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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

https://youtu.be/8ZuV5L0QL04?si=7qf1wvnZsZ-kXCnl
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u/Monkfich 3h ago

He’s the sort of American I used to watch growing up from foreign shores, talking about protecting those who were vulnerable, and calling out villains on the world stage.

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u/Alucard-VS-Artorias 2h ago

Mamdani is slowly trying to make NYC the version of America is should be already.

An it's inspiring more young progressives to run for office to take the same approach all over the country.

The only bright spot left for America's Future is this way...

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u/MrDLTE3 1h ago

Its not even anything new, it's just what America SHOULD be. Instead the US we got today is some devolved backwards pile of shit.

It's crazy that Mamdani being what we used to expect politics to be is now considered refreshing. That's how much noise the public has been fed, that we're now desentisized to the bullshit that is the current standing.

u/agitatedprisoner 1h ago

We've never had it right. We've been building out around cars since the 20's. Cars were never the solution.

u/IGingerbreadman 1h ago

I largely agree, but everyone in my lifetime has been slowly leading us to this point. They’ve all let horrible shit pass. So no, maybe things weren’t so great back then, but course correction is desperately needed, yes.

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u/Hoodamush 1h ago

Wonder why so many of those politicians are no where to be seen today.

u/Monkfich 1h ago

Probably waiting till the polls come in sadly.

u/blackninjar87 1h ago edited 1h ago

Those Americans were always rare, grew up here. For everyone one of these there's 400 more racists and haters that preach freedom and practice emprisonment.

I ironically grew up on Long island NY, and even tho we were a melting pot Everytime I went to school there was someone bitching about illegals stealing stuff, welfare queens, black people that don't assimilate being "thugs", and all arabs were assumed terrorist (You know damn well Cuomo wanted to call Mumdani one).

It's crazy knowing I grew up in a blue state hearing that rhetoric so often the only thing that differs between my city and the south is no one was in favor of sundown laws and lynchings, just financial devistation of the other. Sure thing changed and some people came to enjoy being a melting pot, but NY has not always been that way, the central park 5 case isn't even 30 years old. I don't see trump as an anomaly, the country has always been that for me, only thing about before is we were better at hiding it.

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u/Xsiah 2h ago

If anyone doesn't recognize the NYC flag, don't ask about it here.

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u/Gobblewicket 2h ago

Its not a hard Google. Pretty easy info to sus out using context clues to be honest.

u/G8M8N8 16m ago

Never seen it before but luckily I’m equipped with the rare human trait ‘intuition.’

u/Gobblewicket 5m ago

Exactly. Lol

u/wap2005 5m ago

Legitimate question, I'm not at all trying to correct you or say you're wrong by saying this, but what is the issue with asking about the NYC flag here? Maybe I am misunderstanding your statement also.

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u/sambeau 2h ago

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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u/Nocturnal10 2h ago

And Donald Trump is a pedophile.

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u/linocent167 1h ago

And a war criminal

u/darkpheonix262 54m ago

And a traitor

u/CarpetPedals 27m ago

And a tangerine

u/raycarre 26m ago

and my axe.

u/xyonofcalhoun 3m ago

and your brother

u/Muzoa 1h ago

And his cult members smelt of elderberries

u/wap2005 4m ago

He specifically smells A LOT worse than elderberries.

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u/billshermanburner 2h ago

So is gvir…

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u/Werespider 1h ago

Israel is a terrorist state.

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u/Brown_Star 3h ago

Finally! Someone actually talking like an American! Fuck these war criminals! Pete and Dumpster Don should be next!

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u/lightyearbuzz 2h ago

>Someone actually talking like an American

I mean I agree with your overall sentiment, but Americans (edit: I should specify, the ones in government) have always been pretty pro war crime lol. At least when its them/their allies doing it.

u/MLGSwaglord1738 1h ago

There was a Guardian article, and another critique from a professor at the University of Sydney, that said Trump is the most American President in its history (narcissistic, embodies shallowness of US popular culture like reality TV, embodies long history of nativism, unapologetic ambition, etc).

