Jewish Democrats in Congress are expressing concerns about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying that his statements related to Israel may be dangerous, while antisemitism is on the rise in the United States.

Mamdani has insisted that it “pains” him to “be called an antisemite,” but several of his past comments, including support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, making accusations of apartheid against Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, not denouncing the saying “globalize the intifada,” and refusing to call Israel a Jewish state, are disturbing, some of the Congress members are saying, reports The Hill on Wednesday.

“To not be willing to condemn the term ‘globalize the intifada,’ it just demonstrates his callous disregard for antisemitism, terrorist activity,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., commented. “Anyone that I care about couldn’t possibly distance themselves from him more. It’s really terribly disturbing and potentially dangerous.”

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