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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined at Ayat Hinds Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday. The restaurant is part of a chain criticized last year for anti-Semitic menu language, including phrases like "From the River to the Sea" and "Down with the occupation," which critics say are implicitly anti-Israel. Mamdani's meal followed his participation in an October 7 vigil where he was booed by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who accused him of enabling genocide against Palestinians.
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Story summary
On October 10, 2024, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined at Ayat Hinds Hall in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a Palestinian restaurant named after Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in January 2024. This visit came days after the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2021 attacks on Israel and amid intense criticism over the restaurant’s menu, which featured phrases like "From the River to the Sea" and "Down with the occupation." The Anti-Defamation League views these slogans as anti-Semitic and implicitly calling for the destruction of Israel. Despite protests from critics labeling it as "openly genocidal," the owners, Abdul Elenani and Ayat Masoud, maintain that they are not endorsing violence against Jews but rather supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined Wednesday at a Palestinian restaurant whose sister location faced intense criticism in 2023 over menu language that critics called anti-Semitic.
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critics → din → that
Mamdani ate at Ayat Hinds Hall on the Upper West Side.
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Mamdani → eat → Side
The restaurant chain, which also operates a location in Brooklyn, drew sharp pushback for featuring a section on its menu titled "From the River to the Sea."
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which → operate → Sea
The Anti-Defamation League defines the phrase as an implicit call for the eradication of Israel.
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League → define → Israel
The menu’s front page reads: "Down with the occupation," in English, Arabic, and Hebrew, The Times of Israel reported.
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Times → read → Israel
"Resilience," "Freedom," and "Save our children" are pictured in bold letters.
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Resilience → save → letters
The menu also includes a map that refers to the the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem and Israel as Palestine.
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that → include → Palestine
Following the 2023 controversy, critics accused the restaurant of being "opening genocidal" toward Jews.
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critics → follow → Jews
Owner Abdul Elenani pushed back against accusations of antisemitism, noting the phrase had been on the menu months prior to Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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phrase → push → Israel
Elenani stated that he supports a two-state solution and condemns violence on both sides, according to the New York Post.
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he → state → Post
In 2024, he organized a free Shabbat dinner for hundreds of guests, the Times report states.
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report → organize → guests
Mamdani’s dinner came shortly after he faced backlash from pro-Palestinian demonstrators during a vigil marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.
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he → come → attacks
Demonstrators booed the mayor — a frequent critic of Israel's military campaign in Gaza — and accused him of being a "traitor" who enables genocide.
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who → boo → genocide
"Zohran, what do you say?
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you → say → what
How many kids did you kill today?" protesters shouted, according to media reports.
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protesters → kill → reports
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Mamdani stood by his previous statements characterizing Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide while calling for universal empathy.
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Mamdani → speak → empathy
"I believe that there must be room to mourn every single life," Mamdani said.
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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
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