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What Zohran Mamdani has actually said about Jews and Israel

 New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden "call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on November 27, 2023.

Pro-Israel Jewish Democrats say Zohran Mamdani’s Israel stances are cause for concern but not panic

 Zohran Mamdani during an interview.

Schumer and other Senate Democrats condemn the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’

 Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, walks out of the Senate Chamber following a series of votes at the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 12, 2024.

Trump administration accuses UN Palestinian rights envoy of ‘virulent antisemitism'

 UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.

Pro-Palestinian Georgetown student can remain free, US appeals court rules

A three-judge panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the administration's request that Badar Khan Suri be returned to immigration detention.

 Georgetown researcher and Indian national Badar Khan Suri, (center, blue shirt) who the Department of Homeland Security detained for two months for accusations of antisemitism and supporting Hamas, lands at Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Officials from 17 US states unite to counter antisemitism at CAM Kansas summit

Key sessions at the summit included discussions on hate crime legislation, security for Jewish institutions, and tools to counter radicalization.

 The CAM-organized State Leadership Summit on Antisemitism and Support for Israel, held in Kansas City, Missouri, June 30, 2025.

Armenian lawmakers meet AIPAC as Yerevan condemns Israel, echoes Iranian talking points

While Armenian officials seek closer ties with the pro-Israel lobby in the US, activists warn that on the ground, pro-Iranian and anti-Israel messaging persists.

 Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan attends the second 3+3 Regional platform summit in Tehran, Iran, October 23, 2023.

Irish lawmakers begin vetting West Bank-goods ban, intensifying rift with Jerusalem

Although trade in settlement goods is tiny, Dublin’s move is widely seen as a test case that other EU capitals hostile to Israel’s war in Gaza may emulate.

People hold a banner with images of Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister for Defence Simon Harris and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, May 17, 2025.

BDS win: Int'l Sociological Association suspends membership of Israel due to 'Gaza genocide'

ISA added that it regretted not taking a clear position condemning the situation in Gaza, and the suspension of ISS "reflects the extraordinary gravity of the current situation."

 Pro-Palestinian protesters wave Palestinian flags, as they demonstrate on the Zuiderstrand beach against the violence in Gaza, on the sidelines of a NATO Summit, in The Hague, Netherlands June 24, 2025.

Mamdani sponsors bill that would ban Jewish nonprofits from raising money for ZAKA, Hatzalah

Mamdani introduced a bill to fine NY nonprofits for funding groups like ZAKA and Hatzalah linked to Israeli settlements.

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protest in New York. (illustration)

Antisemitic hate preacher broke Australian law, Federal Judge rules in landmark ECAJ v. Haddad case

The court ordered that all three sermons - and any excerpts of them - be taken down from any internet page or publication under the control of the Al Madina Dawah Centre or Wissam Haddad.

 Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Oysayd.

'A tragedy': Victim of antisemitic Boulder terror attack, 82, dies of wounds

Karen Diamond, 82, was one of 13 who were physically wounded when Mohamed Sabry Soliman threw Molotov cocktails at participants of the Run for Their Lives rally in the city center.

 Sam King crosses the street after affixing an Israeli flag to a street light near the scene of an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, US June 1, 2025.

Grandson of expelled Iraqi Jews sues French gov't for millions unpaid rent on house used as embassy

"Then another ten years went by, and one day it hit me - it's not just about the property, it's about human rights," Khazzam told the Post.

IRAQI JEWS in Israel protest their counterparts’ persecution under the Ba’ath regime. (Fritz Cohen)

Islamist antisemitism goes beyond Israeli-Palestinian conflict, CEG report argues

The central argument of the near-100 page report is that it is futile to rationalize (or attempt to rationalize) Islamist antisemitism as a response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 28, 2023.