<article data-history-node-id="429850" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/zohran-mamdani-under-fire-all-sides-following-7-october-statement" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/zohran-mamdani-under-fire-all-sides-following-7-october-statement" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Zohran Mamdani under fire from all sides following 7 October statement</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>Reactions from across the spectrum have poured in online following New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s 7 October statement, which many Palestinians and pro-Palestine advocates say shows him bending the knee to political pressure.</p> <p>Published on the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on 7 October, Mamdani began the statement by mourning "the 1,100 Israelis killed and hundreds taken hostage".</p> <p>He then pivoted to denounce Israel’s military response: "In the aftermath… Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war… A death toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble… Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language… Our government has been complicit through it all. The occupation and apartheid must end."</p> <p>Pro-Palestine social media users were quick to&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/fatima__m7md/status/1975649643917976054" target="_blank">respond</a>&nbsp;to his statement, with many&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/EyesOnSouth1/status/1975605337026593112" target="_blank">pointing out&nbsp;</a>that neither "Palestinians" or "Palestine" was used&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/dandoon_danya/status/1975693257624649805" target="_blank">once</a>.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/zohran-mamdani-under-fire-all-sides-following-october-7-statement-0">Zohran Mamdani under fire from all sides following 7 October statement</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>