Resurfaced video shows Mamdani urging end to New York funding of Israeli ‘settler crimes’
With just days until Election Day in New York City, a video from July 2023 of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani calling to "end New York state subsidy of settler...
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With just days until Election Day in New York City, a video from July 2023 of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani calling to "end New York state subsidy of settler crimes" is recirculating online. The video depicts Mamdani, shouting for the New Yorkers gathered at a "Not on Our Dime!" rally in Manhattan's Herald Square on July 20, 2023, to pressure their elected officials to support his state assembly bill that would prohibit any "not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity." "Are we ready to end New York state subsidy of settler crimes? Are we ready to say, 'Not on our dime?'" Mamdani shouted. Last week, prominent New York City rabbis joined more than 650 rabbis nationwide to sign "A Rabbinic Call to Action: Defending the Jewish Future," affirming that Jewish Americans "cannot remain silent" on discrimination against Jewish people and citing Mamdani's anti-Israel stances. NYC RABBIS WARN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYORAL CANDIDATE 'POSES A DANGER' TO JEWISH NEW YORKERS Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa have repeatedly criticized Mamdani's stances on Israel, arguing that he would not do enough as mayor to protect Jewish New Yorkers, citing his past refusal to condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada," which he now says he discourages others from using. If Mamdani wins the mayoral election on Nov. 4, he will become the first Muslim mayor of New York City. NYC RABBI WARNS ZOHRAN MAMDANI 'POSES A DANGER' TO JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SAFETY Religion has become a defining issue in the mayoral race, as Jewish New Yorkers have rejected Mamdani's positions on Israel, including calling the war in Gaza a "genocide" and his refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Mamdani has maintained that he "would not recognize any state's right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race, of religion." When asked during last week's mayoral debate if Mamdani has any regrets about his "long-stand…