I think a lot of people are still in denial that Trump is a consequence of our culture; would someone with his personality and record have any chance of winning an election in Taiwan for example?

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u/haribobosses 2h ago

Even the people are for the most part pro war crime, so long as it achieves war aims. 

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u/hau5keeping 3h ago edited 2h ago

He's absolutely correct. Join your local DSA chapter so we can reclaim the Democratic Party back from the billionaires and finally defeat Trump: https://www.dsausa.org/chapters/

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds

GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today. The Commission urges Israel and all States to fulfil their legal obligations under international law to end the genocide and punish those responsible for it.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167790

Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday.

https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide

Israeli human-rights NGO, BTselem: Statements by senior Israeli officials and actions on the ground prove beyond any doubt that, in Israel’s eyes, the entire population of the Gaza Strip is the target ... That is precisely the definition of genocide.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o

The world's leading association of genocide scholars has declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

A resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) states that Israel's conduct meets the legal definition as laid out in the UN convention on genocide.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza

In the 179-page report, “Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water,” Human Rights Watch found that Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinians in Gaza of access to safe water for drinking and sanitation needed for basic human survival.

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-death-trap-msf-report-exposes-israels-campaign-total-destruction

What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground throughout this conflict is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza,

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u/MrPenguinHasStyle 2h ago

Don't forget US bombing a Iranian school, multiple times...

u/PraetorianAE 54m ago

Yall are ruining the Democratic Party more than it’s already been ruined. This is America. We don’t want terrorists supporters and socialism/communism. Take that shit back to wherever you got the idea from.

Yall are literally more worried about people
In Gaza than you are a struggling black American family.
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u/hau5keeping 49m ago

Good, fuck the democratic party for enabling israels genocide and then allowing trump to win twice

u/AmadeusMaxwell 35m ago

Nah, fuck you

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u/lexeckstasy 2h ago

For the Union!

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u/Archmikem 1h ago

My brain instantly used the voice of the Soviet Conscript from Red Alert 2 when I read that.

u/AFisberg 1h ago

Same. It's like I heard my activation word.

CONSCRIPT REPORTING

u/waxonwaxoff87 21m ago

Come to Yuri

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u/FrogsOnALog 2h ago

🎶 and the hope that you provide 🎶

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u/TRDOffRoadGuy 2h ago

Hell trumph is a war criminal, let's do something about his dumbass first.

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u/1davidmaycry 1h ago

Both can be done at the same time

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u/BeastCheng 2h ago

Question from outside the US. Mamdani can't ever become US president right? For being born in Uganda?

u/ILoveTabascoSauce 40m ago

Btw just to be clear: being born outside the country isn’t necessarily disqualifying. You have to be not born a citizen. If your parents are American you can be born anywhere and still be president.

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u/TheJomah 2h ago

Correct Sadly

u/JuanRunJunior 8m ago

Not because he was born in Uganda, but because he was born in Uganda to parents who weren’t us citizens when he was. Had they been he would be eligible to be president.

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u/big_shmoop1 3h ago

Is this the 3rd or 4th time this has been posted with the same title? Bots working overtime today.

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u/togetherwem0m0 3h ago

lets post it 4 or 5 more times

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u/yehti 3h ago

Still not enough.

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u/thederevolutions 3h ago

Humans are the best bots

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u/That_Cripple 2h ago

so now titling a post with the exact title of the youtube video is bot behavior?

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u/jaron_b 3h ago

This is the one time I'm ok with the bots. Push this agenda.

u/jackofslayers 1h ago

spoken like a bot

u/jaron_b 1h ago

I mean I keep my account public. You can cross reference my account and other posts I have made to clearly see I'm not a bot.

u/jackofslayers 1h ago

then why would you be happy about bots pushing political propaganda online?

u/jaron_b 58m ago

Well this isn't political propaganda. Also read my other replies on this I've already answered this question

u/DogBarf00 22m ago

Well this isn't political propaganda

It is textbook political propaganda.

u/jaron_b 7m ago

So you don't think he's a war criminal?

u/jackofslayers 52m ago

The account that posted this is Iranian. It is quite literally a propaganda post.

