Mamdani condemned for trying to 'hijack' Oct. 7 anniversary with 'tone-deaf' social media post

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced criticism for his post on the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani came under heavy criticism on Wednesday over a post he made on social media in which he acknowledged the tragic terror attack by Hamas against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, but also excoriated Israel for its response to the attack in which more than 1,100 were killed and 251 more taken hostage.

Mamdani characterized the brutal killing and abduction of Israelis as well as citizens of other countries on that dark day as an "unthinkable loss," but quickly pivoted away from the tragedy and unleashed scathing criticism of Israel over its military response. 

 “The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza,” Mamdani said. “That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing," the controversial mayor continued. "Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.”

He went so far as to accuse the Israeli government of committing genocide, a claim he's made before and that has been roundly disproven. 

Mamdani's statement was slammed for being "biased" and "tone deaf," as many critics pointed out he devoted far more words to the Palestinian cause than to the Jews and others who were slaughtered in the attack.

Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the U.N., responded to the mayor's post on X with a post of his own, in which he accused Mamdani of making "an attempt to hijack the anniversary of October 7 and turn it into yet another propaganda attack against Israel." 

"It is like turning September 11 into a day of mourning for al-Qaeda terrorists," Danon added. 

The remarks by Mamdani come days after he announced a plan to fight antisemitism, however the plan calls for $6.4 million in funding for a group called Partners Against the Hate (PATH), which had previously been led by the Islamic extremist Linda Sarsour.