Mamdani's Gaza message Anniversary critics respond

Oct 7

Baier reports criticism of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's third-anniversary message, quoting its assertion that suffering did not begin or end on October 7 and continued through what Mamdani calls the Israeli government's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Baier says Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon accuses him of hijacking the anniversary. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he is seething, rejects the claims of genocide, apartheid and occupation and compares the message to blaming an American overreaction on a 9/11 anniversary. Baier also attributes to the Anti-Defamation League's head the criticism that Mamdani weaponized a day meant for mourning. These are attributed, conflicting political claims, not findings resolving them.

Fox reports that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's October 7 third-anniversary message described suffering continuing through what he called Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Danny Danon accuses him of hijacking the anniversary; Mike Huckabee explicitly denies genocide, apartheid and occupation and compares the message to blaming an American overreaction on a 9/11 anniversary. The ADL's head accuses Mamdani of weaponizing a day of mourning. The event is the message and immediate controversy, preserving the opposing assertions without adjudicating them.