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[Order Robert Spencer’s new book, ‘Intifada on the Hudson: The Selling of Zohran Mamdani’: CLICK HERE.]
Zohran Kwame Mamdani wants to be the next mayor of New York City. But before voters even consider handing him the keys to City Hall, one question demands an answer: How can someone who proudly backs the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel – a movement that violates New York State policy – be trusted to lead the nation’s largest city?
New York’s BDS Ban
Nearly a decade ago, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo took a clear stand against anti-Israel boycotts. In 2016, he signed Executive Order 157, which prohibits New York State agencies from doing business with any company or organization that supports BDS.
Cuomo put it bluntly at the time: “If you boycott Israel, New York will boycott you.”
That policy has remained in place under Governor Kathy Hochul, reflecting broad bipartisan support. The message is simple – taxpayer dollars should never be used to advance hate, discrimination, or campaigns that target America’s closest ally in the Middle East.
New York’s anti-BDS stance is not just a political opinion – it is a legally binding order. That means any government leader – including the mayor of New York City – must comply with it. Yet Mamdani has built much of his adult life and political identity around promoting the implementation of BDS and, in so doing, calling for people to break NY state official policy, which unequivocally stipulates that:
“‘Boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Israel’ means to engage in any activity, or promote others to engage in any activity, that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or otherwise limit commercial relations with Israel or persons doing business in Israel for purposes of coercing political action by, or imposing policy positions on, the government of Israel.”
Mamdani’s Radical Record
Assemblyman Mamdani, who represents parts of Queens, has become a hero to the far left for his outspoken support of BDS. He has called for cutting economic ties with Israel and has refused to denounce the slogan “Globalize the Intifada” – a phrase that glorifies violent uprisings against Jews and Israelis. He even lobbied Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling ice cream in Israeli communities.
In college, Mamdani was involved with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) – a group whose chapters have been suspended or banned across the country for crossing the line from protest to extremism. Florida’s state university system permanently deactivated SJP chapters, after the group’s national leadership expressed solidarity with Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization responsible for the October 7 massacre of innocent Israelis.
At the 2023 Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) conference, Mamdani conflated his SJP activism and BDS with New York City’s future. He stated, “I was somebody who began my journey in organizing and in politics by co-founding my school’s first Students for Justice in Palestine. The struggle for Palestinian liberation was at the core of my politics and continues to be. And so I struggled to find a home in New York City that could bring that politics in and a sense of coherence with the politics I felt around the future of New York City. And here was this organization that endorsed BDS.”
BDS & Calls for Violence at May 2021 Rally
In May 2021, Mamdani spoke at an anti-Israel rally, where he led the crowd in a chant of “BDS” and proclaimed, “I am a proud Socialist and I’m a proud member of the New York City DSA.” He said what brought him to the DSA was its endorsement of BDS, adding, “That’s what we’re fighting for… It’s the belief that there is no distinction in the fight here and the fight there.” He proclaimed, “[W]e will hold every single person who has power in this city, in this state, and in this country accountable for their incomprehensible fealty to the Israeli state.”
Behind him, demonstrators held signs glorifying terrorism and violence. One displayed the word “RESISTANCE” over what appeared to be a masked Hamas militant. Another read, “THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION: INTIFADA, REVOLUTION.”
Among the rally’s speakers was anti-Israel activist Nerdeen Kiswani, co-founder and chair of Within Our Lifetime (WOL), one of the event’s main sponsors. Another sponsor was SJP, with which Kiswani has also been involved. Leading the crowd in chants of “Israel out of the Middle East” and “Long live the Intifada,” Kiswani shouted, “Just as Malcolm X once said, ‘We need allies who are gonna help us achieve a victory, not allies who are gonna tell us to be non-violent!’”
Also addressing the rally was Brooklyn Imam Siraj Wahhaj. In February 1995, Wahhaj was named by the U.S. government as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He had been linked to the bomb-maker, Clement Rodney Hampton-El, and later served as a character witness for the attack’s spiritual leader, the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel Rahman – whom Wahhaj has publicly praised.
A photo Mamdani tweeted this month, showing him arm-in-arm with Wahhaj, drew widespread criticism.
