Jerrold Nadler, the New York congressman who once came armed with a Zabar’s bag to a presidential impeachment hearing, will not run for reelection, he announced on Monday.

The Jewish representative also told The New York Times, where he revealed his decision to retire , that he planned to join the rapidly growing number of Democrats in voting against the continued sale of offensive weapons to Israel, citing what he said were “without question” war crimes in Gaza.

“I don’t know what to say at this point,” Nadler, a longtime pro-Israel stalwart , told the newspaper. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.”

Nadler’s retirement will deprive Congress of its most senior Jewish member, and the only one to have received an Orthodox Jewish education. He was first elected in 1992 and will exit

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