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Mamdani’s Oct. 7 commemoration outrages supporters and critics of Israel
The mayor’s statement drew criticism from Jewish leaders and Israeli officials after he called Hamas’s attack horrific and accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.
- On October 7, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a statement condemning Hamas's "horrific war crimes" while denouncing Israel's "genocide" in Gaza, claiming it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, including more than 21,000 children.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously called Mamdani "the antisemitic mayor of New York" at the United Nations General Assembly last month, straining the mayor's efforts to court Jewish political allies.
- During the October 7 vigil, protesters booed Mamdani while Ofir Akunis, Israel's consul general in New York, called the statement a "disgrace, shame, and insult." Rep. Dan Goldman termed it "reprehensible."
- Asked on Thursday if he would revise his statement, Mamdani refused, asserting it remains "critically important to be able to mourn for all" who were killed since the attacks.
- Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said Mamdani has "doubled down" on his rhetoric, straining alliances with Jewish leaders including Brad Lander, who previously supported him.
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The Mayor of New York has received contempt for taking sides with the victims of the October 7 attack.
·Madrid, Spain
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Mamdani wrote an Oct. 7 statement. He erased the Jews
In counterintelligence, you learn to read a document twice: once for what it says, and once for what hides between the words and between the paragraphs. The second reading usually tells you more. On Oct. 7, the third anniversary of the Hamas massacre in southern Israel, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a four-paragraph […]
·Washington, United States
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