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On Thursday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his earlier statement accusing Israel of carrying out a "genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza. This came during an unrelated press event where reporters questioned him about backlash from the Jewish community on the third anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, which killed over 1,100 people. Mamdani maintained his stance, saying there must be space to mourn all lives lost, including those of more than 74,000 Palestinians since Israeli actions began. He argued that the Israeli government's use of force since October 7 has been unjustified and continues to cause significant harm.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his October 7 statement accusing Israel of carrying out a "genocide" in Gaza on Thursday.
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Mamdani made the statement while speaking to the press at an unrelated event on Thursday.
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Mamdani → make → Thursday
Reporters asked him about anger in the Jewish community over his statement on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that briefly recognized that day's atrocities before accusing Israel of carrying out genocide against Palestinians.
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that → ask → Palestinians
"Do you believe you made any missteps that enflamed tensions in this very difficult moment for a lot of New Yorkers?" a reporter asked.
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reporter → believe → Yorkers
"I believe that there must be room to mourn every single life," Mamdani responded.
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Mamdani → believe → life
"There must be room to mourn the lives of the more than 1,100 that Hamas killed three years ago; there must be room to mourn the 74,000 Palestinians that the Israeli government has killed since."
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government → mourn → that
"There must be room to reckon with the ways in which so many New Yorkers' lives have been shattered," he continued, noting that the vigil he attended highlighted testimonies from those killed "either on the day or the genocide since."
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he → reckon → day
Mamdani went on to accuse the Israeli government of using the October 7 massacre as "a justification for a genocide."
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Mamdani → go → genocide
The mayor also repeatedly declined to say that he would change anything about the statements he made on Wednesday, either in his formal statement or during his attendance at the October 7 vigil.
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he → decline → vigil
He also justified his greater emphasis on Palestinian deaths, arguing that "this is something that is ongoing, as opposed to something that simply happened three years ago."
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that → justify → something
In his statement on Wednesday, Mamdani condemned Hamas’ attack as a "horrific war crime" while also characterizing Israel’s subsequent military operation as a genocide.
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Mamdani → condemn → genocide
"The suffering did not begin nor end that day," he wrote.
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"It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians — including more than 21,000 children."
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it → continue → children
Israel has rejected accusations that it is committing genocide in Gaza, saying its military targets Hamas and other terrorist groups while seeking to minimize civilian casualties.
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military → reject → casualties
The mayor's statement sparked bipartisan backlash, with Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., calling it "egregious and insulting.
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This is a day that should just be focused on what was by all agreement a horrific terror attack," Goldman, who is Jewish, told Politico.
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"What the mayor’s statement did today was to blame Israelis for the attack that they suffered three years ago.
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they → blame → that
Regardless of what you actually think of the conflict and what’s happened either since or before, there’s no excuse for victim blaming."
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what → think → blaming
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