‘I DON’T … CONSIDER ISRAEL A

REAL PLACE’: UPSTART

CANDIDATE CHALLENGES ARCH-
ZIONIST DEBBIE WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ
Jen Perelman’s unapologetically anti-Zionist, pro-Palestinian views
have made her a potent challenger to incumbent Wasserman Schulz
in the race for Florida’s 25th congressional district.
BY MARC STEINER JUNE 25, 2024
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Jen Perelman, Democratic primary challenger in the race for Florida's
25th congressional district. Photo courtesy of Jen Perelman for
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Jen Perelman challenged incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz once

before for Florida’s 25th congressional seat in the 2022 Democratic
primary. Now, Perelman is back, and this time her staunch anti-
Zionism is front and center in her campaign to unseat Wasserman
Schultz, one of the most dedicated Zionists in Congress. Perelman sits
down with The Marc Steiner Show for a tell-all interview, covering
everything from her personal journey out of Zionism, to her plans to
be a loud and proud “outlier” in Congress if elected.

Studio Production: Cameron Granadino

Post-Production: Alina Nehlich

TRANSCRIPT

The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A

proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.

Marc Steiner:
Welcome to The Marc Steiner Show here on The Real News. I’m Marc
Steiner. It’s great to have you all with us. Two years ago in the
Democratic primary, Jen Perelman ran for Congress against sitting
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 25th
congressional district. She got 30% of the vote running as a
progressive on domestic issues like healthcare for all, ending corporate
welfare, environmental justice, and took on the power of APAC. She
ran on her experience as a former Zionist, as someone who loved and
spent time in Israel, but then the oppressive nature of the occupation
got to her as to many other people, and she’s running again in a very
different atmosphere. After October the seventh, after that attack by
Hamas, 251 people taken hostage and then the war by Israel on Gaza
where over 30,000 have been killed, over 80,000 wounded, tens of
thousands missing, 80% of Gaza destroyed, and a growing percentage
of the Jewish world opposing this war and others as well, obviously. So
once again, we talked with Jen Perelman, an attorney, an activist
running for Congress in Florida’s 25th district. And welcome Jen.
Good to have you here.