"While Mamdani has attempted to focus his campaign on making New York City more affordable, establishment figures have largely focused on his relationship to the Palestine solidarity movement as a means to attack him. This was evident during the mayoral debate on October 16, when Mamdani's opponent Andrew Cuomo repeated his accusation that Mamdani refuses to denounce the phrase "globalize the Intifada," insisting, obviously falsely and in bad faith, that the phrase means "kill all Jews.""
"Mamdani's history as part of the Palestine solidarity movement is simultaneously responsible for his upset primary victory, and a magnet for attacks and criticism from establishment politicians. Against the backdrop of two years of Israel's mass slaughter, ethnic cleansing, and engineered starvation in Gaza, backed first by Joe Biden and now Donald Trump, Mamdani's breakthrough candidacy reflects a popular rejection of genocide and of the Democratic Party's inability to break with its longstanding support for Israel."
Zohran Mamdani faces repeated attacks and Islamophobic smears focused on his ties to the Palestine solidarity movement while he emphasizes affordability in his mayoral campaign. Opponents seized on his comments about the phrase "globalize the Intifada," with Andrew Cuomo falsely claiming it means "kill all Jews." Mamdani's role in the Palestine solidarity movement helped secure his upset primary victory and also attracted establishment criticism. Israel's mass killings, ethnic cleansing, and engineered starvation in Gaza, backed by Biden and then Trump, frame his rise as a rejection of genocide and the Democratic Party's pro-Israel stance. Mamdani has increasingly distanced himself from the contested phrase.
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