{"id":3754,"date":"2017-02-01T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/?page_id=3754"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:46:05","slug":"randy-fines-opponent-josh-weil-called-for-withdrawing-u-s-support-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ajcongress.org\/jewishpoliticalguide\/randy-fines-opponent-josh-weil-called-for-withdrawing-u-s-support-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Fine\u2019s opponent Josh Weil called for withdrawing U.S. support for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OCALA, FLORIDA – MARCH 26: Democratic nominee Josh Weil speaks during a campaign stop at the Silver Springs Shores Community Center on March 26, 2025 in Ocala, Florida. Polls show that Mr. Weil is within the margin of error in defeating Republican Randy Fine to flip National Security Advisor Mike Waltz’s old seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The race for the 6th district is one of two Florida Congressional special elections set for April 1st. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Published originally by Jewish Insider<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Weil, the Democratic challenger to Florida state Sen. Randy Fine in Tuesday\u2019s special election in Florida\u2019s 6th Congressional District, said in 2021 that the U.S. should withdraw its support for Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil, who was initially seen as having little chance of victory in a district President Donald Trump carried by 30 points, raised close to $10 million and has mounted an aggressive campaign against Fine, prompting consternation<\/a> among top Republicans. Republican internal polling<\/a> reportedly shows Fine trailing, though Republicans in the state say publicly that they\u2019re confident he\u2019ll win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil, a teacher, previously ran a long-shot campaign for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2022. During that campaign, in 2021, Weil said that he sought an end to U.S. military aid to Israel while criticizing efforts at the time to evict Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil said he condemned<\/a> \u201cIsrael\u2019s state-sanctioned violence against Palestinians\u201d and urged the U.S. government to work to stop the evictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent podcast interview<\/a>, Weil nodded in agreement as a co-host described Fine, who is Jewish and outspoken in support of Israel, as \u201cunabashedly psycho pro-Israel\u201d and said that a Weil victory would be \u201ca direct shot across the bow against Zionism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine has accused<\/a> Weil of antisemitism and of having a \u201cdeep-seated hate of Israel and Jews.\u201d He has branded Weil, who is Muslim, as \u201cJihad Josh,\u201d accusing him of supporting Islamic terrorism. Fine has a history of comments<\/a> that critics have characterized as Islamophobic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine has gone after his opponent<\/a> for a range of other issues, including allegedly hiring a convicted violent felon to work on his campaign and for a physical encounter with a student that allegedly left the student injured. Fine has linked the latter incident<\/a> to Weil\u2019s conversion to Islam in 2011 after he married a Muslim woman, claiming Weil \u201cwas radicalized into violence and criminality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine has suggested that Weil converted to Islam in response to the 9\/11 attacks, even though the conversion came a decade later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fine has further criticized Weil\u2019s use of the ActBlue Democratic fundraising platform, which Fine said is \u201cunder investigation for laundering Islamic terror money.\u201d A House member urged the administration in recent weeks to investigate ActBlue because it has been used to raise money for Palestinian groups allegedly affiliated with terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil has also faced accusations of stalking and of driving without a proper license, which Fine has seized on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil has been criticized inside his own party<\/a> for running advertisements featuring Democratic Party leaders without their consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weil\u00a0said during his 2022 Senate campaign<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cONLY a Socialist can win Florida\u201d and has\u00a0made homophobic comments<\/a>\u00a0about Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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