Jewish leader predicts violent future for NYC residents if Mamdani wins in November: 'Real concern'

A New York City Jewish leader is speaking out about the possibility of a Zohran Mamdani term as mayor of New York City telling Fox News Digital he is concerned about the safety of Jewish residents as well as all New Yorkers Scott Feltman executive vice president of the One Israel Fund informed Fox News Digital that the Jewish area in the country s largest city is not against a Muslim or any person of faith running for office but what they do oppose is candidates that align themselves with nefarious actors like Hamas or Hezbollah He was just recorded at a local mosque where the Imam of that mosque has basically called for the death of IDF soldiers and praised the efforts of Hamas Feltman commented So that's what we're opposed to and it's a very very real serious concern Feltman pointed to the rise of antisemitic attacks in latest years particularly in New York City which he says has created a certain trepidation in the Jewish society and having this particular candidate now making such inroads is a real concern UNEARTHED MAMDANI CLIP REVEALS HOW HIS UPBRINGING MADE HIM OPEN TO BEING CALLED 'RADICAL ' SOCIALISTTwo Israeli embassy staffers were killed in Washington D C earlier this year by a man shouting free Palestine around the same time that an Egyptian man targeted a pro-Israel demonstration killing one person and injuring several others in Boulder Colorado I know that every single day I fear for my own staff knowing that our organization has been called out by this candidate and we have no idea you know who's following him and what their interests and what their actions may be So it is a real serious concern Mamdani along with actress Cynthia Nixon called out the One Israel Fund earlier this month in a post Feltman responded to with an article in American Thinker When you go out and you align yourselves with terminology like globalize the intifada which is basically a euphemism for kill Jews all over the world that's what it is the intifada was basically a movement in Israel years ago to destroy the state of Israel and didn't discriminate against civilian or military personnel Feltman advised Fox News Digital NYC COUNCILWOMAN WARNS MAMDANI ACHIEVEMENT WILL DRIVE AWAY KEY VOTING BLOC 'AFRAID TO LIVE HERE' And when you want to globalize that the messaging is very clear to the people who are listening and following and that has put a large number of people in the Jewish society if not all of us on notice and has created the feeling of genuine concern I'm concerned for New York City in general It's not just the Jewish public His platform of defunding the police and basically offering all kinds of free things to people which I don't think he can even accomplish even though he keeps doubling down on the rhetoric but just defunding the police puts everyone here in jeopardy Mamdani has been widely criticized for his initial failure to condemn the phrase globalize the intifada which a multitude of Jewish people view as a call for violence Mamdani eventually walked back his initial reluctance by saying he discourages people from using the phrase and stated business leaders he would not use it Feltman referred to Mamdani as a social media darling and complimented the way he has been able to mobilize voters but reported ultimately while discussing his rise that the teaching system has done a tremendous injustice to our children especially on the university level where we see antisemitism exploding exponentially Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani's campaign for comment