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New York mayor says U.S. tax money funds war crimes in Gaza On the third anniversary of Oct. 7, he highlighted U.S. complicity in Gaza genocide
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Mamdani marks Oct. 7
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned Israel’s war of genocide against the Gaza Strip and said the Israeli occupation government has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians since October 2023, including more than 21,000 children. Mamdani said in a post on the X platform that more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was announced, and he framed the day as “three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7.” Mamdani said the suffering intensified as Israel targeted ambulances outside hospitals, residential areas, and journalists, and as it prevented food aid from crossing borders.
Mamdani marks Oct. 7
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned Israel’s war of genocide against the Gaza Strip and said the Israeli occupation government has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians since October 2023, including more than 21,000 children. Mamdani said in a post on the X platform that more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was announced, and he framed the day as “three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7.” Mamdani said the suffering intensified as Israel targeted ambulances outside hospitals, residential areas, and journalists, and as it prevented food aid from crossing borders.
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ADL and Israel officials promptly criticise Mamdani
Reported by: Source: CBS News
Not found in: Source: ANews, Source: Times of Israel
Mamdani also said the crimes he described as war crimes are funded by the tax money New Yorkers pay, and he criticized continued U.S. federal government support for Israel through arms shipments. Mamdani’s statement also said that despite a declared ceasefire on 10 October 2025, Israel continues to bombard the Gaza Strip, leading to the martyrdom of 1,467 Palestinians and injuries to 5,161 others, most of them women and children.
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US tax money dispute
Zohran Mamdani said the suffering in Gaza continued through what he called the genocide Israel is waging, and he argued that “Our tax money funds these war crimes.” Mamdani said the American administration is “complicit with every weapons shipment sent,” and he called for “striving for a world where everyone lives in freedom and dignity.” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Dannon, responded by accusing Mamdani of trying to hijack the “Memorial Day” dedicated to October 7 events and turning it into “another day of promotion and propaganda against Israel.”
Dannon said, “We will remember the dead and recall what occurred, and we will not forget who stands behind this massacre,” as he rejected Mamdani’s framing of the anniversary. Mamdani’s remarks also drew criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, which posted that “not once do you say 'Jews.'”
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Controversy and next steps
Mamdani’s statement marked the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks, when Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others, and he said New Yorkers grieve alongside friends and neighbors who still carry that loss. Mamdani said, “Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed,” and he said the suffering intensified with “every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist.” The Times of Israel reported that Israeli authorities strongly deny that genocide has taken place in the Gaza Strip, while the IDF said it only targets terror operatives and seeks to minimize civilian casualties.
The Times of Israel also reported that Mamdani planned to attend a “vigil in remembrance of October 7th” and then meet with Palestinian New Yorkers, according to a schedule from his office. The Times of Israel said the schedule included no further details after the meeting plan, leaving the next steps beyond the vigil and the meeting unspecified in the report.
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