Mamdani condemns ‘antisemitic terror’ after Hanukkah Maceracre – remains silent on past ‘Crown the arms of the Intifada’
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New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani attacked the horrific Hanukkah attacks in Australia as ‘a heinous act of antisemitic terror’ and vowed to “
Mamdani’s comments this weekend come in response to a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which left at least 15 people dead and many injured. Australian authorities described the attack as an act of terrorism against the Jewish community.
“Another Jewish community went into mourning and loss, the holiday of light has been painfully reduced to a day of darkness,” Mamdani said in a statement. “This attack is just the latest, most horrific incident in a growing pattern of violence directed at Jewish people around the world.”
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A police cordon leaves the scene at Bondi Beach after a terrorist attack at a Hanukkah gathering in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025. (Maka PAKER / AP Photo)
But Mamdani, who made history last month as the first elected mayor of the city’s most populous city and who had a relationship with many in his vocal community of York City because of his vocal criticism, has not said if he will change his Intifada. “
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After the success of Dune-Dig-Digit in New York City’s Democratic Meyaratic Mayor, which sent political shockwaves across the country, Mamdani said he would “discourage” the use of the phrase from Jews.
FOX News reached out to the Mayor-Elect’s team Monday but did not receive a response by the time this report was posted.
Zohran Mamdani gave a victory speech to the select group of questions at night, Tuesday, 20. 4, 2025, New York City. (Yuki Iwamura / AP)
The mass shooting in Australia happened during the Hanukkah community celebration. Police said the suspects were a father and his eldest son. The father was killed at the scene, while the son was shot by the police and taken to hospital in critical condition.
The incoming Mayor, who will take office next month, noted that one of the victims was Rabbi Eli Sckange, “who had deep ties to the height of the crown,” ie a neighborhood in Crown Heights, “ie a neighborhood in Crown Heights in Brooklyn that has a long history of hasdic Jews.
Sckang had recently written a letter to the Australian Minister of Campaigns encouraging him to support Israel more.
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Mamdani promised, “Where I am, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe – on our streets, away from all the people who have allowed the terrible violence of the past.”
Mamdani’s statementposted on social media, had received more than four million views on X as of early Monday afternoon.
