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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Deputy FM says election of Zohran Mamdani in NYC is ‘deeply concerning’
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Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel slams the election of far-left Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s as New York City’s next mayor, calling it “deeply concerning given his history of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric.”
“New York’s Jewish community deserves leaders who protect them — not target them. Israel stands with our brothers and sisters in New York and will continue working with community leaders to ensure their safety and dignity,” she says in a statement.
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu slams Mamdani’s Jewish supporters, accusing them of having “raised their hands in support of antisemitism in the heart of America.”
“‘Jews who hate Jews’ have existed among us since the dawn of our history” and “we see them also in Israel,” he says in a statement, tying the New York election to the controversy regarding alleged IDF abuse of detainees at the Sde Teiman military base and declaring that “antisemitism that speaks Hebrew is the most dangerous of all.”
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