{
  "id": 18118483,
  "title": "Aber Kawas becomes first Palestinian American elected to New York State Legislature",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/aber-kawas-becomes-first-palestinian-american-elected-to-new-york-18118483",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T11:57:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/aber-kawas-becomes-first-palestinian-american-elected-new-york-state"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Aber Kawas becomes first Palestinian American elected to New York State Legislature Aber Kawas has won her bid for the New York State Senate District 12 seat, taking a 75 percent share of the votes with 90 percent of the votes counted when the race was called by the New York Times. Kawas has made history as the first hijab-wearing Palestinian American to serve in the New York State Legislature.…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}