I know you think propaganda is ok when it supports your side, but it is still bad.

u/jaron_b 49m ago

So you don't think Netanyahu is a war criminal? Interesting take that I definitely disagree with. I also take you didn't bother reading my other comments explaining why this isn't propaganda because he is in fact a war criminal and propaganda is inherently spreading misinformation. So what misinformation is being pushed? He is a war criminal and he is coming to the United States and I think it's right for a US politician to call for the federal government to step in and do what needs to be done because he is a war criminal. I don't know why this is up for debate and I don't care that the message is being pushed by bots. Netanyahu is a war criminal.

u/jackofslayers 44m ago

You are wrong about the definition of propaganda. True information can also be propaganda. Like this post.

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u/UltimateAntic 3h ago

Lmao “its only bad if the people i dont like do it”

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u/jaron_b 3h ago

That's not how quotations work. I never said that.

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u/Adiligian 3h ago

How was that interpretation of what you said wrong?

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u/jaron_b 3h ago

It doesn't matter that's not how quotations work. So I don't have to continue the debate with somebody who is literally putting words in my mouth.

u/Roguelites 9m ago

He’s American. He isn’t smart

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u/pr0tag 2h ago

Would italics be more appropriate?

It’s only bad if the people I don’t like do it

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u/jaron_b 2h ago

It would be more appropriate than" since I literally didn't say that. But to answer the question that isn't being asked. This is just like no ethical consumption under capitalism. If there are going to be bots on the internet which I can't stop I would at least like the bots to post things that I want to see on the internet rather than continuously being bombarded with propaganda that is clearly propaganda. Which if your counter to this argument is that this video is just different propaganda I would call BS on that. This is a political message being made by a person in political office and you can disagree with the political statement that's being made but it's not propaganda so it being pushed by bots less annoying than when propaganda is being shoved down my throat because of bots. Hope that clears things up. Can't wait to see what straws you grasp at next.

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u/pr0tag 2h ago

You said:

“Push this agenda.”

Then later you said:

“This is a political message… it’s not propaganda.”

Those two statements don’t fit together.

Political messaging intended to persuade people is, by definition, advancing an agenda. Whether it also qualifies as propaganda depends on the methods used, not whether you personally agree with the message.

Then you wrote:

“If there are going to be bots on the internet which I can’t stop I would at least like the bots to post things that I want to see.”

That’s a perfectly fair personal preference. But it’s also an admission that you’re okay with coordinated amplification when it benefits your side. That’s very different from arguing the amplification itself is acceptable as a general principle.

Finally, you say:

“If your counter to this argument is that this video is just different propaganda I would call BS on that.”

Simply calling it BS isn’t an argument. Every political campaign, advocacy group, government, activist movement, and elected official produces persuasive messaging. The question isn’t whether it’s political (it obviously is!). The question is whether it’s being used to shape public opinion.

That’s what agendas do, and that’s exactly what propaganda is designed to do.

So the real distinction you’re making isn’t between agenda and propaganda.

It’s between messaging you agree with and messaging you don’t.

In other words, the distinction you’re making is between propaganda you agree with and propaganda you don’t.

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u/jaron_b 2h ago

Political propaganda in its most simplistic terms is a political message that is factually innocent. So the only way you can think this is political propaganda is if you think Netanyahu isn't a war criminal. Which if that's what you believe I need not waste anymore time arguing with you. Keep grand standing and getting mad at the wrong thing. I'm just glad that one American politician has the courage to say the right thing and if the use of bots is the only way to get this message heard as I said before. Necessary evil and no ethical consumption under capitalism.

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u/jackofslayers 1h ago

Bots looooooove posting about Israel.

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u/Aggeloz 3h ago

Oh not people like the political message of someone, must be bots!

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u/cointoss3 3h ago

Are you saying he isn’t or what do you mean?

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u/khardman51 2h ago

Or he's a historically popular politician saying something that is rarely said in such a manner by every other spineless politician... And people agree with the message and want to see this video.

