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Mamdani dined at NYC restaurant linked to anti-Israel menu after being booed at Oct 7 vigil: report

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined at Ayat Hinds Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday. The restaurant is part of a chain criticized last year for anti-Semitic menu language, including phrases like "From the River to the Sea" and "Down with the occupation," which critics say are implicitly anti-Israel. Mamdani's meal followed his participation in an October 7 vigil where he was booed by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who accused him of enabling genocide against Palestinians.

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On October 10, 2024, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined at Ayat Hinds Hall in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a Palestinian restaurant named after Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in January 2024. This visit came days after the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2021 attacks on Israel and amid intense criticism over the restaurant’s menu, which featured phrases like "From the River to the Sea" and "Down with the occupation." The Anti-Defamation League views these slogans as anti-Semitic and implicitly calling for the destruction of Israel. Despite protests from critics labeling it as "openly genocidal," the owners, Abdul Elenani and Ayat Masoud, maintain that they are not endorsing violence against Jews but rather supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Gaza Hamas Israel New York City Palestinian

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Israel GPE · 5× Mamdani PERSON · 5× Gaza GPE · 3× Hamas ORG · 2× Ayat Hinds Hall ORG · 1× Brooklyn GPE · 1× New York City GPE · 1× Palestinian NORP · 1× Zohran Mamdani PERSON · 1× the Upper West Side GPE · 1×

Narrative

"There must be room to mourn the lives of the more than 1,100 that Hamas killed three years ago; there must be room to mourn the 74,000 Palestinians that the Israeli government has killed since."

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🔮 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined Wednesday at a Palestinian restaurant whose sister location faced intense criticism in 2023 over menu language that critics called anti-Semitic.

2026-10-08 · Fox News

Mamdani dined at NYC restaurant linked to anti-Israel menu after being booed at Oct 7 vigil: report · assertive framing

Claims (18 extracted, 2 hedged)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani dined Wednesday at a Palestinian restaurant whose sister location faced intense criticism in 2023 over menu language that critics called anti-Semitic. asserted

critics → din → that

Mamdani ate at Ayat Hinds Hall on the Upper West Side. asserted

Mamdani → eat → Side

The restaurant chain, which also operates a location in Brooklyn, drew sharp pushback for featuring a section on its menu titled "From the River to the Sea." asserted

which → operate → Sea

The Anti-Defamation League defines the phrase as an implicit call for the eradication of Israel. asserted

League → define → Israel

The menu’s front page reads: "Down with the occupation," in English, Arabic, and Hebrew, The Times of Israel reported. asserted

Times → read → Israel

"Resilience," "Freedom," and "Save our children" are pictured in bold letters. asserted

Resilience → save → letters

The menu also includes a map that refers to the the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem and Israel as Palestine. asserted

that → include → Palestine

Following the 2023 controversy, critics accused the restaurant of being "opening genocidal" toward Jews. asserted

critics → follow → Jews

Owner Abdul Elenani pushed back against accusations of antisemitism, noting the phrase had been on the menu months prior to Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel. asserted

phrase → push → Israel

Elenani stated that he supports a two-state solution and condemns violence on both sides, according to the New York Post. uncertain

he → state → Post

In 2024, he organized a free Shabbat dinner for hundreds of guests, the Times report states. asserted

report → organize → guests

Mamdani’s dinner came shortly after he faced backlash from pro-Palestinian demonstrators during a vigil marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. asserted

he → come → attacks

Demonstrators booed the mayor — a frequent critic of Israel's military campaign in Gaza — and accused him of being a "traitor" who enables genocide. asserted

who → boo → genocide

"Zohran, what do you say? asserted

you → say → what

How many kids did you kill today?" protesters shouted, according to media reports. uncertain

protesters → kill → reports

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Mamdani stood by his previous statements characterizing Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide while calling for universal empathy. asserted

Mamdani → speak → empathy

"I believe that there must be room to mourn every single life," Mamdani said. asserted

Mamdani → believe → life

"There must be room to mourn the lives of the more than 1,100 that Hamas killed three years ago; there must be room to mourn the 74,000 Palestinians that the Israeli government has killed since." asserted

government → mourn → that