Image: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Wesley Bell, and Jared Moskowitz. Composite: Getty Images

Robert Tait of The Guardian reports: “Three pro-Israel Democrats have been given key roles on a powerful congressional body overseeing US foreign policy in a move rounding sharply counter to popular sentiment within the party and likely to anger leftwing activists.

The appointments to the US House of Representatives foreign affairs committee follow a succession of wins in party primaries for progressive candidates who put criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza at the core of their campaign messages.

In an apparent effort to stem the anti-Israeli tide, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a representative from Florida, and Missouri representative Wesley Bell will join the committee, while Jared Moskowitz, also from Florida, becomes the Democrats’ ranking member on the sub-committee for the Middle East and North Africa…

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