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u/Werespider 1h ago

ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE

u/thehared 3m ago

F communists. 

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u/goliathfasa 2h ago

MAGA is going into overdrive to try to paint this as the actions of an unhinged man. So is aipac and just Israel in general.

Too bad most people agree Bibi is a genocidal pos and should be in jail.

u/northern-new-jersey 31m ago

Too bad most people are wrong. 

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u/camp1728 33m ago

Bots and more bots!

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u/xqszp 2h ago

That's right! 👍

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u/inquisitive_tortoise 2h ago

This is 100% true.

u/Dirty_Dragons 1h ago

This sub has gone to shit.

This video is a repost from less than 24 hours ago!

My feed is literally

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Trump made $2.4B last year, 6,000x the presidential salary: Report

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

u/jackofslayers 1h ago

All of the default subs have been taken over by propaganda bots.

u/Dirty_Dragons 58m ago

And the mods allow it.

Reddit has changed.

u/PraetorianAE 52m ago

It’s been hijacked and turned into a Far Left propaganda machine.

u/Houndeeh 10m ago

buddy a bot has more worth than your zionist ball sucking ass

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u/tekguy1982 2h ago

I’m confused a bit, why does the mayor of a city in the United States even comment on the leader of another country?

ELI5?

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u/juiceboxheero 2h ago

Taxes collected in said city are funding the genocide carried out by war criminal Netanyahu.

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u/Jandors_Saddlebags 1h ago

Because Netanyahu is visiting NYC and Mamdani has previously said he would arrest him if he came to the city. However, after looking into it, he is actually unable to arrest him under US law. So he is making a public statement so he doesn't appear to be backing down or changing his views.

And in my opinion, it should be the president of the United States that is unwilling to host a war criminal in the country, it shouldn't fall on the mayor of a city.

u/Roguelites 10m ago

Because your country is ran by Israel. Hope this helps

u/Bekabam 3m ago

Because Netanyahu is visiting NYC in September. There are also other reasons.

u/kumail11 42m ago

Wait until you hear about a member of Congress wearing a military uniform of a foreign country

u/JuanRunJunior 6m ago

Mast doesn’t get enough hate reported on him about that. He’s a piece of shit to begin with, then going and doing that got him nowhere near the amount of press coverage that it should have.

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u/CasinoMagic 2h ago

because he's obsessed with Israel

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u/sokonek04 1h ago

Because he made a campaign promise he couldn’t legally keep, so he is trying to do damage control before the rabidly antisemitic wing of his supporters lose their shit when Netanyahu isn’t arrested.

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u/VHPguy 2h ago

What's the point of this? He doesn't have any authority to go after Netanyahu

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u/Dinkelberh 1h ago

Did you watch the video? The point may become clear if you... I dunno... watch the video?

u/Roguelites 9m ago

He’s American. He doesn’t know how to watch a video.

u/jalerre 1h ago

That’s why he’s urging the federal government to do it. Netanyahu is a war criminal and Mamdani seems to be one of the few politicians in this country who is actually trying to do something about it.

u/PraetorianAE 49m ago

It’s such a stupid take tho because israel is our strategic partner in the Middle East. Arresting him would never happen. He knows it’s completely unrealistic, so his messaging is simply to signal to people that support him that “he’s a good dude”. It’s performative.

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u/jackofslayers 1h ago

He said that he was looking into arresting Netenyahu and created a big controversy for himself when everyone knows he can't do shit. total own goal by Mandani

u/StBlandine7 22m ago

He's appealing to his dumb ass Gen Z and Millennial base by being an edge lord

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u/Hanzo_6 3h ago

Isn’t this just to soften the blow when he inevitably doesn’t arrest yahu? literally what was the point of this

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u/in_it_to_lose_it 2h ago

From the video's description on YT:

"The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for a reason. He should be arrested and stand trial.

My administration examined every legal avenue available to determine whether New York City could execute that warrant. The law is clear: we do not have that authority. The federal government does.

