{"id":2634319,"date":"2026-07-23T19:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-who-said-israel-not-a-place-gets-roasted-for-wishing-jewish-nycers-peaceful-holiday-thats-definitely-about-israel-being-a-place\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:44:11","slug":"mamdani-who-said-israel-not-a-place-gets-roasted-for-wishing-jewish-nycers-peaceful-holiday-thats-definitely-about-israel-being-a-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-who-said-israel-not-a-place-gets-roasted-for-wishing-jewish-nycers-peaceful-holiday-thats-definitely-about-israel-being-a-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani, Who Said Israel &#8216;Not a Place,&#8217; Gets Roasted for Wishing Jewish NYCers &#8216;Peaceful&#8217; Holiday That&#8217;s Definitely About Israel Being a Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-who-said-israel-not-a-place-gets-roasted-for-wishing-jewish-nycers-peaceful-holiday-thats-definitely-about-israel-being-a-place%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2634319&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses recent actions and statements by NYC Mayor zohran Mamdani related to Israel. Mamdani has publicly called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a &#8220;war criminal&#8221; and questioned Israel&#8217;s status as a country,even though he lacks jurisdiction to do so. He also wished Jewish New Yorkers a &#8220;peaceful Tisha B\u2019Av,&#8221; a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem,which many interpret as acknowledging Israel&#8217;s religious and historical significance. The article criticizes Mamdani&#8217;s apparent contradictions-questioning Israel&#8217;s legitimacy while expressing concern for Jewish traditions-and highlights the long history of the Jewish homeland in Israel, contrasting this with Mamdani&#8217;s regional focus and authority. It also includes various comments from social media, some critical of Mamdani&#8217;s stance, emphasizing that the holiday of Tisha B\u2019Av memorializes the loss of the Temples and the exile of the Jewish people from their land.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy week for Zohran Mamdani in regard to his favorite legal jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that jurisdiction doesn\u2019t happen to be New York City, but instead the state of Israel. After again saber-rattling and threatening to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he promised on the campaign trail, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mamdani-gets-reality-check-lawyers-vow-arrest-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suddenly discovered he lacked the jurisdiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not that this stopped him from calling Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal,\u201d despite the fact he hasn\u2019t been (and almost certainly never will be) tried in an international court:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRezmW6YVx\">pic.twitter.com\/YRezmW6YVx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2079718073058091261?\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The saber-rattling, however, brought forth plenty of Mamdani\u2019s old clips, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mamdani-contemplates-netanyahu-arrest-clip-resurfaces-declaring-israel-not-place-not-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including one where he said that Israel<\/a> is \u201cnot a place\u201d and \u201cnot a country\u201d for some:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIsrael is not a place. It is not a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani said this in 2023 alongside Hamas supporters Simone Zimmerman, Najla Said and Noura Erakat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7YP3q1Pd1q\">pic.twitter.com\/7YP3q1Pd1q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/canarymission\/status\/2078965695291724017?\">July 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-makes-clear-netanyahu-will-not-arrested-mamdani-fantasizes-locking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. Mamdani<\/a> has built up an incredible immunity to cognitive dissonance, since he decided to take to social media to wish Jewish New Yorkers a \u201cpeaceful Tisha B\u2019Av\u201d \u2014 ignoring that the significance of the holiday means that Israel definitely is a place which also should be a country if there is to be a Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom sundown tonight until tomorrow, mourners will pause and reflect on the history and resiliency of the Jewish people,\u201d Mamdani posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay all observing have a safe and meaningful fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wishing a peaceful Tisha B\u2019Av to Jewish New Yorkers across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>From sundown tonight until tomorrow, mourners will pause and reflect on the history and resiliency of the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>May all observing have a safe and meaningful fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2080063411337978114?\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the week he\u2019s had, you can imagine the comments section. Along with plenty of people who told him, in unrepeatable terms, to commit a physically impossible act upon himself, there were also a few who wanted to give the mayor of a city with a not insignificant number of Jewish residents a history lesson:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re mourning the destruction of the first and second temples, each of which resulted in loss of sovereignty over the land of Israel, which we have now reclaimed but you oppose.<br \/> In short, we are fasting because of enemies like you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ProfDBernstein\/status\/2080085847894819227?\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are mourning the 1,956th anniversary of the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem \u2013 ISRAEL \u2013 the Mount which is currently illegally occupied by the Muslims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5RYYHZfE9S\">pic.twitter.com\/5RYYHZfE9S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lion of Zion (@Tmount613) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tmount613\/status\/2080090783340728649?\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tisha B\u2019Av is about the destruction of the Temple, which is in Jerusalem, which is in Israel.<br \/> Arrest Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moe Mosher \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2721\ufe0f\ud83c\udf4c\ud83d\udd2b\ud83c\udff4\ud83c\udfcd\ufe0f (@jg4lt2a) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jg4lt2a\/status\/2080066679749452117?\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It turns out if you don\u2019t believe that Israel is a place or you think that it\u2019s a colonizer construct, you probably shouldn\u2019t be wishing anyone a \u201cpeaceful Tisha B\u2019Av,\u201d where the Jewish people mourn the fact that colonizers effectively displaced them.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/yahadut.org\/en\/shabbat-and-festivals\/fasts-commemorating-the-destruction-of-the-temple\/tisha-be-av\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahudat.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>On the ninth of the month of Av, we commemorate the destruction of the First Temple and roughly five hundred years later, on Tisha Be-Av, the Second Temple was also destroyed. About sixty-five years later, again on the ninth of Av, the Romans conquered the city of Beitar during the Bar Kokhba revolt and Jerusalem was razed to the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More than a millennium earlier, when the Jews were wandering in the wilderness, the sin of the spies took place on the ninth of Av. This was a betrayal of the Land of Israel, as a result of which the entire generation was doomed to die in the wilderness. Only their children had the privilege of entering the Promised Land. As a result of the sin, the Talmud tells us that God said to the people: \u201cYou cried for nothing on this day, so I will make this a day of crying for all future generations. If you do not rectify the sin of the spies, the Temple will be destroyed on this day.\u201d Since we did not correct this sin by settling the Land in accordance with the Torah\u2019s guidance, both Temples were destroyed on Tisha Be-Av.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, not one but two of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed on the ninth day of the month of Av, which is the whole reason for the holiday. It\u2019s also worth noting, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/144575\/jewish\/What-Is-Tisha-BAv.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chabad<\/a> does, that in 1313 B.C., the Israelites refused to enter the Promised Land after being told by their spies that it was dangerous and were forced by God to wander for 40 years, also traditionally on the ninth day of Av.<\/p>\n<p>This is to say that Mayor Mamdani is noting that for 3,339 years, the homeland of the Jewish people has been Israel. 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