Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators descended on a candlelight gathering at Union Square on Wednesday night, turning a memorial for Oct. 7 victims into a public confrontation with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and branding the man whose political rise they helped fuel a "traitor" and a "sellout."
The scene crystallized the defining contradiction of the Mamdani mayoralty: his effort to occupy the political center on Israel and Gaza has generated hostility from all directions, leaving no constituency satisfied and each demanding more than he appears willing to give.