CUNY Law, BDS & Reality
To see how Mamdani’s ideology clashes with the state policy, look no further than the City University of New York (CUNY), an educational institution featuring anti-Semitic commencement speeches, one of which was made by WOL’s Kiswani.
In 2021, CUNY’s law-school student government and faculty passed a resolution endorsing BDS, urging the university to divest from Israel-related companies. The move caused national outrage – and a swift response from CUNY’s leadership.
Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez publicly declared that, while the law school’s students and faculty were free to express opinions, CUNY as an institution could not and would not implement BDS because it is prohibited under state policy.
In other words, individuals can shout slogans and pass resolutions – but public institutions are bound by the rules of the state.
That is exactly the dilemma New York City would face if Mamdani becomes mayor. The city’s government oversees contracts, partnerships, and investments worth tens of billions of dollars – many involving Israeli firms or companies doing business in Israel.
Would Mayor Mamdani direct the city to sever ties with them? Would he try to bend or ignore state policy to advance his personal politics?
Mamdani’s dangerous obsession with Israel could cripple the city’s finances and spark a constitutional crisis.
Jewish Concerns
Beyond the legal contradictions, Mamdani’s positions raise deeper moral concerns.
New York City is home to more Jewish people than any city in the world outside of Israel. The Jewish community has helped build this city from the ground up – contributing to its economy, culture, and soul. Since the Hamas attacks of October 7, anti-Semitic incidents have skyrocketed across the five boroughs.
Jewish students have been harassed on campuses. Protesters have blocked traffic waving Hamas flags. Schools and synagogues have faced threats. Visibly Jewish people have been brutally assaulted in broad daylight on New York streets, requiring hospitalization.
In this climate, New Yorkers deserve a leader who will unite the city, defend the vulnerable, and uphold the rules of the state. Mamdani, instead, has chosen to champion a movement that isolates and demonizes Jews and the Jewish state.
Imagine if a candidate for mayor supported a boycott targeting Black-owned businesses or Christian institutions. The outrage would be immediate – and justified. Yet when the target is Israel, the far left call this marginalization “social justice.”
Conflict of Interest
If elected, Mamdani would have to swear an oath to uphold the policies of the State of New York. But those same policies directly contradict the cause he has spent years promoting.
That is not a minor policy difference – it is a fundamental conflict of interest.
Would a Mayor Mamdani enforce the state’s anti-BDS rules? Or would he use his office to undermine them? Would city agencies be forced to choose between obeying state policy or following the mayor’s bigoted politics?
New Yorkers have every right to know that their next mayor will follow the rules of the state, protect all communities, and stand with our allies – not those who chant for their destruction.
Beila Rabinowitz, Director of Militant Islam Monitor, and South Florida community leader Shawn Malachovsky contributed to this report.
Mamdani . May his PSA score hit the millions ..
That cancer is too slow.
Yeah, he deserves to die in butt agony.
Anyone who calls for and condones Violence should come under RICO and be investigated on who is financing and supplying them because these people belong in Prison
Moron Mommydaddy is a joke who’s never had a real job in his life. And NYC looks set to elect him Mayor. That’s how stupid most New Yorkers are. And I thought most of my fellow Californians are stupid. Even the tweakers who roam my apartment building’s hallways yelling at fictional foes in the wee hours are smarter than the average New Dorker.
I’m not sorry. The smart New Dorkers know they’re surrounded by retards. Why they don’t move to Taxas or some other normal state, I have no idea.
At least here in crazy California, we have beautiful beaches, mountains, redwood forests and deserts. And beautiful chicks, not “Sex In The City” skanks. I bag so many chicks here, I feel sorry for the guys in little states.
Jack Handey said:
I wish there was a disease where you’re afraid of clouds, because I think I could cure it. First, you sit the patient down and have a long personal talk. After that, I’m not sure, but maybe you could throw some water in his face or something.
commenter Asthma Isthmus wrote “there was a disease…”
There’s a movie called “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” about a guy (“Hedwig”) who got a botched “sex change” operation that left him with a one inch penis stub (an “angry inch”) and turned him into a bitter and enraged psycho raving and lashing out at the world. Was that movie based on you?
