Overview

• Mamdani declined to denounce the chant during a Bulwark podcast interview, insisting it reflects a struggle for Palestinian human rights and citing the Holocaust Museum’s Arabic translation of “intifada.”
• The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum branded his defense of the phrase “outrageous and especially offensive to survivors” and called on all leaders to disavow it.
• Figures including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Rep. Ritchie Torres and Rabbi Marc Schneier have condemned his remarks and demanded he apologize to New York’s Jewish community.
• In a tearful press conference, Mamdani said it “pains me to be called an antisemite” and stressed his commitment to keeping Jewish New Yorkers safe.
• He highlighted his record of building coalitions between Jewish and Muslim New Yorkers even as critics question his suitability for office.