A report published Friday revealed that the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani liked social media posts celebrating Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel.
Jewish Insider reported that Rama Duwaji liked several Instagram posts shared on the day of the attack that portrayed it in celebratory terms. One post included images of Palestinians breaching Israel’s border fence and described the attack as “breaking the walls of apartheid.” Another showed Palestinians sitting on a captured Israel Defense Forces vehicle alongside the caption, “Resisting apartheid since 1948.”
These posts circulated online as Hamas terrorists carried out a coordinated assault across southern Israel. During the attack, terrorists murdered more than 1,200 people, wounded thousands, and kidnapped around 250 who were taken into Gaza.
The report also states that Duwaji liked two posts the following day expressing support for anti-Israel protests.
Posts Praised October 7 Massacre and Denied Hamas Atrocities
On Saturday, The Free Press reported that Duwaji liked an Instagram post claiming that reports of Hamas rapes during the October 7 attack were a hoax. The post referred to a New York Times investigation documenting sexual violence against Israeli victims as a “mass rape” hoax that had been “fabricated” by the newspaper.
Other posts she reportedly liked accused Israel of a “vile land grab.” One praised activists who forcibly occupied a building at Columbia University in 2024. Another accused Israel of genocide immediately after the Hamas attack. A separate post reportedly called former U.S. President Joe Biden “Butcher Biden” and accused him of genocide.
During a press conference, reporters asked Mamdani about the social media activity. He defended his spouse’s privacy. “My wife is the love of my life,” he said. “And she’s also a private person who has held no formal position on my campaign or in my City Hall.”
Duwaji has not publicly commented on the reports. Mamdani and Duwaji began dating in 2021 and married last year.
The revelations came amid growing scrutiny of social media activity by people connected to Mamdani’s political circle. Since launching his mayoral campaign last year, several staff members have faced criticism for antisemitic posts and other inflammatory online statements about Israel and the war following the October 7 attacks.
The controversy also drew political reactions in New York. City Councilmember Inna Vernikov criticized media coverage and questioned whether Mamdani would face serious scrutiny. “Will the ‘paper of record’ ask [Mamdani] a single question on this?” Vernikov wrote in response to reporting by The New York Times. “THEY WON’T.”
The New York Times later covered the story but described the posts merely as expressions of “support for the Palestinian cause.”
Duwaji’s social media activities mark the latest example of the normalization of rhetoric that glorifies or minimizes the October 7 massacre — the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust.
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