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Subject: NY-LEG-A036-MAMDANI
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Published: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Ticker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani opens his four-minute video to recognize Nakba Day with this stark, dreadful lie: “Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.” These t

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Mamdani commemorates &#8216;Nakba Day&#8217; &#8211; San Diego Jewish World Skip to content About Archives Jewish Community Directory San Diego County Jewish Calendar Writers &#038; Photographers Contact Us Donate Search for: San Diego Jewish World There is a Jewish story everywhere! Main Menu About Archives Jewish Community Directory San Diego County Jewish Calendar Writers &#038; Photographers Contact Us Donate About Archives Jewish Community Directory San Diego County Jewish Calendar Writers &#038; Photographers Contact Us Donate Mamdani commemorates &#8216;Nakba Day&#8217; May 20, 2026 / Leave a Comment By Bruce S. Ticker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani opens his four-minute video to recognize Nakba Day with this stark, dreadful lie: “Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.” These twin steps – recognizing the ridiculous notion of a Nakba and accusing Israel of expelling all the Arabs who were displaced – can go far to embolden supporters who might harass and physically attack Jewish New Yorkers and vandalize and burn synagogues and other Jewish facilities. The New York Times ignored the aforementioned quote in a lengthy article, as if such an incendiary remark only qualifies as a minor sideshow. Source of the quote is the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Mamdani created his first s&#8212; hits the fan moment with his 960,000 Jewish citizens last Friday night – as the Jewish sabbath began – when he released the Nakba Day video (Nakba is the Arab word for “catastrophe.”) At that time, the five Arab armies went down to a humiliating defeat after attacking the new sovereign state of modern Israel. “For the first time in the history of the Great City of New York, its mayor names and remembers the Nakba,” Mamdani ally Asad Dandia wrote on social media, according to the Times . “And I get to be alive to see it.” Dandia was “alive to see” a four-minute, documentary-style video – created by City Hall employees – that centered on an interview with a woman identified as Inea Bushnaq, who was 9 years old when she was displaced with her family during the 1948 war. The Times did report these words of the mayor in the video: “Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us – one of home, tradition and memory over generations.” Nakba Day is the silliest, most childlike excuse ever created to explain away defeat in war. Most nations and peoples who are vanquished take their losses in a saddened, subdued manner. The less said the better. The Arabs would proclaim it from the highest of their tall, looming minarets, where Muslims make the call to prayer five times a day. Here are the basics of what gave us Nakba Day: In late November 1947, the United Nations voted for a partition plan that would give both the Jews and the Arabs half the territory that compr

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