Resurfaced 2002 Lecture by Mamdani’s Father Claims Holocaust Survivors Became Oppressors

Resurfaced 2002 Lecture by Mamdani’s Father Claims Holocaust Survivors Became Oppressors

NEW YORK – A decades-old video of Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani — father of New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani — has resurfaced, drawing backlash over remarks he made during a 2002 lecture comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa and characterizing Holocaust survivors as having become “perpetrators” in their treatment of Palestinians. The footage […]

Mamdani’s Father Called Holocaust Survivors ‘Today’s Perpetrators’ in 2002 Lecture

Columbia University Professor Mahmood Mamdani, the father of New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, compared Israel to South Africa during the apartheid era and characterized Holocaust survivors as "today's perpetrators" in a video of a 2002 lecture, the New York Post reported on Sunday.In remarks delivered on Nov. 16, 2002, at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, he described both Israel and South Africa as colonial settlers hostile to na…