Mamdani's wife is clearly an anti-Semite and more

Last week, New York City Democrat-socialist Mayor Comrade Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, suddenly found herself getting more public attention than the administration probably wanted. It turned out she had liked dozens of social media posts celebrating the October 7, 2023 terror attacks in Israel. Not just vague political commentary either. Some of the posts cheered the slaughter of dogs and even the kidnapping of a 12 year old Israeli boy who was tied to a tree and horrible things were done to him.

Naturally, the media and Team Mamdani rushed in with the usual cleanup routine. They waved away concerns about her social media activity by reminding everyone that she is a "private citizen" who supposedly has no influence on the mayor's policies. Funny how that works. 

Why is it that nobody in the press ever seems eager to extend that same courtesy to the private spouses of conservatives like Justices Alito and Thomas.

Now we are learning that Duwaji’s antisemitism might not be some random social media hiccup. It appears to be more of a lifestyle choice. She provided illustrations for a book compiled by Palestinian American author and "journalist" Susan Abulhawa.

Abulhawa, for those keeping score at home, has quite the résumé when it comes to ugly rhetoric. She has referred to Jews with slurs like "rootless parasites." I guess Abulhawa doesn't believe that after thousands of years with roots in Israel, it doesn't count as roots.

As Levine points out [below], Abulhawa often tries to hide behind the usual rhetorical fig leaves, directing her insults toward "Israel" or "Zionists." Sometimes, however, the mask slips and she says exactly what she means, as she does here:

Of course, the Mamdani administration quickly dismissed the concerns. A spokesperson explained, "As is common for freelance illustrators, the First Lady was commissioned to illustrate an excerpt of Abulhawa's book by an outside publisher. She has never engaged with or met Susan Abulhawa, nor had she seen the tweets in question."

That explanation did not change the basic facts. Rama Duwaji, the first lady of New York City, provided a featured illustration for an essay by an author who called Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 attack "spectacular," has frequently decried what she describes as "Jewish supremacist vampires," and said Jewish Israelis are "rootless soulless ghouls."

Duwaji, wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-NY), created a drawing for "A Trail of Soap," an essay in the collection Every Moment is a Life compiled by Abulhawa. The essay, published last month in Everything Is Political, which is an offshoot of the self described "environmental & social justice nonprofit organization" Slow Factory, tells the story of a Gazan woman searching for a bathroom in the territory.

Abulhawa, an author and anti Israel activist, has a long record of cheering on terror and demonizing Jews. Just days after Oct. 7, she wrote an op ed in Electronic Intifada where she called the massacres "a spectacular moment that shocked the world" and suggested that Israel, the real victim, allowed the attack to happen. 

Earlier this week, Duwaji and Mamdani hosted Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil for dinner at Gracie Mansion.

There is definitely a theme here.

While they scream that President Trump and Republicans are "Nazis," this is who Democrats embrace and elevate: antisemites and anti Israel activists. New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. They have every right to know whether their mayor and his wife despise them, or support people who do.

Can you guess the truth?

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