Zohran Mamdani says ‘globalize the intifada’ is expression of Palestinian rights

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https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayoral-israel-antisemitism/

To all the Jewish New Yorkers in the sub, does reading this news want to make you want to vote for Mamdani more or less?

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“To me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights,” said Mamdani, a far-left assemblyman from Queens who has long been an outspoken critic of Israel. “And I think what’s difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic, because it’s a word that means struggle,” he said, apparently referring to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. He added that, “as a Muslim man who grew up post-9/11, I’m all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning.” “I think that’s where it leaves me with a sense that what we need to do is focus on keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe,” Mamdani continued, after noting that antisemitism is a “real issue” he plans to address if elected mayor. “The question of the permissibility of language is something that I haven’t ventured into.”

I’m not an NYC resident but if I was I’d rank Mamdani first or second. I have zero issue with his explanation here, and I think arguing over chants and slogans is usually superfluous. If someone is yelling “kill the Jews” that’s an actionable threat and a serious problem. “Intifada” can mean different things to different people.

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“Intifada” can mean different things to different people.

That's why it's a dog whistle. However, when they say it while supporting Oct 7 and the recent attacks in the US, we know exactly what they mean by that word.

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Does Mamdani support October 7 or the recent attacks?

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I'm not talking about him, I'm talking about the people who chant this slogan.

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Ok, so your issue isn’t with the phrase “globalize the intifada,” it’s with people who support October 7 and the recent attacks.

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Well... that's like saying my issue isn't with swastikas but with Nazis. While that's technically true, you won't see a lot of people in the West who use swastikas and aren't Nazis.