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A fox news The host made this absurd claim New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdanni Wants to “eliminate” the Jewish community in the city.
In response to comments by popular New York rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, who claimed that Mamdani is a “danger” to Jewish residents, Lawrence Jones said Number of Jews in the city Expressing support for the Democrats before the election was “shocking”.
“I would say to the rabbi, you have to go out there and talk to some Jews in New York,” Jones said on Fox & Friends. “Have you seen the polling that shows support for Mamdani within the Jewish community? It’s shocking to me.
Jones said: “I can’t fight for you any harder than you fight for yourself. He wants to exterminate your entire community. He doesn’t even believe in the Jewish state. Yet, he still has a lot of support within the community.”
In comments to worshipers on Saturday, which were broadcast on Fox & Friends, Cosgrove said: “I believe that Zoharan Mamdani is a threat to the safety of the New York Jewish community.”
“Mamdani’s refusal to condemn pragmatic slogans such as ‘globalization of the intifada’, his denial of Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state, his call to arrest the Israeli Prime Minister upon entering New York, and his three-time allegation of genocide in Thursday’s debate. For these and many other such statements, past, present and unproven, he is a threat to New York’s Jewish politics. York City,” he added.
Mamdani told business leaders during a meeting in July that he would not use the phrase “globalization of the intifada.” new York TimesHe had previously declined to condemn it during the Democratic primaries, despite critics saying it encouraged violence against Jews.
Furthermore, Mamdani clearly stated during a debate in June that “Israel has the right to exist as a state with equal rights.”
If elected, Mamdani said he would honor the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Netanyahu if the Israeli Prime Minister visited New York. experts told Times These plans would be both impractical and potentially illegal.
Despite being heavily accused of anti-Semitism by the right wing, Polls show Democrat Mamdani still maintains good lead over his rivalsFormer state governors Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, as the race enters its final stretch.
A new survey from AARP and Gotham Polling found that Mamdani has a lead of 43.2 percent, with Cuomo in second place with 28.9 percent, and Sliwa in last place with 19.4 percent.
Independent Mamdani’s campaign has been contacted for comment in response to the comments made by Jones.