US EditionZohran Mamdani Called for an 'Intifada,' Why Should Jews Believe He'll Protect Them?
Mamdani's response drew criticism for not explicitly condemning the mob that intimidated synagogue attendees during a Palestine activists' protest, raising concerns about religious liberty protection.
- On Wednesday evening, a mob of Palestine activists stormed the entrance to Park East Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, confronting families and worshippers.
- Targeting focused on an event linked to Nefesh B'Nefesh, which helps Americans and Canadians move to Israel, with protesters calling El Al 'Genocide Settler Airlines,' according to the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation.
- Protesters chanted slogans including `Death, death to the IDF` and `From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada`, while an agitator said `We need to make them scared`.
- Critics called Mamdani's response milquetoast and an alarming equivocation, while Dora Pekec, spokesperson for the mayor-elect, said Mamdani discouraged the protest's language and will continue to do so.
- Mr. Mamdani has repeatedly invoked `international law`, saying a city should uphold it, and previously told the Times he would order the NYPD to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an ICC warrant.
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Zohran Mamdani Sides with the Anti-Israel Mob
On Wednesday evening a mob of Palestine activists stormed the entrance to Park East Synagogue in Manhattan. The crowd chanted, “Death, death to the IDF,” “From New York to Gaza, globalize the intifada,” and “Resistance, you make us proud. Take another settler out.” One agitator repeated, “We need to make them scared.”The head rabbi of the synagogue, Arthur Schneier, is a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who was born in Vienna in 1930. He has vivid…
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“No house of worship should be subjected to this type of demonstration,” the religious leader added. “The lepers of our society need to be isolated.”
Mamdani faces backlash for saying aliyah event promotes 'violation of international law'
After anti-Israel activists demonstrated outside a synagogue holding an event promoting Jewish immigration to Israel, also known as aliyah, the protest – which included chants of 'death to the IDF' and 'globalize the intifada' – was widely condemned
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