NYC rabbi urges Mayor-elect Mamdani to condemn ‘globalize the intifada’ phrase in wake of Sydney attack

Key Highlights

• Amid the global rise in antisemitism, Hirsch said politicians and "every moral authority" should express solidarity with the Jewish community and condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada.""What does ‘globalize the intifada’ mean?
• It means Bondi Beach," Hirsch said, while urging "every responsible political and moral authority" to condemn the phrase that he described as a "call to mass genocide." The term "globalize the intidafa" — which Hirsch said means "destroy Israel" — took center stage in New York City's mayoral election this year after Mamdani refused to condemn the phrase, arguing that he does not support policing language.
• The mayor-elect has since committed to discouraging others from using it but has stopped short of outright condemnation.
• ISRAEL'S NETANYAHU DEMANDS WESTERN GOVERNMENTS ACT TO BATTLE ANTISEMITISM: 'HEED OUR WARNINGS' Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch accused New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of "fanning the flames of intolerance" ahead of Election Day.
• (Shahar Azran) "He should condemn it.