AMICHAI CHIKLI — Israel’s minister for combating antisemitism warns Mamdani win a wake-up call for Jews

On Tuesday night, New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani mayor. By doing so, the metropolis that erstwhile stood arsenic the world’s beacon of liberty has handed the keys of powerfulness to a Hamas sympathizer.

This marks a captious turning constituent for the metropolis of New York — location to the largest Jewish assemblage successful the satellite extracurricular of Israel. The city’s elections person determined whether New York remains a harmless location for much than a cardinal Jews oregon continues the unsafe descent that began 2 years ago, erstwhile vile pro-Hamas protests took implicit campuses similar CUNY and NYU — and particularly Columbia University, which became a awesome and stronghold of Hamas enactment successful the United States, spilling into the streets of Manhattan.

It is astir unthinkable that New York — the arrogant and historical halfway of Jewish beingness — could go the American metropolis wherever Jews nary longer consciousness astatine location oregon safe.

But with the predetermination of Mamdani arsenic mayor, that unthinkable script is present a reality. New York volition ne'er beryllium the aforesaid — peculiarly for its Jewish community. Mamdani, similar his mentor Linda Sarsour, represents the "Red-Green Alliance" — the unsafe strategical concern betwixt extremist Islamism and the far-left progressive movement. What unites them is simply a loathing for the precise thought of liberty — the awesome of New York itself — and a pathological hatred of the Jewish radical and the State of Israel.

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Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli speaks during The Israeli American Council (IAC) 8th Annual National Summit connected Jan. 19, 2023 successful Austin, Texas. (Photo by Shahar Azran/Getty Images)

This confederation works to infiltrate governmental Islamism wrong the United States nether the camouflage of societal payment and quality rights. Their extremity is to instrumentality implicit America’s cultural, academic, and governmental institutions conscionable arsenic they person done successfully successful parts of Western Europe. They accidental it openly: each that’s needed is simply a willingness to listen. And New York is present 1 measurement person to becoming the adjacent London.

They enactment to infiltrate governmental Islamism wrong the United States nether the camouflage of societal payment and quality rights. Their extremity is to instrumentality implicit America’s cultural, world and governmental institutions conscionable arsenic they person done successfully successful parts of Western Europe. They accidental it openly: each that’s needed is simply a willingness to listen. And New York is conscionable moments distant from becoming the adjacent London.

This wasn’t an predetermination lone betwixt Cuomo and Mamdani, but betwixt liberty and the values of the American Republic connected 1 broadside and governmental Islam connected the other. This is, without a doubt, the biggest Muslim Brotherhood triumph successful the United States — and perchance the full Western world. From the superior of the West to electing a politician who embraces the genocidal telephone to "globalize the Intifada."

Zohran Mamdani delivers a triumph code astatine a mayoral predetermination nighttime ticker party, connected Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, successful New York City. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

This infiltration is backed by Muslim Brotherhood regimes, archetypal and foremost by Qatar.

It indispensable besides beryllium recognized that nether the enactment of President Donald Trump and his team, this medication has tackled antisemitism similar ne'er earlier — dissimilar the erstwhile administration, which thought it was a bully thought to see CAIR successful its strategical program to combat antisemitism. With decisive enactment — not bare words — this existent medication is making Jewish students harmless again passim America.

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Yet astatine the aforesaid time, a toxic strain of antisemitism is rising rapidly from wrong the governmental right. Influencers, media personalities, deliberation tanks, pupil organizations and adjacent elected officials are giving platforms and legitimacy to neo-Nazi rhetoric, Holocaust deniers, and the astir absurd conspiracy theories — each nether the deceptive banner of "free speech." The aforesaid overseas powers that drove the pro-Hamas demonstrations passim America conscionable past twelvemonth are precise apt driving this disagreement wrong the governmental close today.

Attendees question Israel and the United States flags astatine the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) acme connected July 17, 2023 successful Arlington, Virginia. GOP statesmanlike hopefuls for 2024 are making their cases earlier the pro-Israeli group. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Their extremity is clear: to sow part betwixt Christians and Jews and interruption the unbreakable confederation betwixt the U.S. and Israel.

Three years ago, erstwhile I became Israel’s curate of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, I viewed right-wing antisemitism successful America arsenic marginal and fringe. Yes, we confronted neo-Nazi attacks similar the massacre astatine the Tree of Life synagogue successful Pittsburgh. But I believed the existent ideological menace came from the woke near — and astatine the time, that was correct.

But today, the tide has shifted. Neo-Nazism is being normalized, amplified and excused.

And now, arsenic Senator Ted Cruz said truthful powerfully, the blimpish question successful America stands astatine a melodramatic crossroads. This is simply a infinitesimal of motivation choosing.

As Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks taught: "The hatred that begins with the Jews ne'er ends with the Jews." The aforesaid forces that hatred Jews besides hatred Blacks, Hispanics and anyone who refuses to taxable to their ideological purity.

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Leo Terrell, president of the DOJ Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, speaks during a reception for Black History Month successful the East Room of the White House Feb. 20, 2025. (Pool via AP)

As a conservative, I cognize it is easier to telephone retired antisemitism erstwhile it comes from the left. But today, the astir unsafe rising question is coming from wrong the right, and we indispensable accidental this clearly: this is not conservatism.

Conservatism is incompatible with fanaticism and racism. It is rooted successful truth, faith, and quality freedom. You cannot telephone yourself a blimpish portion admiring Hitler, Stalin, oregon the theocratic dictator who rules Iran.

You cannot telephone yourself a blimpish portion admiring Hitler, Stalin oregon the theocratic dictator who rules Iran.

Anti-Israel demonstrators pain a U.S. flag, connected the time of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's code to a associated gathering of Congress, connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

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The foundations of the American –Jewish and Judeo – Christian confederation stay strong, built upon a rule expressed by the Founders themselves: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God," Benjamin Franklin’s projected motto for the Great Seal of the United States successful 1776, aboriginal adopted by Thomas Jefferson for his idiosyncratic seal.

This is the cornerstone of the Judeo - Christian contented and of the American–Israeli partnership.

And successful the extremity — information prevails.