Diaspora Affairs and Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli issued a statement (in Hebrew) in response to the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral election, saying that the city, once a symbol of freedom, “has handed over its keys to a Hamas supporter—whose positions are not far from those of the jihadists who murdered 3,000 of its residents two and a half decades ago.”
“This is a critical turning point for the city of New York,” Chikli continued. “The choice the city has made shakes the very foundations of the place that provided freedom and opportunity for success to countless Jewish refugees since the end of the 19th century—a place that became home to the largest Jewish community in the world outside of Israel.”
“It began with the anti-Zionist atmosphere on campuses funded by Qatari money, continued with the violent demonstrations of Hamas supporters at CUNY, NYU, and especially Columbia University, which became the stronghold of Hamas support in the US, and reached its peak this morning, when one of the biggest of the bullies who support Hamas murderers and rapists was elected mayor.”
“New York will no longer be what it once was—especially not for its Jewish community,” he warned. “The city is walking with open eyes toward the same abyss into which London has fallen. The torch of liberty in this beautiful city has been extinguished, and it’s chaval to to waste words on ‘how everything will be okay.’ Nothing will be okay in this city.”
“I invite the Jews of New York to seriously consider reestablishing their new homes in Israel. נצח ישראל לא ישקר
Former UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan stated, “The mayor of New York is Zohran Mamdani. It’s crucial to internalize this: an Israel-hater who sees us as an apartheid state that commits genocide and does not recognize Israel as a Jewish state was elected tonight to lead the most important city in the world, home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.”
“This is a dark day. A sad day for anyone who understands the immense importance of the alliance with the United States and fears for its future. Because what happened in New York could soon happen throughout the U.S.—including in Congress and even in the White House. This is a HUGE warning sign.”
“The Big Apple has fallen,” Avigdor Lieberman wrote in English. He added (in Hebrew): “Only three decades after the 9/11 tragedy, New York has elected a racist, populist, and sworn Islamist as its mayor. Mamdani is the poster boy of the ‘silent jihad.'”
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir stated that Mamdani’s win “will be remembered forever in infamy as antisemitism triumphing over common sense.”
The chairman of the Knesset’s Israel-US caucus, MK Ohad Tal (Religious Zionism), said, “This morning brought the news that New York City has elected an Islamist, antisemitic, and communist leader—the progressive woke forces have won.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said that Mamdani’s win “is deeply concerning given his history of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric. New York’s Jewish community deserves leaders who protect them, not target them.”
“Israel stands with our brothers and sisters in New York and will continue working with community leaders to ensure their safety and dignity,” she emphasized.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Regretfully, when NYC falls, some cities and countries in the world will fall, including in the state of Israel, אנא מפנך אברח, it’s time for Teshuva and Ahavas Yisroal, let’s be good to Hashem and good to your fellow jew, and you will merit to see the Geula Shlima
You are quoting from the frum hating Avigdor Lieberman?
I do hope this is a message to Klall Yisroel to pack up before it was to late
ובהר ציון תהיה פליטה
שיבנה בית המקדש
How about an all-voluntary IDF service like in the US? That would make Eretz Yisroel much more inviting to Frum Jews all over the world. Otherwise it’s just the fox trying to lure the fish from the water.
Israelis should move to America considering October 7 and the last 75+ years of endless wars and terrorism in the Zionist Paradise.
Far far more Jews have been killed for being Jewish in the Zionist State, ever since the existence of the Zionist Entity, than have been killed for being in Jewish in the rest of world combined in that time period.
No, we didn’t forget! The Zionists have used the same formula in France, inciting hate and islamophobia with propaganda to emigrate to the so-called homeland . . .
Yes, they succeeded for a while, now most of the French Jewry returned to France . . .
In 1903 and 1905 there were progroms in what is now Moldova. In the 1903 progrom of Kishinev, it is estimated that 49 Jews were murder and thousands injured. In 1905 another progrom happened in Kishinev and Kiev. 19 people were killed in Kishinev and 100 in Kiev.
My great-grandfather, who lived with his wife and 6 kids in Tiraspol, saw the early warning signs and started to make the move to America. In 1906 he left with 3 of the kids to America and then 2 years later brought the rest of the family over from Europe. As a result of his wisdom to leave immediately and not wait for things to get worse, no-one from our immediate family from that side died in the Holocaust.
Now here is the major point. THE ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION THAT REMAINED IN TIRASPOL WERE MURDERED IN THE HOLOCAUST!!! If my great-grandfather would have ignored the early signs, I wouldn’t be around to write this today! DON’T BE A FOOL!!! HASHEM is warning you. Leave NY, preferably to Israel, but if not, at least to a safer place like Florida!