1/2 – www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com israelhayom english website Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:34:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-G_rTskDu_400x400-32x32.jpg 1/2 – www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com 32 32 Mamdani's first act: Scraps order recognizing anti-Zionism as antisemitism https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/02/nyc-mayor-mamdani-deletes-antisemitism-tweets-cancels-jewish-orders/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/02/nyc-mayor-mamdani-deletes-antisemitism-tweets-cancels-jewish-orders/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:36:29 +0000 https://www.israelhayom.com/?p=1113499 Hours after taking office as Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani drew harsh criticism from Jewish community leaders by deleting social media posts combating antisemitism and signing a sweeping executive order that canceled municipal orders protecting Jews, including a ban on boycotting Israel and regulations protecting synagogues from hostile protests.

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Hours after his inauguration, Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani took a series of steps that marked a sharp break from the legacy of his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams. His actions drew harsh criticism, particularly from Jewish community leaders in the city.

Within a short time after his swearing-in, tweets were deleted from the official mayoral X account from the Adams era that dealt with combating antisemitism and defending Jews in New York. Simultaneously, Mamdani signed a sweeping executive order that canceled a long list of municipal executive orders issued after September 26, 2024, including orders dealing with combating antisemitism and the city's relations with Israel.

Two tweets from an official three-tweet thread, published hours before the transfer of power and highlighting the city's steps to combat antisemitism and protect the Jewish community, were deleted from the New York City mayor's X account.

Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) Mark Goldfeder claimed that the very deletion of the tweets, which constitute an official record of municipal activity, raises legal questions and could constitute a breach of public trust, especially against the backdrop of the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in the city since October 7. In a scathing letter sent to the mayor's office, it was claimed that "it is hard to overstate how disturbing it is that one of the first acts of the new administration was to delete official statements about the safety of New York Jews."

New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (R) celebrates alongside his wife Rama Duwaji (L) during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025 (Photo: Angelina Katsanis / AFP) AFP

In parallel with the deletion of tweets, Mamdani issued his first mayoral executive order, canceling all orders issued by Adams starting on September 26, 2024 – the day a federal indictment was filed against Adams on corruption charges, which the US Justice Department later dismissed. Mamdani stated that some of the orders would be reviewed and reinstated, but at this stage, all were canceled wholesale.

Among the canceled orders were sensitive orders relating to the Jewish community and its safety. One of them is Executive Order 51 from May of this year, which established the unprecedented Mayor's Office for Combating Antisemitism. Another order is Executive Order 52 from June of this year, which adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism that recognizes demonization of Israel and discrimination against it as expressions of modern antisemitism.

Additionally, two orders signed last month were canceled: Executive Order 60, which banned boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel in the context of municipal contracts, and Executive Order 61, which was designed to regulate protest activity near synagogues and houses of worship – this after a violent anti-Israel protest that occurred near a synagogue on the Upper East Side, which hosted a Nefesh B'Nefesh event.

Mamdani's office rejected the criticism of the tweet deletions and claimed it was a technical move to archive posts from the previous administration, unrelated to the content of the tweets. The city spokesperson emphasized that the mayor is "committed to fighting antisemitism" and that he intends to renew the activity of the municipal Office for Combating Antisemitism and even increase the budget of the office for preventing hate crimes. Mamdani himself spoke on the matter and stated that the issue would be addressed in a second executive order he would sign.

Regarding the mayoral executive order that canceled his predecessor's orders, the move was intended, according to him, to allow "opening a new page" for the incoming administration, while conducting a fresh review of recent period policies.

World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel, on the cancellation of the ban on boycotting Israel, said, "A very dangerous trend. The choice of New York City Mayor Mamdani to open his term by canceling the ban on boycotting Israel is very worrying. Jews around the world have been persecuted in campaigns of relentless antisemitism since October 7, 2023. Just two weeks ago, 15 were murdered in a brutal antisemitic attack in Sydney, Australia."

"The Jewish communities in New York must live in security, and I very much hope that Mayor Mamdani will not continue the trend that intensifies antisemitism against the Jews living in his city. This is the time for zero tolerance toward antisemitism. The World Zionist Organization is in contact with the communities and will do everything it can to protect Jews in New York and throughout the entire world."

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]]> The wave of Iranian protests entered its sixth day on Friday morning after Thursday saw the movement reach its peak with the highest death toll and expansion from Tehran to additional provinces across the country. US President Donald Trump tweeted today, "If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

Numerous X accounts have flooded the network with protest videos from Iran, showing women who took to the streets with calls against the regime, as well as male and female students standing together against the government and the Revolutionary Guards. What began as a merchants' protest over the currency collapse has spread and transformed into a nationwide political opposition movement, worrying leadership that is trying to calm tensions at any cost, including by force, through tear gas and even live fire at protesters.

Protests in Iran on January 1, 2026 (Social media) Social media

In one post uploaded to X, it was written, "The people are chanting for the return of the King. No chants against the West. No chants against Israel. Iran was hijacked by terrorists in 1979, and the people want their country back. Is the media only interested when protests attack Israel?"

4:20 | Report: Protesters in Iran are setting fire to religious institutions.

5:15 | Iranian protesters are driving through the country's streets with the Lion and Sun flag (Iran's national flag until the 1979 revolution) that served the nation until the revolution in 1979 when it was replaced.

7:32 | Iranian leader Khamenei lashes out at Israel and the US. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused the US of backing the "criminal Zionist regime" and encouraging wars around the world for fuel and resources.

8:25 | From age 15 to 37. The death toll in the last 24 hours in Iran at the hands of the Revolutionary Guards.

8:37 | A video uploaded to X network apparently shows how a Revolutionary Guards member fires live rounds toward a civilian vehicle, while the driver pleads and calls for him to stop because his wife and children are with him.

10:05 | US President Trump tweeted, "If Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go."

10:50 | In Isfahan, funerals began for protesters killed by the regime. Events that often become protest events in themselves.

11:19 | Secretary of the National Security Council Ali Larijani responded to Trump, "With the positions taken by official elements in Israel and Trump, what's behind the scenes has now become clear. We view the positions of the protesting merchants separately from those of the destructive elements, and Trump should know that American interference in this internal matter is equivalent to chaos throughout the entire region and the destruction of American interests. The American people should know that Trump is the one who started the adventurism. They should worry about their soldiers."

12:06 | Another response to Trump's words came from Advisor to Khamenei Ali Shamkhani, a close associate of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and former Secretary of the National Security Council. "The Iranian people know very well the American 'rescues' – from Iraq and Afghanistan to Gaza. Any hand that tries to interfere under various pretexts and approach Iran's security will be cut off before it manages to arrive, and will receive a response that will cause it deep regret. Iran's national security is a red line – not material for adventurous tweets."

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