The man IS the Mayor of the ENTIRE City of New York….
Governing is NOT the same as things can be when your NOT IN office….
Zohran Mamdani IS NOT a stupid man…..
He IS going to be continually put in a squeeze about the Hamas and Israeli conflict…
He DID campaign for his job…..
Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the language used at a protest outside a synagogue in Queens on Thursday night, when pro-Palestinian demonstrators chanted in support of Hamas and pro-Israel demonstrators shouted racial and homophobic slurs.
Asked by reporters on Friday to respond to the protest, which included chants of “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here,” Mr. Mamdani said in a statement, “the rhetoric and displays that we saw” at the demonstration “are wrong and have no place in our city.”
“My team is in close touch with the N.Y.P.D. regarding last night’s protest and counterprotest,” he added in the statement, which was sent to The New York Times hours after he made similar remarks at an event shortly after noon. “We will continue to ensure New Yorkers’ safety entering and exiting houses of worship as well as the constitutional right to protest.”
Later in the day, after being criticized from some corners for not denouncing Hamas specifically, Mr. Mamdani went further. “Chants in support of a terrorist organization have no place in our city,” he wrote on social media…..
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The demonstration on Thursday was held in Kew Gardens Hills, a neighborhood that is home to a sizable population of Orthodox Jews, outside an event promoting American real estate investment in Jerusalem, parts of which are viewed by much of the world as occupied territory.
The protest grew increasingly heated as the evening went on, with groups of demonstrators on both sides shouting invective and threats at each other from across a street that had been shut down by the police.
Video footage of the pro-Hamas chant spread quickly on social media after it was posted by an Israeli journalist. It drew widespread criticism from elected officials in New York, including Mr. Mamdani, whose denunciation of the chants represented something of a shift from his response to a similar demonstration in November….
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After the similar protest in November, which was held outside the Park East Synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Mr. Mamdani defended the right “to enter a house of worship without intimidation.”
But he also took issue with the synagogue’s decision to host the event, saying “sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law.”…
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The mayor has struggled to earn the trust of segments of the Jewish community because of his criticism of Israel and his history of pro-Palestinian activism.
But he also won the votes of many Jews who said they were inspired by his campaign and either unbothered by or supportive of his views on the Middle East. He has repeatedly vowed to protect the security and celebrate the contributions of Jewish New Yorkers, and has been endorsed by many progressive Jewish public figures and groups.
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