Mamdani Confronted By Pro-Palestinian Mob At October 7 Vigil

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• New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters at a Union Square vigil marking the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks.
• Protesters chanted “Death to the IDF,” waved portraits of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and accused Mamdani of capitulating to Zionist pressure.
• Mamdani released a statement the same day accusing Israel of genocide and apartheid while paying only brief lip service to the October 7 victims.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani found himself on the receiving end of the anti-Israel movement he has long supported. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted a Union Square vigil held to mark the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. The event was organized by the left-wing group Israelis for Peace NYC.

Protesters overran the gathering with megaphones, mockingly sang “Hava Nagila,” and shouted slogans such as “We sent your people to hell on October 7!” and “Death to the IDF.” They also waved portraits of Hamas mastermind Yahya Sinwar and chanted “We don’t want no two state, we want 48.”

“It does not honor the dead to pit them against each other. It is shameful,”

“Jewish New Yorkers across the five boroughs walked through metal detectors to drop off our children at preschool, thanked the police officers posted outside our synagogues for keeping us safe, tucked in our Jewish stars on the subway, and felt the gut punch of grief remembering the 1,200 innocent people who were slaughtered in their homes, in front of their families, and dancing at a music festival just because they were Jewish.”

Mamdani stood alongside anti-Israel U.S. House candidate Brad Lander while the crowd targeted him with chants of “Traitor!” and “Zohran, what do you say? How many boots did you lick today?” When he left the vigil, protesters followed him and continued their verbal attacks, with some calling him an “opportunist piece of sh*t.”

The Jewish Community Relations Council condemned Mamdani for failing to unite the city on the anniversary of the attacks. His own actions revealed the gap between his public image and his record. The same day as the vigil, Mamdani issued a statement that devoted only one line to the victims before launching into multiple paragraphs accusing Israel of genocide, occupation, and apartheid. He also complained that New Yorkers’ tax dollars were funding alleged war crimes.

Later that evening Mamdani was seen dining at a Palestinian restaurant on the Upper West Side. His history of anti-Israel activism includes calling AIPAC “monsters,” suggesting he might arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pushing legislation to penalize Jewish charities, and refusing to affirm Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.

Within a month after the October 7 massacre, Mamdani reportedly contacted Palestinian-American activist Sumaya Awad to organize a hunger strike aimed at pressuring President Biden to stop arming Israel. In May he publicly championed “Nakba Day,” framing Israel’s founding as an act of aggression while ignoring Arab-initiated hostilities and the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands.

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