Stop excusing it, Jewish support for anti-Israel politics is a crisis - opinion

The election of Zoharan Mamdani as mayor of New York highlights a painful and recurring phenomenon: Jews who turn their anger not toward external enemies, but toward their own people.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Neturei Karta community attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he delivers an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters, in New York, US, September 26, 2025.

(photo credit: REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA)

ByAMICHAI ELIYAHU

NOVEMBER 5, 2025 11:39

Stop excusing it, Jewish support for anti-Israel politics is a crisis - opinion

The election of Zoharan Mamdani as mayor of New York highlights a painful and recurring phenomenon: Jews who turn their anger not toward external enemies, but toward their own people.

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Stop excusing it, Jewish support for anti-Israel politics is a crisis - opinion

The election of Zoharan Mamdani as mayor of New York highlights a painful and recurring phenomenon: Jews who turn their anger not toward external enemies, but toward their own people.

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