In a jaw-dropping display of moral inversion, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani once again blamed Israel, and by extension, Jewish New Yorkers, for the skyrocketing antisemitic attacks plaguing the city.
During a press conference yesterday, when directly asked whether his own inflammatory rhetoric against Israel was helping fuel the wave of Jew-hatred, Mamdani refused to take any responsibility. Instead, he delivered this chilling deflection:
“I think that critique of the policies of a government are very much separate from bigotry towards the people of a specific religious faith.”
He repeated the line while criticizing a real estate expo at Park East Synagogue for promoting properties in Judea and Samaria, which he called “a violation of international law” and part of an “effort to displace Palestinians from their homes.”
This comes just one day after violent pro-Palestinian protesters, chanting slogans like “Death to the IDF” and “Globalize the Intifada,” clashed with police outside the same synagogue, injuring an officer and terrifying Jewish families, including those with young children in the on-site daycare.
