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The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the decision a “major step in holding the Palestinian authority accountable for its long-lasting terror support—financially and legally.”
James Fishback demanded a transcript of a supposed meeting between the Israeli prime minister and Jay Collins that doesn’t appear to have occurred.
“Wherever anti-Zionism has been normalized, it has led to an increase of hostilities toward Israel and the Jewish people,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I would welcome the mayor waking up one day and understanding that.”
The new mayor’s actions “pose an immediate threat to the safety of Jewish communities in New York City and could lead to an increase in violent antisemitic attacks throughout the city,” the Israeli diplomat said.
“Bias and discrimination that can lead to outright antisemitism has no place in California,” said AJC CEO Ted Deutch.
“The decision to erase official statements affirming the safety and protection of Jews is not merely tone-deaf; it is shameful,” stated Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center.
“Our voices of moral conscience, of Jewish conscience, will continue to be peacefully raised wherever you go,” stated Rabbi Avi Weiss.
Ran Gvili’s mother was targeted while protesting for the return of her son’s body from Gaza, the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said.
“This isn’t leadership,” Israel’s foreign minister said in a post on X. “It’s pouring gasoline on an open fire.”
Washington “locked and loaded” to intervene if needed, the president warns.
“I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic socialist,” the mayor said in his inaugural address.
The U.S. Virtual Embassy in Iran stated that the “protests can turn violent.”
Zohran Mamdani is a vocal critic of Zionism, a stance that has left New York’s Jewish community unsettled.