So we are calling on the United States to uphold international law, cooperate with the ICC, apprehend Benjamin Netanyahu and transfer him to The Hague to face justice.

We cannot end this genocide on our own. But we can use every tool available to defend humanity and uphold justice.

That is the responsibility of this city. And it is my commitment as mayor."

He is doing what he can within the restraints of the law. Which to be fair isn't much. But it's a hell of a lot more than most US politicians are doing.

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u/Hanzo_6 2h ago

I mean no love lost but our government is more likely to throw the man a welcome parade than anything else

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u/in_it_to_lose_it 2h ago

Right. Americans need to pull their heads out of their asses and vote better. No disagreement there.

u/PraetorianAE 48m ago

The ICC doesn’t matter. All this war crime talk is pointless.

u/in_it_to_lose_it 12m ago

Their charges are actionable within the jurisdiction of their member states, which admittedly the US is not - but the US could still enforce an international warrant if the Federal government had the will to.

What about the talk is pointless? Are you saying we should ignore war crimes?

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u/jackofslayers 1h ago

Yea Mandani completely embarrassed himself and now he is trying to spin it into a win lol

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u/CasinoMagic 2h ago

Performativeness.

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u/Hanzo_6 2h ago

I live in this city? I voted for him? what more good faith could you want

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u/LampIsFun 2h ago

How would a mayor arrest a foreign diplomat exactly? How much power do you think he holds?

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u/Hanzo_6 2h ago

I dont think he has any, thats why im wondering what the point was and speculating it was to soften any backlash

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u/LampIsFun 2h ago

You dont think maybe hes just using his platform as one of the most famous mayors currently in office to raise awareness of an on going issue and bringing more political attention to an issue that people have been asking for pressure on the government for?

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u/penny-wise 1h ago

I think it’s hilarious the number of people screaming “damage control!!!” after Mamdanis has already done so much for NYC. And then saying “”performative!!!” I mean, ALL public speaking is performative. Could he arrest Bobi? He said he would try. Can he? No, because he lacks the authority. So he says he can’t, openly and honestly. If only Republicans could be this honest about ANYTHING.

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u/sokonek04 1h ago

Stop lying, he is doing damage control after promising his antisemitic supporters he would arrest him, knowing full well he couldn’t.

He lied, and now he is trying to cover for it.

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u/jackofslayers 1h ago

Yea this is just trying to save face. If he could not arrest Yahu then he should not have led anyone on. This was a totally pointless controversy that Mandani made for himself.

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u/Peninj 2h ago

To not pretend to be stupid. He is saying that Bibi should be arrested but he doesn’t have the power. He’s putting everyone else on notice. This video is going to look better and better as time goes on. And this will help Zorhan as he starts endorsing more and more primary candidates. This video is a brilliant political move which will continue to pay dividends.

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u/Hanzo_6 2h ago

If you say so

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u/Peninj 1h ago

I do say so. And it will be so. Just sit back and enjoy.

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u/penny-wise 1h ago

Did you watch the video? He said he does not have the authority, but calls on Trump to arrest him.

u/PraetorianAE 48m ago

That’s why it’s performative.

u/jackofslayers 1h ago

If he does not have the authority, then why did he say he was looking into it? Did he not already know that?

Mamdani created this drama by putting his foot in his mouth.

u/jackofslayers 1h ago

TBH I think this whole situation was more embarassing for Mandani than anyone else.

A mayor does not have the right to arrest a foreign head of state. Doubly so if it is someone visiting for a UN meeting. Everyone already knows this.

All he had to say was "I want to, but I can't". Instead, he put his foot in his mouth and made himself look like a dope.

u/OhTeeSee 5m ago

Jarvis, sort by controversial.

u/MM12300 4m ago

In my country (France) someone saying half of what he is saying will be called antisemitic for the next 30 years and be directly accused of being an antidemocratic terrorist.

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u/tricky4444 2h ago

Over a million likes in less than a day on X

u/PraetorianAE 51m ago

Cause it’s being botted. Why do you think it’s getting posted so often here? Think.

