So vast is the multitude of problems that plague New York’s five boroughs, over which Mayor Zohran Mamdani presides, that it is mind-blowing how he has the time or inclination to weigh in on a real estate expo which took place at a Brooklyn synagogue.
With long-standing issues of violent crime, including people being pushed onto subway tracks, along with rampant drug use on city streets, languishing homelessness, a lack of affordable housing, and an ever-growing budget deficit as the rich escape the extremely high taxes sought to be imposed upon them, the list goes on.
But Mamdani is not as perturbed by all of the above as he is by what is happening in Israel.
His latest response to an Israeli-sponsored real estate event, which took place last week at Brooklyn’s Park East Synagogue, was to criticize the gathering, saying “he was deeply opposed to the real estate expo that included the promotion of the sale of land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.”
Perhaps I’m mistaken, but I fail to see how any of that falls under the purview of Mamdani’s already challenging job!
What should be of grave concern to the Democrat Socialist mayor is the fact that the flag of the Hezbollah terror group was unfurled in front of a Jewish institution, while keffiyeh-clad protesters chanted, “There is only one solution: intifada, revolution,” and brandished an “Abolish Israel” sign.
That kind of hateful incitement – by avowed Jew-haters hoping to send the message to anyone participating in this event that their lives are imperiled – should be troubling to a mayor whose many worthless campaign promises included protecting the Jewish community.
But like so many of the impossible commitments Mamdani has spouted, intended to win him the job, they were just empty pledges that he had no intention of keeping.
With every right to hold an event of interest to the local Jewish community, the fact that angry, hateful activists got away with their intimidation tactics, meant to frighten and threaten attendees is further evidence that Mamdani has no problem allowing New York’s Jews to experience the same kind of persecution that marked their history, but, in this case, under the guise of “peaceful protest.”
There is nothing peaceful about a screaming mob that threatens the legitimate homeland of Jews, shouting at them as they attempt to enter a house of worship – which should never be the site of angry protesters spewing hateful choruses of destruction.
Had it not been for the large police presence separating the mob, would anyone have had the slightest doubt as to what would have happened? Verbal assault would have turned into physical battery, an all-too familiar byproduct of the ugly antisemitism that seethes in the hearts of Jew-hating activists.
Although police officials assured that the mob would be adequately distanced from those trying to enter the synagogue, that was not the case, as they continued to forcibly push through, trying to gain closer access to the people and the venue, resulting in the arrest of four.
PAL-Awda, an activist group promoting “The Palestine Right to Return Coalition,” – which is proud to employ Hamas imagery – was on hand to promote the usual lying propaganda, claiming that the real estate on offer for purchase is located on stolen Palestinian land.
It’s a pretty hard swallow, considering that there was never an official state of Palestine from which land was stolen, but why bother with historical details?
Their hate rally was just part of a cog in the massive wheel of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment, not so different from what the world witnessed in the 1930s, well before the State of Israel ever existed.
Claiming that “the event was in direct violation of housing and anti-discrimination laws,” one has to wonder why a real estate expo, intended for Jewish residents, would break any laws, considering that anyone would have been able to purchase such land, despite the attraction being directed toward one particular community.
Is that not true of any land purchase? According to Asden Israel, a premier luxury real estate developer focusing on high-end residential projects in Israel, “Non-Jews, including foreigners and non-citizens, can legally buy private land, apartments, and commercial property in Israel” (https://asden.co.il/our-guide-to-buying-a-home-in-israel/).
From protest to political agenda
So where does any illegality come into play?
It doesn’t, but the incendiary and false claim is, nonetheless, a handy one to hurl in the war against the right of Jews to return to their biblical and ancestral homeland.
But wait, given that the presence of Zionist Jews is so objectionable to Palestinian activists, why wouldn’t they applaud those who came to hear the real estate pitch, given the possibility of their forever leaving America the beautiful?
The real truth is not their opposition to the Jewish homeland, which they claim was established on stolen land, but rather their overall objection to the existence of the Jewish people – not wanted in New York and not wanted in Israel.
Their dishonesty and corrupt souls prevent them from voicing that truth, because to finally admit their antipathy for Jews would be to uncover their genocidal aspiration toward the creation of a Jew-free world, their real goal.
Of course, it would be too risky to show all their cards, so instead, they attempt to cleverly disguise their hatred in the form of protesting against a lawful real estate event directed at the Jewish community, at a time when antisemitism has picked up steam.
Why wouldn’t such an event be met with great curiosity and enthusiasm when considering the toxic atmosphere that has escalated in America’s largest Jewish-populated city, now run by a Muslim mayor who feels the need to express his own personal repugnance over an issue in which he is clueless?
Mamdani has a lot on his plate, but since he claimed to be up for the task, shouldn’t he be 100% focused on the many challenges that lie before him?
Does he really have time and indisputable knowledge to take on the super-charged subject of Middle East land disputes, while innocent women get sucker punched on the streets of New York?
If Mamdani doesn’t take more care, he may be accused of using his public office to further his anti-Israel agenda, which he has denied having – but then what do we know?
The writer is a former Jerusalem elementary and middle school principal. She is also the author of Mistake-Proof Parenting, available on Amazon, based on the time-tested wisdom found in the Book of Proverbs.
