100-Plus Protesters Heckle Mamdani at Oct. 7 Vigil as Backlash Hits Gaza Genocide Post
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 8
100-Plus Protesters Heckle Mamdani at Oct. 7 Vigil as Backlash Hits Gaza Genocide Post
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 8
Summary
More than 100 anti-Israel protesters marched from City Hall to Union Square and shouted "traitor" and "genocide" at Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a vigil marking the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Outside barricades at the Israelis for Peace event, the crowd beat drums to drown out speakers, demanded action against West Bank settlement property sales and called for abolishing CUNY's Board of Trustees.
Mamdani drew added criticism after posting that Hamas committed a "horrific war crime" on Oct. 7 but that Israel's Gaza campaign is an ongoing genocide that has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, including 21,000 children.
Rep. Dan Goldman called the statement "egregious and insulting," saying the anniversary should focus on the 2023 attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed.
The confrontation extended tensions seen at earlier Union Square commemorations, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators also disrupted mourning events tied to the Oct. 7 anniversary.