She Fled Hamas. Now She’s Warning New York About Mamdani.
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She Fled Hamas. Now She’s Warning New York About Mamdani.

Her warning is simple: no matter what you give, negotiate, or attempt at nation-building, political Islam’s hate will never stop.

Alyssa Rosenheck

I recently listened to the daughter of a Hamas sheikh share her story — one that serves as a warning for New York’s mayoral election. For her safety, I’m withholding her name. 

Her mother was Jewish and escaped their Arab village in Israel soon after giving birth. Her father was a wealthy, devout Muslim sheikh with multiple wives. At 14, his daughter chose to live with him, hoping for family and belonging. Instead, what she found was indoctrination and abuse.

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