(JEWISH GROUP ) In tearful address, Mamdani laments criticism following his 'globalize the intifada' comments
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum appeared to condemn a statement made by NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in which he defended the phrase “Globalize the intifada,” saying the word “intifada” had been used in translations by the museum.
Mamdani, meanwhile, responded to the accusations of antisemitism he has received since the statement in a tearful address Wednesday, telling reporters “it pains me to be called an antisemite.”
While speaking on “The Bulwark” Tuesday, Mamdani defended the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which has been used by pro-Palestinian protesters and seen by many as a call for violence against Jews, telling the hosts that the phrase was often misunderstood.
“I think what’s difficult also is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic, because it’s a word that means struggle,” said Mamdani, who has a long record of pro-Palestinian activism. “And as a Muslim man who grew up post-9/11, I’m all too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning.”
In a post on X Wednesday, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum decried the comparison of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a major Jewish uprising against the Nazis in 1943, with the phrase, though it did not explicitly mention Mamdani.
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What a fucking asshole! Typical. He's the victim as he proves Dara Horn's book "People Love Dead Jews" correct...again!
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