Massachusetts Candidate for Governor Ben Downing Accepted Subsidized Israel Trip From Pro-Israel Advocacy Group As A State Senator

As a member of the Massachusetts legislature, then-state senator Ben Downing took a trip to Israel in 2015, but he didn't pay for it. Downing, a Democrat who lived in Pittsfield at the time, took a heavily subsidized trip to Israel from the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, a pro-Israel group that lobbies on Beacon Hill.

As a member of the Massachusetts legislature, then-state senator Ben Downing took a trip to Israel in 2015, but he didn't pay for it. Downing, a Democrat who lived in Pittsfield at the time, took a heavily subsidized trip to Israel from the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, a pro-Israel group that lobbies on Beacon Hill.…