Zohran Mamdani Isn’t At Odds With The Hamasniks
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Zohran Mamdani Isn’t At Odds With The Hamasniks

The mayor isn't under siege. He's playing the long game.

Stephen Kent

“Remember that you are an actor in a play — for this is your business, to play admirably the role assigned you,” said Epictetus, the Greek-born slave and philosopher of antiquity. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani knows his role and plays it to the fullest, but every so often, you can see when he’s not loving it.

Such was the case on October 7, standing at a candlelight vigil in Union Square for the 1,200 Israeli victims of Hamas in their infamous terror attack. Amidst a choir of boos and taunts from pro-Hamas protestors — again, at a memorial service for Israeli Jews — Mamdani stared blankly into the throng, who were now directing their ire at him.

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