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It’s indeed “unusual” that Zohran Mamdani would receive “endorsement from Knesset”, but the title in Israel National News is misleading. Anti-Israel Arab MK Ahmad Tibi, not “the Knesset,” endorsed Mamdani.“‘Go Zohran!’ NYC mayoral candidate receives unusual endorsement from the Knesset,” by Yitz Goldberg, Israel National News, October 28, 2025:

Controversial New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who has gained notoriety for his far-left and staunchly anti-Israel positions, received a strong endorsement from an, all things considered, unexpected source: a member of the Israeli Knesset.

The Arab Anti-Zionist Ta’al party chairman MK Ahmad Tibi said in a public statement on Monday: “There is a young, articulate, and visionary character who brings a new and refreshing spirit of social justice and universal principles to the elections in New York.”

According to Tibi, “Zohran is a leader who unites all of the cities’ communities, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, around him, thanks to his integrity, courage, and public commitment.”

“Despite the racist and Islamophobic attacks, he continues to stand strong, speak clearly against hate and discrimination, and represent the clear and important idea that everyone is equal and deserving.”…

There are virulently anti-Israel Arabs in Knesset, which proves that Israel is not an apartheid state, and even more importantly, shows how much Israel bends over backwards to accommodate Arabs, even to the point of self-destruction.

MK Ahmad Tibi endorsed anti-Israel #NYC mayoral candidate @ZohranKMamdani, calling him “a young, articulate, and visionary leader who unites Christians, Muslims, and Jews” and “a symbol of unity, tolerance, and hope.” https://t.co/eRm4GlVpDk

— Israel National News – Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) October 27, 2025

Israel National News reported in 2015:

In 2012, Tibi praised the Palestinian Authority’s “martyrs” at a ceremony held on the occasion of “Palestinian Martyrs Day” and sponsored by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

“In the history of the peoples and their battles, the Palestinian shahid (martyr) is the height of glory,” Tibi said at the ceremony. “There is no higher value than death for the sake of Allah. The martyr is the one who breaks through and with his blood draws the journey to freedom and liberation.”

A member of Knesset openly advocating the murder of Israelis? Where else on earth would that be tolerated in any government, save Israel? Although the red-green axis is alive and kicking across Western societies, no government representative would openly endorse murdering that country’s citizens and get away with it.

A new law last year, “Basic Law-The Knesset,” disqualified any candidate if he or she supports “armed struggle by a hostile state or a terrorist organization against the State of Israel,” or the “negation of the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.”

In July of this year, the Knesset was set to impeach Arab politician Ayman Odeh (the head of the Hadash Party) over his statement that he was “glad over the freeing of the hostages and the [Palestinian] prisoners.” It didn’t happen, but three weeks ago, Odeh and his fellow Arab MK Ofer Cassif were expelled from the Knesset for disrupting Trump’s speech as Trump was praising envoy Steve Witkoff. The two MKs shouted “terrorist” at Trump and held up signs that read “Recognize Palestine” and “genocide.” Israel has been far too tolerant of the war that wages within.

According to Caroline Glick, Arab Israelis are building an army under Israel’s nose.

Tibi should not be in Knesset, and his endorsement of Mamdani is a negative commentary on Mamdani. Of course, just because a terrorist supports a candidate, that doesn’t mean that the candidate supports terrorism. But in the case of Mamdani, it’s almost certainly a two-way street.

Today at Masjid At-Taqwa, I had the pleasure of meeting with Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community for nearly half a century. I was also joined by CM @dr_yusefsalaam of Harlem. A beautiful Jummah. pic.twitter.com/4kcN4CGlUk

— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) October 18, 2025

Siraj Wahhaj “was designated a “potential unindicted co-conspirator” in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He earned the designation by “sponsoring talks in the early 1990s by the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman, in mosques in New York City and New Jersey; Rahman was later convicted for conspiring to blow up the World Trade Center in 1993.”

The “globalize the intifada” movement, which has spring-boarded to America since October 7, should have been cut off at the knees; instead, it has been encouraged. Mamdani has refused to condemn the phrase. Read Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani.