The article criticizes Mayor Mamdani's statement marking the three-year anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attacks, accusing him of bigotry and antisemitism. It claims that while Mamdani initially acknowledged the death toll of Israelis (1,100 killed and 251 abducted), he later reverted to inflammatory rhetoric typical of those supporting Hamas. The piece argues that Mamdani's stance is a deliberate appeal to his base and criticizes his actions as mayor, including funding an organization linked with Linda Sarsour, who had to resign due to antisemitic behavior.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
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Story summary
On the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the "horrific war crimes" that killed over 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. However, he also condemned what he called an "ongoing genocide" in Gaza by Israel, noting more than 74,000 Palestinian deaths including over 21,000 children. This statement sparked criticism from some Jewish New Yorkers and Israeli officials who accused Mamdani of downplaying Hamas's violence while unfairly targeting Israel for its military response. Israeli ambassador Danny Danon compared Mamdani’s stance to turning the September 11 anniversary into a commemoration for al-Qaeda, highlighting the divisive nature of Mamdani's message in the ongoing conflict debates.
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bluster and bigotry, a perfect crescendo of performative Third Worldism.
right criticizes the mayor for supporting Palestinian causes
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Genocide! Apartheid! Starvation!
left accuses Israel of committing atrocities
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Mamdani doesn’t care about the facts. His statement wasn’t an ill-conceived blunder: It was a deliberate fist bump to his base, reassuring the terror aficionados marching up and down our streets and waving Hamas and Hezbollah flags that he’s still committed to their cause — the cause of Jew and America hatred.
right portrays the mayor's support for Palestinian causes as anti-Semitic
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This week, we learned that his so-called strategy to combat antisemitism includes handing a cool $6 million to a group partnered with none other than Linda Sarsour, who had to resign her leadership of the Women’s March after blatantly discriminating against its Jewish members.
right criticizes funding decisions as supporting anti-Semitic groups
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If you only read the first 49 words of Mayor Mamdani’s statement marking the three-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, you might’ve thought you were witnessing another New York miracle — like the Knicks winning it all after 53 years without a title, or Captain Sully landing that plane on the Hudson.
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Sully → read → Hudson
Here, after all, was the mayor, plainly stating the facts: 1,100 Israelis killed and 251 abducted in an attack that can only be called a horrific war crime.
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that → state → attack
But the artist formerly known as Mr. Cardamom, it soon turned out, hasn’t really changed his tune since he rapped lovingly about the Holy Land Five, Muslim community leaders indicted for funneling millions to Hamas.
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he → know → Hamas
The bit about dead Israelis, it turned out, was only throat-clearing.
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it → turn → Israelis
The main act was precisely what you’d expect from Mamdani: bluster and bigotry, a perfect crescendo of performative Third Worldism.
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you → expect → Worldism
Journalists targeted for telling the truth!
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Journalists → target → truth
The mayor’s statement reads like a greatest-hits compilation of all the depraved lies we’ve been hearing for the past three years from those whose main passion is cheering for Jew killers.
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passion → read → killers
A normal person’s first instinct is to counter Mamdani’s fabrications with facts — reminding him, say, that an overwhelming majority of so-called journalists killed by the Israel Defense Forces turned out to be terror operatives.
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majority → counter → Forces
Or explaining, yet again, that “genocide” is a preposterous term to use considering that Gaza’s population grew by 2% in 2024 alone, and that its elected leaders could’ve ended the war at any time simply by returning the hostages they brutally kidnapped from their homes.
But Mamdani doesn’t care about the facts.
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Mamdani → explain → facts
His statement wasn’t an ill-conceived blunder: It was a deliberate fist bump to his base, reassuring the terror aficionados marching up and down our streets and waving Hamas and Hezbollah flags that he’s still committed to their cause — the cause of Jew and America hatred.
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he → conceive → hatred
It leaves not only New York’s Jews but all New Yorkers in an unimaginably tough spot.
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It → leave → spot
What to do when the man entrusted with your safety and well-being is gleefully siding with the ghouls committed to slaughtering you no matter the cost?
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man → do → you
Protests, sharply worded statements, political pressure and all the other tools of civic engagement don’t seem to work.
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Protests → word → engagement
The mayor doubles down on his dedication to demonizing the Jews not only in word but also in deed: This week, we learned that his so-called strategy to combat antisemitism includes handing a cool $6 million to a group partnered with none other than Linda Sarsour, who had to resign her leadership of the Women’s March after blatantly discriminating against its Jewish members.
And with his recent screed, Mamdani gave us the clearest indication yet since assuming office that he remains staunchly on the side of America’s sworn enemies, standing with the genocidal jihadis rather than with the West trying to curb their murderous violence.
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he → double → violence
Message is clear
Mamdani’s made his statement.
It’s now time for the rest of us to make ours.
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rest → make → ours
Let’s make sure the mayor pays a price for his prejudice.
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pays → make → prejudice
Let’s explore every legal avenue available to hold him accountable for spreading hate and lies.
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him → let → hate
And, most important, let’s build a coalition that gives him and his fellow radicals the boot in 2029.
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that → let → 2029
Shame on Mamdani, for once again showing himself to be a rank little bigot.
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himself → shame → Mamdani
But shame on us, too, if we don’t do what New Yorkers do best — and give this petty hater an unvarnished and impolite piece of our mind.
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Yorkers → shame → mind
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