New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has faced accusations of antisemitism since his mayoral campaign, was never going to please everyone with his plan to "combat antisemitism."
On Tuesday, when he unveiled the city's Strategy to Combat Antisemitism, the plan predictably drew criticism. As Josh Appel wrote in UnHerd, Mamdani's plan failed some of his supporters' "anti-Zionism purity test." As Appel noted, the pro-Palestinian influencer Guy Christensen wrote that "Zohran has exposed his Zionism in full the past week" by not arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meeting with Alex Soros and "launch[ing] 'the first municipal effort to combat antisemitism' that relies on 50% Zionist pro-Israel sources." Meanwhile, others like New York City council member Eric Dinowitz said the plan was insufficient because it does not address "anti-Zionism."
