Mamdani: Australia attack is ‘vile act of antisemitic terror’

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a far-left anti-Zionist activist, condemns the massacre in Australia as a “vile act of antisemitic terror.”

Jewish community representatives have repeatedly warned that Mamdani’s anti-Israel rhetoric plays into threats against Jews, such as his past defense of the phrase “Globalize the intifada,” which he has since said he would “discourage.”

“I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing,” Mamdani says in a statement.

“Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world,” Mamdani adds.

“Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too,” he says.