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Israel’s foreign ministry has accused the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, of pouring “antisemitic gasoline on an open fire” after he reversed a recent order by the outgoing mayor, Eric Adams.
“On his very first day as @NYCMayor, Mamdani shows his true face: he scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire,” the foreign ministry said in a post on X.
Mamdani revoked an Adams-era order that adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, which the previous administration said included “demonizing Israel and holding it to double standards as forms of contemporary antisemitism”.
Israel’s response came hours after Mamdani issued an order to rescind all executive orders that Adams issued after he was indicted on federal corruption charges in 2024 – charges that were later, controversially, dropped.
Why does the mayor of NYC need to have an opinion of Israel? He’s not the Secretary of State
The billions that goes to Israel can be used to improve New Yorker lives. As a new york mayor he need to let people have the freedom to express boycott movements
You should know that the former NYC mayor banned criticism/divestment of/from Israel thus creating a domestic law about a foreign nation. Mamdani is simply removing that domestic law and thus erasing a foreign nation from New York’s governance dictionary.
He is actually doing what you are asking for.
He can punch up why is Israel punching down