Exclusive | Jewish leaders urge Stephen Colbert to grill Zohran Mamdani over refusal to condemn Globalize the Intifada

Jewish leaders urged late night talk show host Stephen Colbert to grill Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over his refusal to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” and his other strident anti-Israel views.Mamdani and fellow mayoral candidate Brad Lander were set to get the star treatment on CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Monday night — on the eve of the Democratic primary election.But in a letter sent to Colbert early Monday, activists called on the talk show host not to treat Mamdani and Lander, the current city comptroller, with kid gloves, noting his show airs in New York, which has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.“For nearly two years, since the massacre of October 7th, 2023, our community has faced a terrifying tide of rising antisemitism, and fear for our safety and our future in the most Jewish of cities,” states the letter, obtained by The Post.“Over the last several days, Mr.Mamdani has repeatedly refused to condemn calls to ‘globalize the intifada,’ incendiary language in which he has publicly trafficked for at least a decade,” the missive notes.“To Jews and most mainstream authorities, this is an exhortation of violence against Jews, referring directly to two waves of violence from the late 1980s to the turn of the millennium in which nearly a thousand Jews were murdered by terrorist bombings in cafes, nightclubs and bus stops.”The letter was signed by Elisha Wiesel, the son of the late Holocaust survivor, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Eli Wiesel.Elisha Wiesel, during a Post interview quoted his dad, saying: “I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.”Other signatories included: former Anti-Defamation League president Abraham Fox, American Jewish Congress President Daniel Rosen and Andres Spokoiny, president and CEO of The Jewish Funders Network.Also signing on was Duvi Honig, founder and CEO of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Co...