Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) last month paid a pro-Palestinian activist who previously raised funds for refugee camps in the West Bank that Israeli authorities say have become hubs for Hamas, a Washington Examiner review of the congresswoman’s campaign spending receipts found.
According to Ocasio-Cortez’s recently released Federal Election Commission disclosures, she gave $375 to Naurin Islam, the deputy director of Sapna NYC, in early June for expenses related to “community event entertainment.” Ocasio-Cortez appeared days later at an Eid celebration hosted by Islam’s organization to commemorate the major Muslim holiday.
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