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NYC Mayor’s Oct. 7 statement gives permission for antisemitism

Oct 16, 2026, 2:47 AM

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The October 7^th statement from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani provides insight into how he (and others like him) will respond to attacks on Jews in America as they continue to occur.

4,000 Hamas operatives and at least 2,000 Gazan citizens stormed Israel on October 7, perpetrating the greatest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. Today is the three-year anniversary of the massacre. And how does the New York City mayor honor this day?

Less than one third of his remarks mentioned the massacre of Israelis and the hostages taken. Most of his message was a written assault on Israel for its military response. The number of deaths Mamdani provided included each and every Hamas terrorist as part of the total without distinction. In effect, he was saying that Hamas’s deaths are part of today’s mourning. Sinful. Hamas participated in barbarous mutilation of women and children. And the number he gave was the terrorist regime’s numbers – he took their word for it.

He then propagates the worst slanders against Israel making sure to hit all of them – “war crimes”, “genocide”, “occupation”, “apartheid.” A more egregiously false array of charges against any country has never been made. The message was an indictment of Israel – with lie after lie.

Mamdani’s lies amount to a permission structure for pro-Palestinian mobs to harass, threaten, and/or intimidate Jews at their houses of worship, on campuses, and other places. To follow Mamdani, the justification would be to overlook the crimes of the terrorists and denounce the victims – Jews. History has made no progress!

About the Author

Dr. Berenhaus has worked tirelessly as a watchdog for anti-Israel bias in the media. His efforts monitoring and responding to false media reports on Israel have compelled several news organizations to retract inaccuracies and publish letters clarifying the truth about Israel. He has been published widely in highly distributed newspapers and online publications including The Washington Post, The NY Times, The Economist, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Jewish Week, and The American Thinker. He is a crusader in online/social media working to educate the general public as an advocate of Israel and against anti-Semitism. Dr. Berenhaus is a co-founder of ‘Boycott The Post’ and of ‘Eye on the Post’ - two non-profit organizations that monitor media coverage to ensure accuracy, fairness and truth as it relates to Israel. He is also a founder of The Pakistan Israel Peace Forum, an organization dedicated to creating peace between Muslims and Jews. Although many people in the Washington Jewish community know Dr. Berenhaus for his work in journalism, most don't know how generous he is to the Jewish community with both his time and money. Dr. Berenhaus has spent countless hours throughout the years volunteering for Israel and Jewish organizations. He went to Ethiopia and worked with the last remaining Ethiopian Jews. He has lectured to Interns and community groups providing direction and techniques for Israel Advocacy in the media. Currently, Dr. Berenhaus is working with JSSA to coordinate and donate eye glasses to the entire Washington DC region of needy Holocaust Survivors. That effort has now been expanded nationally.