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New York Post
18-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani leads ‘BDS' chants, bashes officials for traveling to Israel in resurfaced clip
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was caught on resurfaced video leading 'BDS' chants in a push to boycott Israel while blasting officials for traveling to the Jewish State on taxpayers' dime. The demcratic socialist candidate led the chants in favor of the 'boycott, divestment and sanctions' movement during a May 11, 2021 pro-Palestinian rally across from the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan. 'We have elected officials paid for trips to Israel,' he said in the clip, which resurfaced Sunday — hours before the Salute to Israel Day parade in Manhattan. 'They are going there paid for by your tax dollars. Advertisement 6 NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani led 'BDS' chants, bashes officials for traveling to Israel in resurfaced clip from May 11, 2021. Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Facebook 'They show up at the Israel Day parade and they say, `We stand in solidarity,'' Mamdani goes on. 'We want to let them know that there are three letters that we have as an answer to what is happening in Palestine. It's BDS.' He then leads chants of 'BDS, BDS!' with the protesters, the clip shows. Advertisement Mamdani, a state Assemblyman who represents Queens, has been polling second behind ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the crowded Democratic Party primary for mayor. 6 'We have elected officials paid for trips to Israel,' he said in the clip, which resurfaced hours before the Salute to Israel Day parade. Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Facebook During his remarks in the resurfaced clip, he also urges pro-Palestinian protesters in the video to 'put pressure' on their local council members and state representatives to advocate for a 'safe and free' Palestine. The lawmaker had referenced his appearance at the rally in a May 12, 2021 Facebook post, which was reposted Sunday by political consultant Jason Curtis Anderson. Advertisement The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish advocacy groups label the BDS movement as antisemitic, saying it seeks to delegitimize and destroy Israel.. 6 'We want to let them know that there are three letters that we have as an answer to what is happening in Palestine. It's BDS,' Mamdani said. Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Facebook 6 Mamdani led the 'Boycott, divestment and sanctions' chants. Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Facebook 6 Mamdani also urged protesters in the video to 'put pressure' on their local council members and state representatives to advocate for a 'safe and free' Palestine. Zohran Kwame Mamdani/Facebook Advertisement 'The BDS movement uses divisive and inaccurate terms like 'apartheid,' 'genocide,' 'settler colonialist' and 'supremacists' to refer to aspects of Israeli action or policy they criticize, language which serves to demonize the Jewish state and those who support its existence,' the ADL said. 'ADL believes that many of the founding goals of the BDS movement, which effectively reject or ignore the Jewish people's right of self-determination, or that, if implemented, would result in the eradication of the world's only Jewish state, are antisemitic.' Last week, Mamdani drew flack for refusing to sign onto a pair of resolutions recognizing Israel and the Holocaust. Critics ripped the mayoral hopeful as having 'no business representing the largest Jewish community outside of Israel.' 6 Mamdani recently received backlash for refusing to sign onto a pair of resolutions recognizing Israel and the Holocaust. REUTERS He also received the endorsement of anti-Israel ex-'Squad' Rep. Jamaal Bowman. Mamdani spokesman Andrew Epstein responded, 'Zohran has been consistent and principled in his calls for equal rights and freedom for every single person, including Palestinians, and has never strayed from his belief that peace and justice will only be achieved through nonviolence.' The assemblyman previously introduced the controversial 'Not On Our Dime Act' that would bar New York non-profits from bankrolling any groups involved with West Bank settlements. Advertisement His father, Mahmood Mamdani, went even further, and called for the end of the Jewish state. 'The Palestinian challenge is to persuade the Jewish population and the world … the longtime security of a Jewish homeland in historic Palestine requires the dismantling of the Jewish state,' Mahmood Mandani said during a 2014 speech at Columbia. 'Jews can have a homeland in historic Palestine, but not a state.' The ranked-choice primary is June 24. Early voting is scheduled to begin June 14 and will go for nine days prior to the election.
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Who is Rama Duwaji? Meet Zohran Kwame Mamdani's wife as he shares beautiful wedding photos on Instagram
Socialist NYC mayoral contender Zohran Kwame Mamdani confirmed his marriage to Syrian artist Rama Duwaji. According to the New York Post, the couple held their engagement ceremony on the rooftop of the scenic Vida Creek Harbour in Dubai in December 2024. They later had a civil wedding at the City Clerk's office in New York City earlier this year. Sharing photos from their wedding on Instagram, Mamdani wrote, "If you take a look at Twitter today, or any day for that matter, you know how vicious politics can be. I usually brush it off, whether it's death threats or a call for me to be deported. But it's different when it's about those you love. 'Three months ago, I married the love of my life, Rama, a the City Clerk's office. Now, right-wing trolls are trying to make this race-which should be about you-about her. Rama isn't just my wife, she's an incredible artist who deserves to be known on her own terms. You can critique my views, but not my family,' he added. A post shared by Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani) In a statement to Interview Magazine, Mamdani called the City Clerk's office his 'favorite building in New York,' saying, "The outside is just so beautiful and reminiscent of a different New York City, and the inside is in many ways public goods personified. All of these New Yorkers getting married at the same time at different ages and at different times in their lives, it's very beautiful.' The Mamdani campaign also issued a statement to the NY Post, saying, 'Before their civil ceremony in New York City, Zohran and his wife celebrated their engagement in Dubai last year—where her family lives—with a small, joyful ceremony surrounded by their loved ones.' Mamdani's public post came after a wave of online accusations that he was 'hiding his wife." Rama Duwaji is a Syrian artist based in Brooklyn. Her illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and VICE. The 27-year-old holds a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts. In a past interview with YUNG, Duwaji shared that she spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic living with her family in Dubai.