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u/mistershan 2h ago

Asked about Israel during the campaign. “I’m running to be the mayor of New York.” Gets into office. Doesn’t stop talking about Israel.

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u/Swansonisms 1h ago

Geez you'd think that a wanted war criminal directly responsible for an ongoing genocide was planning to visit the city he was the mayor of or something...

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u/ImperialSupplies 52m ago

I dont think being able to be the leader of a country infinite times has worked out in any country

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u/OwariNoKami 1h ago

Does no one else find it extremely odd that a mayor of a city in one country is calling out the prime minister of another country. Like forget everything else imagine if the mayor of Toronto called out Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India like it would be super weird.

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u/best_person_ever 3h ago

Already sick of every Jew I know complaining about this, claiming he's endangering the safety of Jews in NY.

To all American Jews, you want to know why anti-Semitism is growing? It's because you show more concern for your own safety than you do for other victims of genocide. It's because you refuse to denounce Palestine's Hitler.

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u/alex_quine 3h ago

Don't conflate Jewish with pro-Israeli. About a third of Jewish New Yorkers voted for Mamdani. I'm Jewish but fuck Israel and fuck Netenyahu.

u/best_person_ever 21m ago

Yes! Please keep saying it, especially in threads for this video. You can be pro Israel and pro Judaism while still denouncing murderous leadership.

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u/T0-rex 2h ago

I'm not Jewish, but could you explain to me, as a Jew, what would you do as prime minister of Israel after Oct 7?

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u/Ky1arStern 1h ago

Israel pushed into Gaza and set up a buffer zone. They razed a lot of shit and did stuff that a lot of people condemned.

That I can get behind. You can't really blame a country that was attacked from securing its border, and the terrorists who use civilian targets as shields are way more to blame for a lot of the collateral damage. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, so Israel does what it needs to do.

The part where we sort of lose the plot is that they kept going. They stopped setting up a buffer zone and started, "clearing" the area of people.

I'm not against a country defending it's borders, and few countries arenas beleaguered as Israel. But at a certain point, I think you have a responsibility to hold back.

The situation in the middle east is old and complex and has a lot of external actors. But if you ever want it to change, at a certain point someone has to extend the olive branch. Israel made their point and showed how far they could go if they were so inclined. That should have been enough. 

Eradicating the Palestinian population is not going to stop terrorist attacks against Israel, it's not going to stop anti-semetisim, it just gives more fuel to the fire.

Israel could be a bastion of morality in this conflict, but their government chose not too, and it's not wrong to condemn that.

I'm gonna get like 12 comments about how Israel shouldn't show mercy to a population that cheered Oct 7th. Well they cheered Oct 7th because they think Israel is the fucking devil, and Israel is just perpetuating the cycle by making them look right.

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u/Azizona 2h ago

Step 1: don’t do a genocide

Whoa that was easy

u/Thefivedoubleus 1h ago

You know you don't get cookie points from "anti-zionists" for being "one of the good ones" right?

When they tell you they want to globalize the intifada, you should listen.

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u/Pepston 2h ago

“As a Jew…”

News flash, antisemites like the person you’re replying to don’t care if you’re pro-Israel or not.

u/neverforgeddit 55m ago

Yeah they still hate you dude

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u/thesketchyvibe 3h ago

Holy yikes

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u/jakethepeg1989 3h ago

I reckon most of the Jews you know are probably sick of you as well.

Considering you see the Mayor make this speech and your first reaction is to go and moan about American Jews...

Maybe take a moment to reflect on that, but I am sure you won't.

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u/CtrlZonmylife 2h ago

Wow. It’s just full on mask off with you assholes.

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u/CasinoMagic 2h ago

You tell them! Those pesky Jews who think they know more about antisemitism than you! How dare they!

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u/FullmetalHippie 2h ago

Not all American Jews are like this. There are Jews against Zionism all over the US, just like there are Christians against the war in Iran.

