cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7073049
cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/14221
Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City owed no small debt to Palestine activists, many of whom mobilized behind his campaign. But how will this relationship fare once he enters City Hall? There are some early tests that will let us know.
Last month, activists gathered outside New York City’s Park East Synagogue to protest an event hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that assists Jewish individuals in relocating to Israel.
The protest, which was organized by the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation (PAL Awda), was condemned as antisemitic by pro-Israel groups and leaders over chants of “globalize the intifada” and “death to the IDF.”
“No New Yorker should be intimidated or harassed at their house of worship,” declared New York Governor Kathy Hochul. “What happened last night at the Park East Synagogue was shameful and a blatant attack on the Jewish community.”
All eyes naturally turned to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who was repeatedly confronted with antisemitism smears throughout the campaign over his criticisms of Israel.
Now, on the verge of assuming power, Mamdani is attempting to navigate the city’s political terrain.
In the case of Nefesh B’Nefesh, his team attempted to criticize both sides of the issue.
“The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s protest and will continue to do so,” said Mamdani’s press secretary Dora Pekec in a statement.
“He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law,” she added, a reference to Nefesh B’Nefesh’s connections to illegal Israeli settlements.
Just two days after the protest, a meeting Mamdani held with Rabbi Marc Schneier raised concerns among his left-wing base.
Schneier, who is president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, said he called on Mamdani to push for legislation that would prohibit demonstrations from being held outside any house of worship, and that the mayor-elect responded positively.
In a statement released after the protest, PAL Awda reaffirmed its commitment to opposing settler recruitment sales, regardless of where they take place.
“Zionists may hide them in homes, schools, and places of worship-knowing well that state officials and the media will join them in weaponizing accusations of antisemitism against protesters,” it read.
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Israel vs islam! What s bunch of BS. If it was about Islam, Israel would be the enemy of Saudi not the small Palestinian state. Christians was always part of the liberation movement in Palestine.
Also if someone said Judaism vs Palestine it would have not passed
Let me clarify, those are the antagonist forces who want to perpetuate the conflict.
Israelis and Palastinians of most denominations want these to be peace.
82% of Israelis support ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Half of them support extermination.
And no, "Islam" is not a "antagonist forces who want to perpetuate the conflict", that's Zionist bullshit. Western colonialism is the force perpetuating the conflict
I would not put too much weight on that single study. Especially when it does not allign with what most other polls indicate. The numbers are certainly higher than what a healthy society should have, but not these apocalyptic numbers of an outlier study.
What are you seeing that's better?
Note how just a decade ago, there was majority support and expectation of peace. Even 50% support with Jews. Then the right wing took power in Israel and started driving fear with Israelis.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/03/israeli-public-is-increasingly-skeptical-about-lasting-peace/
Its always worth looking at the reasons behind the headlines
Ok?
Now please actually answer my question
Have you read the link I provided? Its pretty obvious its better than the other outlier study.
I read it, and it seems to basically agree with what you keep calling an "outlier" study. It certainly doesn't contradict it, as it didn't ask the questions about ethnic cleansing this time, but it did reveal that only 16% of Jewish Israelis think peaceful coexistence with Palestinians is possible.
That is not the same as supporting genocide. Radically different questions. You also need to read into the reasons for those points of view. That is where it contradicts.
Yeah, as I already told you, they didn't ask that question. So I guess I'll continue to do off the survey that did.
Look, if you have an actual argument, make it yourself, stop expecting me to do it for you.
Did someone plant a chip in every shitlibs brain that compels them to robotically recite - word for word - this thought terminating cliche at every opportunity? It's so fucking stupid; yes, they can be, lots of things can be true. But they're not. Don't waste my fucking time saying they can both be true; either argue that they are both true or fuck off
And sometimes it does, like world war 2, apartheid South Africa, and Israel Palestine. Fuck off with these thought terminating generalities. It doesn't matter one ounce if conflicts usually don't have a good and bad side.
Oh wow, what a unique fucking feature of Islam. No other religion has conflict with its neighbours. And no Islam doesn't have conflict "everywhere" it shares a border; that's straight up factually bullshit, which collapses your argument. And even if it wasn't, it still wouldn't mean that somehow Islam is at fault for Isreals genocidal colonialism.
Bull. Shit.
And even if it was true. It still wouldn't mean that somehow Islam is at fault for Isreals genocidal colonialism.
And your opinion is based on nothing but vibes and bigotry
The only antagonist is Israel the occupier
Lets say tomorrow, Israels government falls and it replaced with a government that goes the route of a two state solution based on previously agreed terms along with a prosecution of war criminals.
Do you honestly think the conflict will stop?
The conflict only wouldn't stop because Israel has deliberately filled West Bank with hundreds of thousands of armed zealot settlers to deliberately sabotage the Palestinian state. If Palestinians were genuinely given freedom the conflict would stop tomorrow
Yes but we know that the chance of an government who want to end the occupation is 0%
Its possible if they lose foreign support. Which is why the target needs to be the oligachs running those governments.
Unfortunatly they didn't lose foreign support