House Minority Leader to Mamdani: Clarify ‘Intifada’ Phrase

House Minority Leader to Mamdani: Clarify 'Intifada' Phrase

House Minority Leader to Mamdani: Clarify ‘Intifada’ Phrase

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday challenged presumptive Democrat New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani to clarify his position on Israel and antisemitism and for declining to condemn the phrase, “Globalize the intifada.”

“Globalizing the Intifada, by way of example, is not an acceptable phrasing,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “He’s going to have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward. With respect to the Jewish communities that I represent, I think our nominee is going to have to convince folks that he is prepared to aggressively address the rise in antisemitism in the city of New York, which has been an unacceptable development.”

Mamdani on Sunday declined to condemn the phrase, which means uprising, but emphasized he would a mayor that “protects Jewish New Yorkers.”

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