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.

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[–] 227 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Being anti Israel is not the same as being antisemitic, it's being anti-zionist.

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    [–] 188 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    Pardon my French but WHAT THE FUCK does Israel’s opinion on the mayor from a city half way around the globe have to do with anythingv

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  • [–] 84 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    NYC has the largest jewish commiunity outside israel, many of which anti-zionists, and it shows how people of different faiths can co-live peacefully, so you can see why isreal wants to influence our politics

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    It's clear why they want to but why are our news outlets amplifying their messages. They shouldn't be

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago

    breaking my hiatus to say this:

    New York is the present day Lviv in what it meant to Jewish identity before the rise of zionism following the Odessa Pogroms. israel knows this. they want to re-evoke the origins of their movement. they want to control what it means to be Jewish.

    but Jewishness is defined for a lot of Jews not by our connection to Levantine soil, but instead our opposition to oppression. fuck zionism forever. and fuck its need to reignite hate against semitic people to create a self fulfilling prophecy that we cannot be safe in our own communities.

    israel is pharaoh.

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    New York City has 8.4m people in it; 15% (1.3m) of them are Jewish, making them a key cultural and political group. New York City also has an outsized (if dropping) cultural and political influence on the US.

    There are 7.3m Jewish people in Israel, and NYC is the largest population of Jewish people outside Israel, meaning that NYC actions and opinions may have more of an influence within Israel than opinions from elsewhere.

    NYC is also seen as a huge, vibrant, peaceful, multicultural city; the longtime headquartering of the United Nations there, the largest financial capital in the world, etc - all give it an emotional and cultural impact.

    Here's the thing: when Americans look at Mamdani's election, we see a rejection of the current US political parties, a pushback against the oligarchs, late-stage capitalism, and the corruption and fascism of the right. For most of the people (at least on the US center and left) Mamdani's religion doesn't factor into much (if anything).

    For a certain segment of Jewish Israelis who heavily lean into that identity, the election of a Muslim mayor is a threat, especially one as driven and charismatic as Mamdani. And there's a political class in Israel who is willing to promote and exploit that fear, in order to gain their own goals, whether that's increased political power, more money, or simply avoiding going to prison.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago

    Israel is an important and well-intergrated piece of the US empire so they get a say in how the empire is run. Working class new yorkers don't matter in the same way.

    To translate into the lies of empire: israel's importance to foreign policy goals and deep cultural ties make it an interested commentator on domestic politics.

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    [+] 114 points 7 months ago (5 children)
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    [–] 113 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Israel accuses X of antisemitism

    I wonder how many people, like me, have just completely stopped paying this headline any attention. Oh, there they go again, calling someone anti-semitic. Was that like the person I heard who said something totally legit that was supposedly anti-semitic, or was that like the Jewish group that was supposedly anti-semitic?

    Boy, stop crying wolf.

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  • [–] 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (13 children)

    The thing about this that is really fucked up is that this watering down of the term is giving cover to actual anti-semites who really do hate jewish people no matter who and where they are.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago

    Yep. I see it in myself, even. I mean, what is someone supposed to do? Today, it's very common that someone is accused of anti-semitism who is nothing of the sort, so I have to ask, "are they actually anti-semitic, or did they just say something pro-Palestinian, or anti-Settlements, or anti-war-crimes?" And it's not like every time I ask that I can go and find the answer, so often it casts genuine doubt, and some of the time, that doubt is miscast.

    Netanyahu and his government need to get in the fucking sea.

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    [–] 86 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    "Israel says..." and "Israel accuses....." now have the same credibility and value as "Trump says..." or "Trump accuses..."

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    [–] 71 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Repeat after me: being anti-Israel (government) is not being anti-Semitic. Being anti-Hamas is not being Islamophobic. When you are against assholes and warcrimes you are anti-asshole and anti-warcriminal.

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    [–] 69 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This is how you know that Mamdani made a good choice. When the bullies cry crocodile tears, you can ignore them.

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    [–] 60 points 7 months ago

    Mandami lifted a rule stating you cannot stop doing buainess with isreal.

    He gave people the FREEDOM to choose to stop dealing witb isreal. And of course, let the crybabies come out of the woodwork.

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  • [–] 57 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Remember kids, if Mamdani is killed, it's CIA

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    [–] 50 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    The word antisemitism used to carry weight, now thanks to Israel it doesn't really anymore

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago*

    That's what fascists do. Take terms that are commonly understood to mean something serious and use it against every person/group they don't like until it loses all meaning. Then when the fascists are inevitably found to be acting exactly like that term originally described, they can discredit whoever is accusing them because "everyone uses that word for everything, you just don't like us" despite being the cause of that problem in the first place.

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    [–] 48 points 7 months ago

    Sorry Israel but you don't represent Jews

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  • [–] 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Mamdani immediately rescinded all of Adams' executive orders made after Adams' indictment. I wish this article clarified if this EO was part of that batch.

    Edit: It was: https://bsky.app/profile/hunterw.bsky.social/post/3mbhyhk2egc2e

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Fellas, is it antisemetic to perform your mayoral duties to New York City instead of Tel Aviv?

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    [–] 37 points 7 months ago

    So they're shit scared of Mamdani then? That sounds like a good thing.

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The opinion of a genocidaire is worthless.

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    [–] 34 points 7 months ago*

    Just like with the US government, if Israel's government is criticizing you you're on the right side.

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  • [–] 32 points 7 months ago

    There was a time when a foreign country impugning a mayor would’ve been big news. Now “Israel accuses person of antisemitism” is just something that happens every few days.

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago

    At this point getting slandered by Israel seems more like a badge of honor. I don't even want a nation committing an ongoing genocide to like me.

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago*

    From the IHRA working definition, "[C]iticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic."

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago

    If something displeases Israel, it very much pleases me. Please continue Mr. Mamdani!

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Right... which is why Mamdani in his first speech as mayor spoke of how much he cherished the multicultural upbringing he had in NYC and used the example of being able to as a Muslim get tasty bagels and lox all the time as a kid.

    I particularly bristle at Mamdani being called anti-semitic because Mamdani is a once in a generation political orator who is SPECIFICALLY talented at speaking to the shared interests we all have that transcend meaningless superficial divisions between us. I have no doubt Mamdani will do everything in his power to protect Jewish people along with everyone else and given NYC has the most amount of Jews outside of Israel I would hazard a guess to say most Jews feel similarly who know about Mamdani and aren't caught up in the fear mongering.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Israel proves it has a government based on bigotry.

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    [–] 26 points 7 months ago

    The IHRA definition of antisemitism is "if you criticize Israel you're antisemitic," and restrictions on boycotts are unconstitutional. These orders should have been rescinded even if Adams hadn't been indicted on federal corruption charges.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago

    Ironic that one would post complaints about antisemitism on shitter, the platform whose very owner did a full on Hitler salute on live television in front of thousands of a local audience as well. twice!

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago

    Surely nobody cares what Israel has to say at this point.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Hey Israel, that word doesn’t mean what you think it means.

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    [–] 24 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Israel says that about everyone.

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    [–] 22 points 7 months ago

    Upset and piss off the establishment you love to see it.

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago

    Are you really anything until Israel accuses you of something? It's the modern champagne toss. It's official now, he's a full fledged mayor.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago

    "Fascist war criminals say [whatever]"

    Ok, sure, who cares. Let's talk AFTER your ICC conviction.

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