As Hamas terrorists rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, murdering civilians and kidnapping hostages, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was online liking social media posts that framed the atrocities as heroic resistance rather than terrorism.
According to RedState, as images of burning homes and fleeing families emerged, one of the posts endorsed by Mamdanis wife came from the left-wing activist group The Slow Factory and quickly gained traction across multiple platforms. The post featured images taken from video of Hamas militants breaching Israels border fence and riding atop a seized Israeli military vehicle as the assault unfolded in real time.
The message, which Mamdanis wife approved with a like, declared, Breaking the walls of apartheid and military occupation. Resisting apartheid since 1948. Systemic change for collective liberation. Its caption went further, warning that if Israel dared to respond militarily, Gaza would be punished for wanting freedom from apartheid, casting the impending Israeli self-defense as unjust retribution rather than a necessary response to mass murder.
This online cheerleading for violence was spreading even as Hamas gunmen were butchering civilians at a music festival, slaughtering families in their homes, and dragging more than 250 hostages into Gaza. The October 7 onslaught left roughly 1,200 Israelis dead, marking the deadliest single-day attack on Israeli civilians in the nations history and underscoring the barbarity of the terror groups actions.
Screenshots of the reporting show that Mamdanis wife also liked additional posts that explicitly described the assault as resistance instead of terrorism. Another post she endorsed labeled the massacre decolonization and insisted that Israel itself was the true source of the violence, effectively justifying the killings as a righteous response.
Those posts circulated widely enough to spark a backlash online and to reignite scrutiny of Mamdanis own public statements in the immediate aftermath of the attack. The controversy highlighted a growing divide on the American left, where some activists have increasingly tried to rebrand terrorism as liberation, even as President Trumps administration has reaffirmed strong support for Israels right to defend itself.
At the time, Mamdani publicly criticized a pro-Palestinian rally in New York that many observers said appeared to celebrate the October 7 massacre. Any demonstration that makes light of the murder of civilians or celebrates the killing of innocent people is wrong and has no place in our city, he declared, attempting to distance himself from the most overtly celebratory rhetoric.
When questioned about his wifes social media activity, Mamdani insisted he is not responsible for her online behavior and emphasized that they maintain separate digital presences. A spokesperson for the mayor echoed that line, stating, The mayor has been clear and consistent in condemning the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 and the killing of civilians.
Mamdani continues to say he condemns the October 7 massacre and the killing of civilians, a position that aligns with the moral clarity conservatives have demanded in the face of Islamist terror. Yet while Hamas terrorists were murdering civilians, burning homes, beheading babies, and hauling hostages into Gaza, the posts his wife endorsed were hailing the atrocities as resistance, praising them as decolonization, and shifting blame onto Israel, all while the bloodshed was still underway.
Those posts were ricocheting across social media in real time as the massacre unfolded, shaping a narrative that sought to excuse or even glorify terror. And the very next day, Mamdani was condemning a New York rally for making light of that same massacre, raising uncomfortable questions about the moral and political ecosystem surrounding him in a city already grappling with rising antisemitism and radical activism.
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