New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Slammed by CAM for ‘Parroting Hamas Propaganda’ in October 7th Anniversary Statement

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz issued the following response on Wednesday to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s October 7th anniversary statement:

“For Jews in Israel and across the globe, the anniversary of October 7th, the deadliest act of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust, marks a day of sorrowful mourning and painful reflection. The fact that Mayor Mamdani used this solemn moment to parrot Hamas propaganda and promote the ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid’ libels spoke volumes, further exposing, as if there was still any doubt, the antisemitic animus at the core of his ideological worldview.”

“Last week, Mayor Mamdani unveiled a so-called ‘Strategy to Combat Antisemitism,’ but slandering and demonizing the Jewish state does the exact opposite, only elevating the threats already facing Jewish New Yorkers. This alone should be disqualifying for leadership in a city home to the largest Diaspora Jewish community, who deserve a mayor who fights antisemitism, not incites it.”

This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.

The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.

Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.

To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) October 7, 2026

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