Why Israel Feels Zohran Mamdani As Next New York City Mayor Is 'Bad For Jews'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "For a long, long time, American domestic politics were dominated by pro-Israel politicians, pro-Israel views.
55% : Israelis across the political spectrum fear that Zohran Mamdani's election as the next mayor of New York City -- the city with the world's second-largest Jewish population -- could foreshadow icier relations with the U.S., Israel's most important ally.
55% : " Israel has traditionally had a special connection with New York City.
53% : "We have a bond that is stronger than ever between Israel and the United States right now," government spokeswoman Shosh Bedrosian said at her daily briefing.
50% : But in Israel, his pro-Palestinian platform is all that matters.
47% : Israel's minister of diaspora affairs, Amichai Chikli, a member of Netanyahu's nationalist Likud party, posted a stream of anti-Mamdani graphics on social media, including a retweeted photo of the Twin Towers being engulfed in flames after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the caption "New York already forgot."
47% : But throughout his campaign, the 34-year-old Mamdani, a far-left state lawmaker, alarmed Israelis by openly disavowing the pro-Israel stance traditionally adopted by New York's mayoral hopefuls.
46% : "What he did proves that standing up against Israel ... can be politically profitable, or at least not harmful.
45% : "Mamdani's win represents that American Jews, specifically the younger generation, are changing and there's no longer this monopoly of pro-Israel politics in domestic U.S. politics.
43% : While he says he supports Israel's right to exist, he describes any state or social hierarchy that favours Jews over others as incompatible with his belief in universal human rights.
37% : Israel's ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, speculated that the New York "Jewish community's sense of security" might be harmed by Mamdani as mayor, as he has control over the city's police force.
32% : "For the Jews, for Israel, for everyone, it's very bad.
32% : Israeli government officials expressed their outrage sharply, labeling Mamdani, who is Muslim, as an Israel-hating antisemite.
32% : Mamdani also has called the war in Gaza a genocide, a charge Israel's government denies.
31% : Such views have drawn accusations of antisemitism from mainstream Jewish groups and supporters of Israel.

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