# Newly elected NJ Dem Rep. Adam Hamawy refuses to call Iran an adversary, blames the US and Israel for war

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/newly-elected-nj-dem-rep-adam-hamawy-refuses-to-call-iran-an-adversary-blames-the-us-and-israel-for-war/
- Published: 2026-11-10T21:58:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T22:24:49+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/us-news/newly-elected-dem-rep-adam-hamawy-refuses-to-call-iran-an-adversary-blames-the-us-and-israel-for-war/
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, World

## Key points

- Hamawy declined to call Iran an adversary.
- He called for diplomacy and criticised US and Israeli actions.
- He has faced scrutiny over past associations, without being accused of wrongdoing.

## Summary

New Jersey congressman-elect Adam Hamawy declined twice in a CNN interview to call Iran an adversary, saying the US had helped push it into conflict and should pursue diplomacy. He also accused Israel of pushing the US towards war, drawing comparisons with another Democratic candidate’s reluctance to identify which country posed the greater threat.

Hamawy won the race to succeed retiring Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman and will be New Jersey’s first Muslim member of Congress. The article notes scrutiny of his past connections: he interned in Bosnia in 1994 for a charity later linked by investigators to al-Qaeda, though he was not accused of wrongdoing, and testified in defence of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, whom a court convicted on terrorism charges. Hamawy has also highlighted his service as a US military combat surgeon and volunteered at a Gaza hospital in 2024.

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