“If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is ‘God is crying.’ And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is ‘Probably because of something you did.’” – Jack Handey
Thanks for sharing that you are into movies about sex change operations. Congrats on reaching the Bargholz level of commentary. Are you going to brag about your sexual exploits? Oh to be in junior high again.
I can brag about my sexual exploits, if you want. I have a lot of them and a lot of girls.
Bargholz is unmasked – to reveal an insecure 14-year-old. Nobody wants to hear about your imaginary “conquests”, J.B. Grow up.
Please forgive me, but given this is the Friday before NYC’s inflection point, please allow me to promote a Substack article I just dropped this morning.
Love the FPM team.
See Your Future NYC: Call It An Architect’s Renderings
“If ideologies have blueprints, then AI can now show us the cities they would build.”
https://danafharbaugh.substack.com/p/see-your-future-nyc
Informative substack and great dystopian images. If Mandami put your images on t-shirts, his devotees would call them Red-Green Utopia and wear them like holy shrouds.
One historical explanation for why NYC in 2025 has Mandami fever can be found in Tom Wolfe’s famous 1970 article “Radical Chic: That Party At Lenny’s” that scathingly documented Leonard Bernstein’s chi-chi cocktail party of rich liberal white New Yorkers fundraising for the radical street thug terrorist Black Panther Party whose disdainful members stood around Lenny’s luxurious penthouse looking appropriately Negro and menacing. Brilliant satire of the real life elites that ruined and continue to ruin NYC and the entire Western world.
In terms of politics, why doesn’t Cuomo or Sliwa drop out and tell his supporters to vote strategically for the other guy so they don’t split the vote to Mandami’s advantage? Oh, of course, I forgot. That would require putting aside ego for the greater good of the city. What was I thinking.
I just looked at your article and it’s quite well done – the images tell the story of what NYC is going to end up if the NYC are not woken up to their vile choice if that is MadMoney – the only good choice for NYC mayor is the one candidate who really loves NYC and has proved this for decades: Curtis Sliwa
I admire Sliwa too, but he cannot win and neither can Cuomo unless Sliwa withdraws.
Thank you for the compliment! I grew up in New York, but I can’t recognize it anymore. That said, Mamdani is just the beginning. Educate your friends, wherever you reside. If we don’t act soon, we will wind up with the same situation as France, England and Australia. We need to save the West, before it is too late! Be well. Joe
Joe, with all due respect, you are out of touch with the people of NYC. Mamdani and the citizens of NYC don’t look at BDS as a major issue. Mamdani’s campaign is run on envy. At one of his recent rally’s a crowd of hundreds chanted “tax the rich.” Giving away free stuff is basically bribing people for their votes. Free bus rides, free housing, gov’t run grocery stores, taxing white people more than other groups, etc. This is one reason Mamdani will win.
This is the same NYC that voted in one of the most left wing and incompetent mayors in it’s history. Big Bird aka Deblasio. Twice. NYC is over run with immigrants from Africa, South America, Middle East, Asia, etc. There is no more Italian, Irish, etc, communities of sane and rational people. Yet, you think BDS is going to have people stop in their tracks and say “wait, I can’t vote for Mamdani because he supports BDS.” Do you really believe that?
Lastly, Jewish concerns? The overwhelming majority of people who claim to be Jewish are Leftist’s In NYC.. A FOX poll showed Mamdani had 38% of the NY Jewish vote. Cuomo had around 42%. Other polling showed Mamdani with 43% of the Jewish vote.
When Cuomo was asked “why do you think Mamdani has so much support from the Jewish community (“The Point with Marcia Kramer”) Cuomo responded “”Well, I think there are Jewish New Yorkers who disagree with how Israel has handled the Gaza situation,”
My first wife was Jewish. I still keep in touch with her family, and they are scattered in NY and NJ. Nobody is voting for Sliwa. All but one are voting for Mamdani.
Trust me BDS isn’t a second thought for NYers. It should be. I don’t believe in BDS, but I’m in the minority.
Mamdani is at 16 percent among Jews
Underwater among Catholics and Protestants
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-872222
I wonder what those “Jews” will say if/when one day, Mamdani and his ilk march them out into a field and hand them all shovels and tell them to start digging as a firing squad lines up in front of them?