It's important in times like this to be specific about what we are criticizing. It's not Jewish people. It is Zionists that believe the Israel-Palestine conflict to be so intractable that they support the genocide. As such, antisemitism (which is also a word that would describe hate of other Semites like Palestinians btw) is still unjustified hatred. Not all Jews feel this way, and many would choose understanding and mutual flourishing but are not in a position to affect the situation.

Paint with the brush you mean to. Anti-semitism is on the rise because of lazy thinking that paints entire groups of people with a single brush, when really we need to criticize a line of thinking.

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u/L-ramirez-74 2h ago

It's hard to make the distinction when they are the ones accusing of being anti-semitic anyone that's against Zionism

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u/best_person_ever 13m ago

Fair point. I appreciate that you can see my comment for what it is. Obviously not all Jewish people feel this way, but much like Christian nationalists, the most hateful self-serving ones seem to be the loudest.

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u/Toad990 2h ago

Mamdani wasted political capital on something he should've known he couldn't do.

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u/action_nick 2h ago

How did he waste political capital if everyone supports this?

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u/Toad990 2h ago

Not everyone does. And because you're seen as performative when you run on something only to have to come out and say you can't actually do that as mayor.

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u/action_nick 2h ago

You think it’s possible that you don’t agree with him on this issue and that makes you look at a statement like this in the most critical and negative light?

I see a politician speaking truth to power. Sad state of the country that being honest is seen as performative.

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u/Toad990 1h ago

Plenty of leaders from countries that have committed atrocities come to NYC. Why focus on the Jew?

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u/Healingbigfoot 2h ago

This man is everything the Magats think Trump is, but there isn't any propaganda needed here, just a good man.

u/StBlandine7 17m ago

He and Trump are two sides of the same coin

u/northern-new-jersey 33m ago

Well, Mamdani is an idiot for continuously promising to arrest Netanyahu during his campaign for mayor. Mayors don't have the legal power to arrest anyone so it was a stupid thing to say in the first place. 

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u/Toad990 56m ago

Except food wasn't deprived. Much food either went to waste or was intercepted by HAMAS.

And no, the allied powers were not committing genocide against the German people.

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u/phishwhistle 2h ago

OMG! A moslem that hates jews. how progressive.

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u/Das_Man 2h ago

The standards for bait on this website have really taken a nosedive.

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u/Azizona 2h ago

So close! Netanyahu is actually not all jewish people, just one guy

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u/imminentjogger5 2h ago

thought this widely know already. Glad someone in charge is saying it though 

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u/thatshirtman 2h ago

kind of performative.

Its weird that he's so obsessed with israel but anytime someone brings up an inconsitency in his foreign policy outlook, or him providing cover for less than favorable people/regimes, he immediately shifts to "im only focused on new york city"

u/StBlandine7 18m ago

Totally. He is a clown

u/baibaiburnee 49m ago

Didn't know leftists loved strongly worded videos that have no actual effect

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u/_Average_At_Best 2h ago

Cute, but mostly performative unfortunately

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u/penny-wise 1h ago

This is called taking a stand.

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u/ininja2 1h ago

Someone, anyone, of his stature in the states has needed to Perform this for years at this point

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u/flossdaily 2h ago

Alleged war criminal. And the allegations are largely based on a famine that never actually happened, which was declared based on bad-faith reports conducted with flawed methodology. 

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u/Swansonisms 1h ago

The textbook definition of genocide is laid out in Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It means:

"Any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."

You have no evidence of intent

Evidence of Intent

“We are dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on Gaza. The focus is on destruction, not accuracy.” -Daniel Hagari, IDF spokesman

“It is an entire nation who are responsible...and we will fight until we break their backs.” -Yitzhak Herzog. President of Israel

“I don’t care about Gaza... They can go swimming in the sea.” -Maya Golan, Israel Minister of Women’s Affairs

“Only an explosion that shakes the Middle East will restore this country’s dignity, strength and security! It’s time to kiss doomsday. Shooting powerful missiles without limit. Not flattening a neighbourhood. Crushing and flattening Gaza. ... without mercy! without mercy!” - Knesset and Likud member Revital “Tally” Gotliv

