"Their opinions and beliefs are diverse, but an Anti-Defamation League audit of the Mamdani transition team announced Monday found that many of the members engaged in activity deemed antisemitic or anti-Israel. Some of the reported behavior was quite galling. Kazi Fouzia, who is on the mayor-elect's worker justice committee, wrote on social media, Resistance are [sic] justified when people are occupied the day after the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks by Hamas upon Israel."
"Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, appointed to the committee on youth and education, posted photos on social media of her participation in a CUNY pro-Palestine encampment. The images included one of herself standing in front of a banner with an inverted red triangle, a symbol popularized by Hamas that glorifies violence, and the words LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE. The ADL's report came days after a Mamdani cabinet appointee, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, resigned after old tweets of her antisemitic and anti-police statements resurfaced."
"Instead of taking responsibility for woeful vetting and welcoming people with antisemitic beliefs, the new mayor chose to attack the ADL, insinuating that the organization conflates opposition to the Israeli government with antisemitism. But it was the Mamdani transition team members exposed in the ADL report who chose to express their apparent opposition to the Israeli government by embracing symbols and statements condoning violence against Israelis and Jews in general."
An Anti-Defamation League audit found numerous members of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team engaged in antisemitic or anti-Israel activity. Specific examples include a worker justice committee member who posted that "Resistance are justified" after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, and a youth and education appointee photographed in front of a banner bearing an inverted red triangle and the phrase LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE. A cabinet appointee resigned after antisemitic and anti-police tweets resurfaced. The mayor attacked the ADL instead of acknowledging vetting failures, while several transition team members embraced symbols and statements that condone violence.
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