Mamdani picks outspoken Israel critic for communications post

Mamdani ‘Economic Justice’ Appointee Blamed Israel for Oct 7 Attack and Defended ‘From the River to the Sea’ Slogan in Since-Deleted Posts

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) has hired an anti-Israel activist who blamed Israel for Oct. 7 and defended slogans calling for the elimination of the Jewish state in since-deleted posts on X. He will serve as Mamdani's deputy communications director for economic justice.The post Mamdani ‘Economic Justice’ Appointee Blamed Israel for Oct 7 Attack and Defended ‘From the River to the Sea’ Slogan in Since-Deleted Posts appeared first on .

Mamdani picks outspoken Israel critic for communications post

Progressive operative Waleed Shahid announced on Monday morning he would assume a newly created role of deputy communications director of economic justice in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office. The former spokesperson for Justice Democrats — the group that helped elevate Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), among other members of the Squad — announced on X and Substack that he would join the…