Alissa Ellman
At a June 2026 primary debate Ellman argued against funding U.S. military operations for Israel, criticizing civilian casualties in Gaza. That report is a paraphrase rather than her words, and no other statement of hers on the conflict was located.
Ellman is the Democratic nominee in New York’s 24th District. She is a former federal worker and won the primary on June 23, 2026.
Her one located statement on this question came at the final Democratic primary debate in Batavia. A local news brief, read in full, reports: "The most heated exchange came over U.S. support for Israel. Ellman argued against funding military operations and criticized civilian casualties in Gaza, while Kastenbaum supported a two-state solution and said she would support defensive aid such as Israel’s Iron Dome system."
So the direction is clear enough: she argued against U.S. funding for Israel’s military operations, and gave the civilian toll in Gaza as her reason. Two limits are worth being plain about. The report paraphrases her rather than quoting her, so no words here are hers. And it distinguishes her from her primary opponent on defensive aid without saying what Ellman herself thinks of Iron Dome, so this card does not say either.
Nothing else was located: no platform page, no statement on U.S. aid to Palestinians as a funding question, and nothing on antisemitism or community safety.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- 2026-06-09 [Current position; card-leading; VERIFIED]: At the final Democratic primary debate in Batavia, reported 2026-06-11 in a WBTA news brief: "The most heated exchange came over U.S. support for Israel. Ellman argued against funding military operations and criticized civilian casualties in Gaza, while Kastenbaum supported a two-state solution and said she would support defensive aid such as Israel's Iron Dome system." Read on the page.
⚠ **PARAPHRASE, NOT QUOTATION.** The report describes her argument and quotes nothing. The card says so, because a reader who clicks expecting her words will not find them. ⚠ **THE IRON DOME CONTRAST IS HERS BY IMPLICATION ONLY.** The report attributes support for defensive aid to her primary opponent, Diana Kastenbaum. It does not say Ellman opposes Iron Dome. The first search framed it as "unlike her primary opponent who expressed support for defensive aid", which invites that inference; this card does not draw it.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located as a funding position. Her stated reason for opposing military funding is the civilian toll in Gaza, which is a reason rather than a position on U.S. humanitarian money.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2026-06-09 [Current position; VERIFIED]: Per the same brief, she criticized civilian casualties in Gaza, and the first search reports she made the heavy civilian toll her primary reason for withholding military assistance.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- The first search’s own verdict: no known public statements, actions or policy positions regarding Israel-related lobbying groups.
Safety and antisemitism
- The first search’s own verdict: no known public statements or actions addressing antisemitism or community safety for Jewish populations.
Sources consulted and read
- The WBTA news brief, which carries the whole of this card.
- Her Ballotpedia page.
- A Spectrum News 1 Buffalo video reporting her nomination, with no retrievable text.
Consulted and unusable
- A Batavia Daily News Facebook post would not open.
What came back empty or unusable
- Four sources found in total, one of them readable prose. No campaign platform page was located.
- No direct quotation from her on this subject exists in any located source.
Also in this race: Claudia Tenney (Republican) · All New York candidates.
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