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Mamdani is jeered at October 7 vigil as protesters call him traitor to Palestinian cause

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Stack, L. (2026, October 8). Mamdani is jeered at October 7 vigil as protesters call him traitor to Palestinian cause. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/mamdani-is-jeered-at-october-7-vigil-as-protesters-call-him-traitor-to-palestinian-cause-20261008-p613wx.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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The Sydney Morning Herald · collected 2026-10-08 · by Liam Stack

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At a memorial event for October 7 in Union Square on Wednesday evening, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced significant backlash from pro-Palestinian protesters who accused him of supporting genocide and being a traitor to the Palestinian cause. The protest disrupted a candlelight vigil organized by Israelis for Peace New York, turning into chaos with chants and accusations directed at the mayor, while Jewish leaders criticized his statement as callous towards their community’s pain.
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On October 7, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was booed and accused of genocide by anti-Israel protesters during a vigil in Union Square, New York City, organized to honor victims of the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. The protest, which drew over 100 demonstrators, marched from City Hall to Union Square, chanting slogans such as "Shame on you" and "Mayor Mamdani take a stand!" when he arrived with a candle to support the event organized by Israelis for Peace New York. Protesters also accused him of being a traitor to Palestinian causes and shouted insults like "You coward," highlighting deep divisions within the city over his stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at an October 7 memorial event in Union Square on Wednesday (US time) to a chorus of boos and jeers from pro-Palestinian marchers, who disrupted an event organised by a pro-peace Israeli group with chants that expressed support for Hamas and accused the mayor of supporting genocide.
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Jewish NORP · 5× Gaza GPE · 2× Hamas ORG · 2× Israeli NORP · 2× Palestinian NORP · 2× New York City GPE · 1× Palestinians NORP · 1× Zohran Mamdani PERSON · 1× pro-Palestinian NORP · 1× the Gaza Strip GPE · 1×

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at an October 7 memorial event in Union Square on Wednesday (US time) to a chorus of boos and jeers from pro-Palestinian marchers, who disrupted an event organised by a pro-peace Israeli group with chants that expressed support for Hamas and accused the mayor of supporting genocide.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-08
🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at an October 7 memorial event in Union Square on Wednesday (US time) to a chorus of boos and jeers from pro-Palestinian marchers, who disrupted an event organised by a pro-peace Israeli group with chants that expressed support for Hamas and accused the mayor of supporting genocide.
2026-10-08 · The Sydney Morning Herald
Mamdani is jeered at October 7 vigil as protesters call him traitor to Palestinian cause · assertive framing

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrived at an October 7 memorial event in Union Square on Wednesday (US time) to a chorus of boos and jeers from pro-Palestinian marchers, who disrupted an event organised by a pro-peace Israeli group with chants that expressed support for Hamas and accused the mayor of supporting genocide. asserted
that → arrive → genocide
Those accusations came at the end of a day that had seen the mayor excoriated by Jewish leaders for a statement he made earlier that marked the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks, but focused mostly on the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the war that followed the Hamas-led assault. asserted
that → come → assault
The event, a candlelight vigil organised by Israelis for Peace New York, collapsed into chaos shortly before the mayor arrived at around 7.30pm, but organisers carried on inside a tight police cordon as protesters screamed at them throughout the evening. asserted
protesters → organise → evening
The protest appeared to be at least twice the size of the vigil. asserted
protest → appear → vigil
Few protesters noticed when the mayor arrived, striding determinedly through a police barricade wearing a black coat and a solemn expression. asserted
mayor → notice → coat
He walked quickly up to the speaker’s dais, where he stood holding a candle throughout the ceremony. asserted
he → walk → ceremony
Once protesters noticed him, they began to harangue him with chants that accused the mayor – a longtime critic of Israel – of being a coward and killing babies in Gaza. asserted
that → notice → Gaza
The vigil was delayed by the arrival of the protesters. asserted
vigil → delay → protesters
When they arrived, some protesters chased a man holding an Israeli flag, while two others rushed at the crowd. asserted
others → arrive → crowd
A larger group of protesters chanted “death, death to the IDF,” referring to the Israel Defence Forces, and “resistance is glorious, we will be victorious,” as organisers of the vigil huddled together to figure out a response. asserted
organisers → chant → response
The protesters marched to Union Square from an earlier demonstration outside City Hall, where they accused the mayor of having betrayed the Palestinian cause. asserted
they → march → cause
That was in sharp contrast with the view held by Jewish leaders on Wednesday, who spent much of the day denouncing the mayor for a statement he released on the anniversary of the attack that had focused mainly on Palestinian suffering in Gaza. asserted
that → hold → Gaza
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said the mayor’s statement had been “callous toward Jewish pain.” asserted
statement → say → pain
“You cannot proclaim empathy and care for the Jewish community and then fail to show basic humanity toward us in our grief,” he added. asserted
he → proclaim → grief
“Turning this anniversary into an indictment of the Jewish state is not only hurtful and deeply offensive, but it also makes Jewish New Yorkers less safe.” asserted
Yorkers → turn → state
As protesters flooded into Union Square on Wednesday night, some attendees sat quietly. asserted
attendees → flood → night
Vigil organisers retreated behind a line of police barricades, where groups of them solemnly embraced. asserted
groups → retreat → them
Others rushed to the barricades, to be let in one by one through the crowd. asserted
Others → rush → crowd
“We will persevere, but we will raise our voice and mourn our dead and demand to end the bloodshed,” Tamar Glezerman, an organiser of the vigil, said. asserted
Glezerman → persevere → vigil
“I wished that people would listen instead of shout.” asserted
people → wish → ?
This article originally appeared in The New York Times. asserted
article → appear → Times
Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. asserted
what → get → world
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