from a primary challenger backed by pro-Israel Democrats — including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — in what has become the most expensive congressional primary in American history.

“We are going to show f**king AIPAC the power of the motherf**king South Bronx,” Bowman said at his rally, in reference to the money provided by the advocacy group to his opponent in an effort to unseat him.

But Bowman’s district does not include the South Bronx. Rather, Representative Ritchie Torres, an ardently pro-Israel Democrat who quit the Congressional Progressive Caucus, can call the South Bronx part of his district.

The contest between Bowman and his opponent, George Latimer, has focused heavily on the subject of Israel. That’s because the United Democracy Project, AIPAC’s political action committee, has spent $14.03 million in the race already. Latimer’s campaign had also received more than $1.2 million from AIPAC’s PAC as of June 5.

But the race has become about so much more, including race, Donald Trump and what it means to adequately support President Joe Biden.

Bowman claims that his public support for a ceasefire in Gaza made him a target for AIPAC and led to them supporting his opponent.

In his speech about the primary, he used