Mamdani accuses US of complicity in Gaza genocide
New York mayor marks third anniversary of war, mourning Israeli victims while charging that US arms sustain killing of Palestinians
NEW YORK (MNTV) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used the third anniversary of the Gaza genocide to mourn Israeli victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks while accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians and the United States of complicity through its continued military support.
In a statement, Mamdani said the day remains “profoundly painful” for many New Yorkers and acknowledged that Hamas killed about 1,200 Israelis and abducted 251 people in the 2023 attack. But that grief, he argued, cannot be separated from what followed in Gaza.
He pointed to the killing of more than 74,000 Palestinians, including more than 21,000 children, according to Gaza health authorities, and said Americans must confront the fact that “U.S. tax dollars” help fund it.
He called for an end to what he described as occupation, apartheid and impunity.
“To honor the dead,” he said, “we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.”
The toll in Gaza remains staggering. Health authorities there reported that more than 74,250 Palestinians had been killed and over 175,000 wounded by Oct. 7, 2026, including more than 1,467 killed and 5,100 injured since a U.S.-backed ceasefire took effect in October 2025.
Reuters reported this week that Israeli strikes have continued despite the truce, with more than 1,400 Palestinians killed since it began and humanitarian conditions still severe.
A UN commission of inquiry and leading rights groups have concluded that Israel’s conduct in Gaza amounts to genocide.
Mamdani’s statement places U.S. policy at the center of the debate over the anniversary, and it drew criticism from Zionist groups who argue the day should focus on the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks.
For the mayor, remembering those victims and confronting Washington’s role in the Palestinian death toll are not in tension but bound together.
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