By The Diary
Zohran Mamdani condemned the interception by the Israeli Navy of a flotilla of activists heading to Gaza to make visible the conditions in the area, qualifying it as “a flagrant violation of international law,” and added that several New Yorkers were among those arrested.
“Last night (Wednesday), Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a flotilla of humanitarian aid destined for Gaza in international waters, off the coast of Greece, illegally detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers,” Mamdani posted on Twitter/X this Thursday, late afternoon. “My team has been in direct contact with state and federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers.”. This is a flagrant violation of international law. “Those detained must be released.”
The statements by Mamdani, New York’s first Muslim mayor, came after holding a “surprise visit” to the Beit El-Maqdis Islamic Center in Brooklynto attend the funeral of Abdul Saleh (28), worker shot at a warehouse in the East Village by Lengthy island. “Before joining the prayer, the mayor met with the family behind closed doors. During the meeting, a source revealed that Saleh’s brother, Hussein, pleaded with Mamdani to use his influence to help bring Saleh’s wife and children to the United States,” he reported. amNY.com.
Flotilla detained in Greece
On Wednesday, Israeli forces detained around 175 activists from more than 20 boats that made up a humanitarian flotilla, he highlighted. On each day foundation News. Earlier yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Gideon Saar, stated in a post on Twitter/X that the activists would be transferred to Greece and “landed on a Greek beach.”
«All participants of the provocative flotilla that were removed from the vessels were removed without suffering damage,” Saar wrote. In addition, he accused the flotilla of seeking more “provocations” than providing “humanitarian aid” to Gaza. “Israel will not allow the violation of the legitimate blockade,” declared.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein declared that “early action was necessary, in accordance with international law,” due to the large number of vessels that made up the flotilla, he reported. NBCNews. “The operation was carried out in international waters peacefully and without casualties,” he stated.
Mamdani, Iran and Israel
Since his mayoral campaign last year, Israel has been a constant topic on Mamdani’s agenda, being NYC the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel
In March, Mamdani responded when asked about his opinion on How do you feel about Islamophobia? in an interview with The New York Instances. “When criticism is due to your policies or your views, you can handle it. But here we are talking about racism and intolerance. And to accept that, to turn a blind eye to it, is to allow that kind of animosity to fester. And that takes its toll. It’s fun in the sense that it makes you feel alone in the place you know is your home; “You feel isolated within it,” said the mayor of the most populous city in the United States.
He has also been critical of the US and Israel’s war against Iran, although he also described the Persian nation’s regime as “brutal.” “We are spending at least $500 million a day to bomb Iran. Imagine how many teachers we could hire, how much public housing we could build, how many bridges and roads we could repair if we spent that amount of money to improve the lives of the working class,” he declared in a video he posted on Twitter/X in April.
Also last month His wife, Rama Duwaji, acknowledged the “damage” caused by his former posts on social media.including messages praising figures linked to the palestinian terrorism and criticism of Israel.
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