Mamdani slammed for corrupting history about the creation of Israel in social media post marking Nakba Day

Mayor Zohran Mamdani was blasted for “corrupting history” about the creation of Israel in a vile social media post paying tribute to Palestinians – sent out just before Jewish New Yorkers observed Shabbat.Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel, honored “Nakba Day” – marking what Palestinians call the “catastrophe” of the Jewish State’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948 – in a Friday night post, that included a polished video interview with “Nakba survivor” and city resident Inea Bushnaq.“Today marks Nakba Day, an annual 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,” Hizzoner wrote in an X post on his official mayoral account.“Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor.She shared her story with us – one of home, tradition and memory over generations.”In the video, Bushnaq details fleeing her home at age nine because “the Zionists were coming into Jerusalem.”The shocking video goes on to claim that the displacement of Palestinians “continues to this day.”“Mamdani is dangerous, he’s evil, he is stirring the pot of hate,” Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind told The Post, stressing how Jewish communities are being targeted in attacks.“He is corrupting history.

He doesn’t know his f—king history,” he blasted, adding that the United Nations voted to create the State of Israel and a Palestinian state, with Jews accepting the plan while five Arab nations – Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq – “rejected it and went to war with Israel.”Israel ultimately won the war, and the Arab nations later created a day to commemorate the loss.Mamdani’s outrageous post quickly triggered a firestorm online, with critics slamming him for firing off “political propaganda masquerading as compassion” and accusing him of erasing history.“He ignores that roughly 850,000 Jews were ...