NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declines to condemn phrase 'Globalize the intifada'

Candidate's Intifada Answer Elicits Outrage

Political rivals and Jewish organizations responded with harsh criticism to remarks by a New York City mayoral candidate that seemed to defend the slogan "globalize the intifada." Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who would be the city's first Muslim mayor, choked up Wednesday as he told reporters about the vitriol...

NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks political policies, including tax proposal, rent freezes

The closest competitor to Andrew Cuomo in the New York mayoral primary, according to polls, is Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani doubling down on 'intifada' comment as Mayor candidates vote early

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Candidate for Mayor and Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is doubling down on his explanation of a term many Jewish New Yorkers view as a rallying cry to attack Jewish people. While casting his ballot in Astoria, Queens, Mamdani doubled down on his explanation of the term "globalize the intifada.” More Local News It is a term many Jewish people, and even the U.S. Holocaust Museum, say is a rallying cry to kill Jews. Mamd…

NYC Mayor’s Race: Leading Democratic mayoral candidates hit the trail to trade barbs as primary looms

Jun. 19, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The leading candidates in New York City’s June 24 Democratic mayoral primary hit the campaign trail on Thursday to attack each other. Mamdani hits Cuomo on PAC money Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who is consistently polling in second place, held an event in Astoria to slam former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the frontrunner, over a super PAC supporting his campaign — known as “Fix the Cit…

Dem NYC Mayoral Candidate Slammed for 'Intifada' Comments

A hardline liberal candidate in New York's Democrat mayoral primary who defended the phrase globalize the intifada has several Jewish groups condemning the statement.

Mounting Uproar in New York City Mayoral Race Over Mamdani's ‘Globalize the Intifada’ Support and Warsaw Ghetto Comparison

‘I genuinely can’t tell whether he’s just completely naive or evil,’ the son of a renowned Holocaust survivor, writer and Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel, writes.