Exclusive | Antisemitic activist pushing Zohran Mamdanis NYC mayoral bid to bring anti-Israel agenda to City Hall: critics

Antisemitic activist Linda Sarsour is playing a huge role in trying to get socialist Zohran Mamdani elected NYC’s next mayor.The Hamas-supporting, Palestinian-American firebrand is pushing Mamdani by spreading a message of anti-Israel hate and leaning on lefties to join the Democratic Party in time for the June 24 primary.Sarsour – a longtime advocate of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign under fire for her extreme views on the Israel-Hamas War – has been campaigning for Mamdani for months, including routinely sending out social-media blasts asking her hundreds of thousands of followers to donate to his campaign.Sarsour and Mamdani, both card-carrying members of the Democratic Socialists of America, were big supporters of the “Uncommitted National Movement” and “Leave it Blank NY” campaign during last year’s presidential race, which urged Democrats not to vote in the presidential primary to protest then-President Joe Biden’s refusal to condemn Israel defending itself in Gaza.“As proud Democrats and elected officials and New Yorkers, we endorse the Leave it Blank campaign,” Mamdani, a Queens state assemblyman, said in a video posted with other lefty legislators on X in March 2024.The same initiatives are also widely credited with ultimately spurring many Democrats not to vote in the general election – won by Republican Donald Trump — and switch to the more radical Working Families Party or other “third parties.” Now Sarsour and Mamdani are begging the same far-left base to register as Dems and vote for the Ugandan-born Mamdani in the highly contested Democratic mayoral primary.“I know some of us aren’t feeling any political parties right now but in New York State we have closed primaries and this unfortunately is how it works here! Only Democrats can participate in our primary!” Sarsour posted to her 302,000 Instagram followers on Jan.25, urging them to register as Dems.“Tell everyone! Let’s sho...