The week in whoppers: Mamdani mourns a Hamas terrorist, Kamala hopes to verbify . . . hope and more

“An Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Wishah ..

.was killed this past Saturday by an Israeli strike.” — Mayor Mamdani, MondayWe say:  As part of his case for calling AIPAC, which promotes US-Israeli ties, a “monster,” Hizzoner suggested Israel had killed an innocent journalist.

Yet evidence shows Wishah was part of Hamas’ military wing and thus a threat to Israeli troops and civilians; Israel says he helped plan recent sniper attacks and worked with his brother, a senior Hamas weapons-production operative.But Mamdani thinks AIPAC is a monster?“It is so important that we not only have hope, but that we understand that that should be a verb.” — Kamala Harris, June 19 Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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We say: Step aside, MAGA.Kama-la-la-ding-dong may be about to launch a new political movement: MHAV — Make Hope a Verb.

Yes, we know: It already is.  Harris’ bizarre attention to this matter shows why Republicans would love to see Democrats nominate her for president again.We say: The 5 million people Democrats cite (less than 5% of recipients) cover the past 12 months — i.e., since before many of the Republican cuts even went into effect.Oh, and those cuts are based on rules meant to purge fraudsters, illegal immigrants and healthy people unwilling to seek even part-time work.Indeed, many of these people already have, or are switching to, other insurance, such as from an employer.

Dems’ see-no-fraud-waste-or-abuse approach is a big reason why Medicaid outlays keep soaring.“If you want to blame anybody [for NY antisemitism] ..

.blame Benjamin Netanyahu.” — MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough, WednesdayWe say: Er, how about blaming .

..  the antisemites? Morning Joe’s bid to pin Jew-hatred on Bibi essentially amounts to: Jews deserve the world’s hostility ...