'I am offended': Mamdani blasts Smotrich's participation at Israel Day Parade

Arutz Sheva ^ | 2/6/26

[Eleutheria5]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that he is “offended" by the participation of several Israeli government ministers in Sunday’s Israel Day Parade, particularly singling out Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s attendance.

Speaking in an interview with MSNOW, Mamdani, who infamously boycotted the parade, said, “I've made clear time and time again over the course of the campaign my criticisms of the Israeli government. And you can see in the participation of the far-right Israeli minister Smotrich, as well as a number of other ministers, a vision of annihilation, a complicity in genocide, and frankly, a belief that does not have much value for even the sanctity of children in Gaza. And I am offended, as I know many New Yorkers are, by their participation."

On the participation of members of his administration in the festivities, the mayor stressed, “I allow them to make their own decisions as to what marches they would like to participate in."

Mamdani also reiterated his duty to ensure proper security for the event, saying, “As I've said time and time again, as the mayor of this city, I need not be present to ensure the security of a march, and also that this is a march to celebrate Israel. That is something that many New Yorkers attended, many New Yorkers did not. When it comes to the sanctity and the security of Jewish life in this city, that is something that we are fully committed to - to ensuring that each and every Jewish New Yorker is not just safe in this city, but is celebrated."

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[Eleutheria5]

GFYS, Madmani. I'm no fan of Smotrich, Bibi, Ben Gvir or any of these blowhards who let the massacre happen despite their big talk. But it's not your parade. It's about Israel, not you. So GFYS.

[Zathras]

Last time I checked, walking down the street is “Free Speech” and “Freedom to Assemble”
Unless you are a Communist.

[rktman]

Well what a surprise.

[PGR88]

He’s a foreign agent, jihadi muslim, and woke soy-boy all wrapped up in one!

[HYPOCRACY]

The Mayor of foreign policy. I like Giuliani’s foreign policy better. He just impounded illegally parked diplomatic cars.

[bk1000]

Does he give a rat’s patoot if I am offended?
Nah, didn’t think so.
Pound sand, commie raghead!

[Libloather]

Madmani is the enemy. Some folks haven’t figured that out yet.

[PGalt]

ISLAMamdani is offended.

[Red Badger]

“...and frankly, a belief that does not have much value for even the sanctity of children in Gaza. And I am offended, as I know many New Yorkers are, by their participation.”

How many babies did the Israelis put in microwave ovens in front of their mothers, Mamdummy?.............

[mythenjoseph]

In a perfect world this ugandan muzzie #@*& would somehow have a horrific accident. We need to bring back the Italian Mafia.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

That Mamdummy needs to be swatted down like a fly. He is not even American, and he
thinks he can dictate who can hold a parade? The Jews have made New York City a thriving city.
The muslims killed 3000 New Yorkers and destroyed 2 iconic buildings. Mamdani isn't worth as
much as a bucket of warm spit.

[sauropod]

“Complicity in genocide?”

For real, Zohran?

This is not going to end well.

[allendale]

When things start to get really tough in NYC, the people who will attack Jews and their institutions will not be wearing Mamdani’s pseudo sophisticated cloak to hide their violent, virulent anti semitism. Police Commissioner Tisch will soon face the definitive challenge of her life.

[Liz]

[MayflowerMadam]

How many were offended when ZM put on his blue jammies and participated in an open-air Muslim prayer service?

[Eleutheria5]

“Police Commissioner Tisch will soon face the definitive challenge of her life”

She’ll call the riots mostly peaceful, say “let them vent,” and look for the root cause. Not a challenge for her. She’s already rehearsing.

[Eleutheria5]

Not I. Muslims can pray wherever and whenever they want. I just have a problem with the killing people, taking over the world, and making Jooos! and Christians pay jiziya part of Islam, and also the destroy Israel part, which is no longer universal, at least. But it should be, already.

[high info voter]

WELL DUH!!! Do you understand we're in spiritual warfare???

HISTORY - 1400 years / over 700 MILLION innocent people murdered by Muslims!

“Muslims” A mass of people who carry a "holy" book that says to murder all Jews and Christians who won't bow to their prophet.
And now we're flooding them into our country and even putting them into our government.

Can American voters be more stupid or are we trying to destroy ourselves, our kids and grand-kids AND our future???

BTW - That first Muslim president Obama said he "had a plan for America" .... and it was NOT for our good!

[Eleutheria5]

““Muslims” A mass of people who carry a “holy” book that says to murder all Jews and Christians who won’t bow to their prophet.”

Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. Jews and Christians don’t get killed, so long as they walk in the gutter on the left side of believers, pay their jiziyya, and don’t get uppity. They only want to kill all Druze, Yazidi, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists, and any Jew or Christian who does get uppity. So stop it with your Islamaphobia.

[goodnesswins]

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