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Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city's labor unions on July 2, 2025 in New York. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17623906695831761615944397cropped-Screen Shot 2025-10-28 at 9.44.46 AM.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city&#x27;s labor unions on July 2, 2025 in New York. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP/File</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br/></div><p>JERUSALEM, Undefined — A right-wing Israeli government minister urged New York&#x27;s Jewish residents on Wednesday to move to Israel following Zohran Mamdani&#x27;s victory in the city&#x27;s mayoral election, branding the leftist Democrat a &quot;Hamas supporter.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/11/5/long-shot-socialist-and-trump-foe-mamdani-becomes-next-ny-mayor-1053">Long-shot socialist and Trump foe Mamdani becomes next NY mayor</a></div><p>Mamdani, 34, will become the city&#x27;s first Muslim mayor when he takes office in January.</p><p>A long-standing supporter of the Palestinian cause, he has also made a point of vocally denouncing antisemitism in recent months -- as well as the Islamophobia he himself has suffered.</p><p>&quot;The city that once stood as a symbol of global freedom has handed over its keys to a Hamas supporter,&quot; Israel&#x27;s right-wing Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli wrote on X.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/10/28/-it-adds-up-new-york-cost-of-living-propels-socialist-s-mayoral-bid-0947">&#x27;It adds up&#x27;: New York cost of living propels socialist&#x27;s mayoral bid</a></div><p>&quot;New York will never be the same again, especially not for its Jewish community,&quot; he added.</p><p>&quot;I invite the Jews of New York to seriously consider making their new home in the Land of Israel.&quot;</p><p>Mamdani&#x27;s positions on Israel -- which he has called an &quot;apartheid regime&quot; while branding the war in Gaza a &quot;genocide&quot; -- have drawn the ire of some in the Jewish community.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1985106439728160937&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-11-06T00%3A48%3A33.538796%3A8967859f-40f4-472a-a546-a59735f4cfc9%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=cce4fb17a438982bfd393d0c3045b0901ca96f37&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:501px;height:643px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1985106439728160937"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>Israeli National Security Minister and far-right firebrand Itamar Ben Gvir echoed Chikli&#x27;s accusation on Wednesday.</p><p>&quot;Antisemitism has triumphed over common sense. Mamdani is a supporter of Hamas, an enemy of Israel, and an avowed antisemite,&quot; he said in a statement.</p><p>Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the hawkish Yisrael Beytenu party, wrote on X that &quot;New York has chosen as its mayor a racist, a populist, and an avowed Shiite Islamist.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/6/25/upstart-socialist-stuns-former-governor-in-nyc-mayoral-primary-2149">Upstart socialist stuns former governor in NYC mayoral primary</a></div><p>Mamdani&#x27;s decisive election victory came in the face of fierce attacks on his policies and Muslim heritage from business elites, conservative media commentators and US President Donald Trump.</p><p>Trump made an eleventh-hour intervention in the election race on Tuesday, smearing Mamdani as a &quot;Jew hater&quot; on his social media platform.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlChE4k8H2A?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Zohran Mamdani, 34, will become the city's first Muslim mayor when he takes office in January.</p>

Zohran Mamdani, 34, will become the city's first Muslim mayor when he takes office in January.

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Minister calls on New York's Jews to move to Israel after Mamdani win

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Published Nov 06, 2025 09:00 AM PHT

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