Israeli–Palestinian conflict
"Mamdani walked down a Harlem street with former mayoral candidate Maya Wiley to announce her support for his campaign. However, the endorsement was quickly overshadowed by questions about comments Mamdani made on a podcast in which Jewish groups say he was equating the Holocaust with intifada." CBS
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"Mamdani supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. He describes Israel's actions during the Gaza war as genocide.[49]
"Early in 2023, Mamdani introduced a bill called the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York Funding of Israeli Settler Violence Act", which would prohibit registered charities from donating to organizations that support illegal Israeli settlers.[50][30] In November 2023, he joined Cynthia Nixon in a five-day hunger strike outside Washington, D.C. in support of an immediate ceasefire and in opposition to President Biden's support of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.[51][52][53] In 2024, he held an iftar for a ceasefire in Gaza during Ramadan.[54]
"In 2025, Mamdani declined to sign on to the annual Assembly resolution celebrating the anniversary of Israel's founding.[55] His campaign spokesperson Andrew Epstein said Mamdani opposed the measure because it contained the wording that Israel "continues to strive for peace with security and dignity for itself, its neighbors and throughout the world in order to fulfill the prophecy of becoming a light unto the nations", which Epstein said "is belied by the conduct of the right-wing government over the past 18 months".[55] His decision drew criticism from Assembly member Sam Berger, who criticized Mamdani's condemnation of Israel after the October 7 attacks during the Gaza war.[55] In response to the criticism, Mamdani said he abhorred antisemitism and believed in a right for Israel to exist.[49] He has said that Israel has a right to exist as a state with equal rights.[56] On May 16, 2025, Politico ran an article alleging that Mamdani declined to support Holocaust remembrance resolutions.[57] Mamdani released a video through social media claiming that the article was misleading and that he signed these resolutions but that he didn’t allow staffers to list his name as sponsor on bills without his review.[58]
"Social issues
"Mamdani supported Proposal 1, a 2024 amendment to the Constitution of New York that made it unconstitutional to engage in discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), pregnancy and pregnancy-related outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.[59][60][61]
"In February 2025, Mamdani appeared at a rally in Union Square to protest an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that threatened to "withhold federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming treatments to trans youth".[62][63]" . . .
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