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Zohran Mamdani on Foreign Policy

NY State Rep and 2025 NYC Mayoral candidate

 


Protect against antisemitism; don't globalize the intifada

Q: You were recently asked about the term "globalize the intifada." In that moment you did not condemn the phrase. It's a phrase that many people hear as a call to violence against Jews. Do you condemn that phrase "globalize the intifada?"

MAMDANI: That's not language that I use. The language that I use is an intent grounded in a belief in universal human rights. The belief that freedom and justice and safety are things that have to be applied to all people, and that includes Israelis and Palestinians as well.

Q: But do you actually condemn that phrase, "globalize the intifada"?

MAMDANI: I've heard from many Jewish New Yorkers who have shared their concerns with me, especially in light of [recent anti-Semitic] horrific attacks. They are part and parcel of why I've put forward a commitment to increase funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800%. And that is the mayor I will be, one that protects Jewish New Yorkers and lives up to that commitment through the work that I do.

Source: Meet the Press interview of 2025 NYC Mayoral candidates , Jun 29, 2025

Pro-Palestinian anti-Zionism is central to my identity

Mamdani has said pro-Palestinian advocacy is "central to my identity," and has long been an activist for that cause, co-founding Bowdoin College's branch of Students for Justice in Palestine while he studied there in the 2010s. In 2021, the year he was elected to the state assembly, Mamdani told a rally that he identified as an anti-Zionist, according to footage first reported by The Times of Israel. He also protested alongside anti-Israel activists who have backed terrorist groups.
Source: Times of Israel on 2025 NYC Mayoral race , Jun 10, 2025

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