“Jericho Missile! Jericho Missile! Strategic alert. before considering the introduction of forces. Doomsday weapon! This is my opinion. May God preserve all our strength.” - also Tally Gotliv

“Gaza to be smashed and razed to the ground. Without mercy!” Tally Gotliv again

“...There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting against human animals and we will act accordingly.” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

“The village of Huwara needs to be wiped out.” - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

“You’re here by mistake, it’s a mistake that Ben-Gurion didn’t finish the job and didn’t throw you out in 1948.” - Bezalel Smotrich to Arab lawmakers in the Knesset referring to the ethnic cleansing of the Nakba.

“We have to be cruel now, and not to think too much about the hostages. It’s time for action.” - Bezalel Smotrich (again)

“We cannot have women and children getting close to the border... anyone who gets near must get a bullet [in the head],” Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security

“I am personally proud of the ruins of Gaza and every baby, even 80 years from now, will tell their grandchildren what the Jews did,” May Golan (again)

“Gaza won’t return to what it was before. We will eliminate everything.” Yoav Gallant (again)

“one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of [1948]. Nakba in Gaza and Nakba to anyone who dares to join” Ariel Kallner, member of Likud party

“Gaza Strip should be flattened, and for all of them there is but one sentence, and that is death.” Yitzhak Kroizer

“There will be no electricity and no water (in Gaza), there will only be destruction. You wanted hell, you will get hell” Major General Ghassan Alian, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories

“Gaza will become a place where no human being can exist”. He added “Creating a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza is a necessary means to achieving the goal.” IDF Major general Giora Eiland

“There is one and only solution, which is to completely destroy Gaza before invading it. I mean destruction like what happened in Dresden and Hiroshima, without nuclear weapons” former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin

“I don’t remember Britain or the United States at the tail end of the Second World War bombing Dresden, thinking about the residents.” Minister of Economy, Nir Barka

Everyone calling it a genocide is biased and antisemitic

The list or organizations they consider to be biased and antisemitic include:

-The International Criminal Court

-The International Association of Genocide Scholars

-Human Rights Watch

-Physicians for Human Rights (Israel)

-The United Nations

-Amnesty International

-Doctors Without Borders

-B’Tselem (Jerusalem based Non-Profit)

-Amos Goldberg: Professor in the department of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

-Omer Bartov: Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University and a former IDF soldier.

-Raz Segal: Israeli historian and associate professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and endowed professor in the Study of Modern Genocide at Stockton University

-Shmuel Lederman: Professor specializing in political theory and genocide studies at the Open University of Israel

u/jalerre 1h ago

If he’s not a war criminal then he should have no problem defending himself in a court of law

u/nov7 1h ago

Imagine being an unpaid comment janitor for a war criminal.

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u/asaxonbraxton 2h ago

Whoa guys! A Muslim communist mayor of a city in the US said so! It must be true!!!!

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u/GeneralCate 2h ago

Can you please explain what a communist is?

u/ItchyGoiter 1h ago edited 59m ago

Ugh. I am totally onboard and agree with Mamdani. I am a full supporter. But this is just going to give more fuel all the idiots who already think he is an antisemitic terrorist.

Like, he can never be bothered to condemn Hamas at the same time... Just say "netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes, just like any Hamas leader". Why??

Fuck Israel. Fuck netanyahu. Fuck hamas. Fuck trump. I love Mamdani but I wish he would see how he comes off to all the insane zionists when he only condemns Israel.

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u/richmeister6666 1h ago

Wasn’t this posted here the other day?

u/PraetorianAE 46m ago

It’s been posted over and over. This sub is just far left propaganda now.

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u/T0-rex 3h ago

This site is becoming the ass lickers of fakes news. If there really is a genocide happening to Palestinians, why the f do they have to lie so god damn much?

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u/Metalthrashinmad 3h ago

What do they lie about?

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u/graywailer 3h ago

He didn't mention that the enemy terrorist state of Israel is the number one enemy of the US people.

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u/Alderbarann 3h ago

What's your point?

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