Candidates in the New York mayor Muslim Zaran Mamdani and the disputes of intifada slogan

JAKARTA – Zoran Mamdani, a Muslim politician who became a candidate for the post of mayor of the Yorka, became the center of attention of the United States Mass media (USA) after he refused to criticize the “intifada movement”, the rebellious movement of the Palestinian People’s Movement against the Israeli Zionist occupation. He respects the movement as the right of a person of the Palestinians.

This politician of the Democratic Party will fight for the place of the mayor of the New York in the mayor’s elections in November 2025. The Uganda-Indian son-immigrant is known as a vocal activist who supports various progressive programs, including restrictions on property ownership, universal healthcare and immigrant rights.

However, what made him the most discussed name in the American media was not his ideas, but by his contradictory attitude to the slogan to “globalize the intifada”.

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What is the meaning of the intifada supported by the Mamdani Zoran?

The slogan “Globalization of Intifada” was part of the missing protest about various Campuses of the United States since 2021. He came from the spirit of resistance to oppression, especially in the context of the Palestinian people.

However, for many American Jews, the term “intifada” – which literally means “uprising” – to revive the injury during two periods of cruel violence that tremble Israel and Palestine, namely the first intifada (1987-1993) and the second intifada (2000-2005).