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| The BDS-Backing Islamist Takes Over City HallJanuary 2, 2026 |
In a move that shocked precisely no one paying attention, New York City's newly sworn-in far-left antisemitic Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism just hours after taking office on January 1st.
The IHRA definition, widely adopted globally to combat rising anti-Jewish hatred, has long been attacked by anti-Israel activists who argue it stifles legitimate criticism of Israel's policies in Gaza and elsewhere.
Key examples under the definition include "calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion" and "accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews."
It also classifies as antisemitic "[deny] the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour."
Mamdani has a history of rejecting Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, previously stating: "I would not recognize any state's right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race or religion."
The radical democratic socialist, who became the city's first South Asian and Muslim mayor, issued an executive order scrapping the IHRA adoption while rolling back several other measures from former Mayor Eric Adams.
A vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting Israel, and thus the Jews, Mamdani also overturned Adams' executive order opposing BDS efforts.
However, one concession: The Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism will reportedly stay open and function similarly to its operations under Adams. Rabbi Moshe Davis, the current director and a former Adams aide, told The Times of Israel he has received no contact from Mamdani's team and is uncertain about his future in the role. [He plans to sleep with one eye open and his doors double-locked.]
Mamdani has a history of rejecting Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, previously stating: "I would not recognize any state's right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race or religion."
The radical democratic socialist, who became the city's first South Asian and Muslim mayor, issued an executive order scrapping the IHRA adoption while rolling back several other measures from former Mayor Eric Adams.
A vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting Israel, and thus the Jews, Mamdani also overturned Adams' executive order opposing BDS efforts.
However, one concession: The Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism will reportedly stay open and function similarly to its operations under Adams. Rabbi Moshe Davis, the current director and a former Adams aide, told The Times of Israel he has received no contact from Mamdani's team and is uncertain about his future in the role. [He plans to sleep with one eye open and his doors double-locked.]
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Critics are already sounding the alarm over what this signals for Jewish New Yorkers under Mamdani's administration, especially amid ongoing concerns about surging antisemitism in the city.
And this is just Day One.
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