At that point it’s to late to say “I didn’t know or how could this happen?” Mamdani is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and his Jewish supports are none the wiser. As an old Jewish friend once said to me: “even Hitler and the Nazis once had Jewish supporters. Then the “fit hit the shan.”
I don’t believe the polls stating that Mamdani has high Jewish support There are lots of people claiming to be Jewish who are not. I believe this idea is being pushed by leftists who want Jews to be blamed if Mamdani should win.
Mamdani is at 16% among Jews
Since New York City seems bound and determined to elect a pseudo Marxist Islamist antisemite as mayor, the only solution is to ensure that New York City becomes a less important and influential place. The other thing is that most “progressives” support Mamdani BECAUSE OF, NOT IN SPITE of his Jew hating. It’s yet another reason why blue haired, Che Guevara t shirt clad, keffiyeh wearing “activists” should be anathema. Fortunately, Mamdani’s policies will destroy New York, even if his intention is to destroy Israel and Jews. He will turn it into a giant version of St Louis or Youngstown,
So Che-Che Mandami is now “Kwame”. Right. Why not go the whole hog and blackface himself as Kunte Kinte Wakanda-Mohammed. Or clinch the huge NYC black Trans vote as Ladasha Mandami: Gitchyo fascist ass outta my commie grill, wyte peepo.
I just saw a video of four NYC female “rabbis” in Zohran t-shirts shilling and gushing for socialist free-Gaza Mandami. One of the female rabbis was a trans “woman” (pig in a wig). A trans rabbi. Right. These four were a spectacle of quisling self-loathing. Fake Jews seem to be competing with fake Christians (look up “Sparkle Creed” — did you know that Jesus is now Trans) for the Most Woke Assholes Degrading Their Religion award.
My anti-woke 32-year-old nephew just told me that his sister, my hyper-woke 36-year-old niece (who lives in a Victorian mansion with her rich Jewish husband and their lovely 18-month-old daughter), won’t stop emailing him radical communist articles from Jacobin magazine (look it up — if you can stomach it). I replied to him: When I’ve saved the money to relocate to Musk’s Martian colony, I’ll buy you ticket as well. Mars is waiting. To quote Kwame Mandami: Feets don’t fail me now!
I saw that article as well about the ridiculous female rabbis. Pathetic There no depths to which woke anything will not sink.
Good article.
The problem is who is going to respect an Executive Order from a former governor? Not Mamdani with a little help from Hochul. New Yorkers are in for a rough ride if Mamdani prevails when “We All Slam for Islam” raises its head.
Just an aside….do NYCers think COVID is still a thing. Most of them appear to be wearing masks. Is that to protect them from the non existent COVID bug or the very real jihadist MammiDammi bug. Are NYC libs really that stupid? Asking for a friend.
Masks are less greasy than sunblock.
Why doesn’t the dumb s$$$ do something about this.
Google “Sudan: Mass killings prompt fears of a new Darfur genocide”
He shouldn’t be allowed to run for City Sanitation much less Mayor of the Big Wormy Apple
Where are the “Paleostinians “”? It’s all a massive fraud and con job!
They want to rewrite history to serve their nefarious agenda.
The truth cannot be altered by lies and propaganda.
No one took on the entire Roman war machine like these heroic Jews did. And the Jews were punished by being sent into slavery, crucified and having their country renamed as: PALESTINE – to erase it from history.
They never talk about this but the building of the Roman Coliseum was built with the spoils of sacking Jerusalem and the Temple.
Ponder this all as you watch this shirt history.
Please share with others.
“The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk—
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
But not the soul behind.”
– The Stranger, Rudyard Kipling
The product of Oikophobia meeting invasion.
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The Shadow of Arab Supremacy: Racism and the (roughly) 5 Million Victims (since 1955) of Sudan’s Endless Conflicts.
https://justsayingitoutloloud.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-shadow-of-arab-supremacy-racism-and.html
Deborah Patta: CBS Reporter’s Pattern of Anti-Israel Bias and Professional Fallout.
https://justsayingitoutloloud.blogspot.com/2025/11/deborah-patta-cbs-reporters-pattern-of.html
everything the left believes violates policy !!