John E. Sununu, the former New Hampshire Republican senator seeking to reclaim his seat from retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), has a mixed voting record on supporting Israel that could reignite Jewish criticism and present an obstacle in a contested GOP primary.
Sununu, an Arab-American with Palestinian and Lebanese heritage and elder brother of former New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, opposed several pro-Israel resolutions in the late 1990s and early 2000s during his three terms as a congressman.
During his single term as a senator from 2003 to 2009, John E. Sununu was an outlier in his party, advocating more humanitarian assistance to Palestinians.
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More recently, he’s tiptoed around taking a position on the Israel-Gaza
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