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Mamdani’s father sits on council of anti-Israel group tied to terror, legitimizes role of suicide bombers
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FIRST ON FOX: Mahmood Mamdani, the father of socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, sits on the advisory council of an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts and sanctions of Israel, routinely accuses the Israeli government of committing «genocide», and has expressed sympathy for suicide bombers.
The Gaza Tribunal, founded in London in 2024, says its primary goal is «to awaken civil society to its responsibility and opportunity to stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza,» according to its website.
Also on its website, Mahmood Mamdani is listed as a member of the group’s «advisory policy council» and is mentioned as having attended the group’s official launch in London last year.
Richard Falk, the president of the tribunal, outlined the group’s support of BDS in an online post saying, «the aim of the Tribunal is or [sic] legitimize and encourage civil society solidarity initiatives around the world such as BDS.»
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New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) stands with his mother, Mira Nair, and father, Mahmood Mamdani, as they celebrate during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. ( (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images))
BDS is described as «an international campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel as the expression of the Jewish people’s right to national self-determination by isolating the country economically through consumer boycotts, business and government withdrawal of investment, and legal sanctions,» according to Influence Watch.
Zohran Mamdani has also promoted BDS as recently as May, when he declined to say whether Israel has a right to exist and said his support of BDS «is consistent with my core of my politics, which is non-violence.»
Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, has also faced criticism on social media in recent days over a resurfaced book excerpt where he expressed sympathy for the way suicide bombers are viewed.
«Suicide bombing needs to be understood as a feature of modern political violence rather than stigmatized as a mark of barbarism,» the elder Mamdani wrote in his 2004 book Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror.
«We need to recognize the suicide bomber, first and foremost, as a category of soldier.»
The Gaza Tribunal’s founder and members have deep ties to anti-Israel movements, with at least one being deported from the United States due to terror ties.
Falk has a long history of espousing anti-Israel views and was repeatedly accused of using his «Special Rapporteur» United Nations position to «spread unsubstantiated allegations against Israel,» according to Canary Mission, a watchdog organization that works to expose antisemitism. In 2011 and 2014, Falk accused Israel of being a «colonialist» nation and claimed it was pushing «ethnic-cleansing goals.» He would go on to echo these views as recently as February of this year during an interview.
Falk faced backlash in 2007 for comparing Israel’s government to the Nazis by accusing them of ushering in a «Palestinian Holocaust» and rhetorically asking, «Is it an irresponsible overstatement to associate the treatment of Palestinians with this criminalized Nazi record of collective atrocity? I think not.» The comparison led to backlash and former Israeli U.N. Ambassador Itzhak Levanon opposing his 2008 UN nomination.
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Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a rally at the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council headquarters in New York, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Princeton University professor emeritus also demanded a boycott of corporations in 2012 that do business with Israel, saying they «should be boycotted until they bring their operations into line with international human rights and humanitarian law and standards.» However, a spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fired back, warning the UN that Falk «has repeatedly abused his position as special rapporteur to unleash unrestrained hatred and disdain for Israel» and that the «United Nations should not be complicit in this wholly unjustified effort to single out Israel.»
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Falk said that he advocates for «nonviolent solidarity initiatives with the Palestinian struggle for their basic rights, including BDS.»
«I believe that Israel’s occupation policies in Gaza and the West Bank have persecuted Palestinians on their own homeland,» Falk added. «Also, I believe that this pattern of displacing the native population is illustrative of settler colonial political projects that depend for their success on an apartheid-like domination and exploitation of the native population. If such a regime encounters prolonged resistance it almost inevitably relies on genocidal tactics to subdue the civilian population, either by marginalization, ethnic cleansing, or massive killing, all of which have been occurring in Gaza during the 20 months since October 7.»
Falk added that Jewish voters in New York City «should not worry» about Mamood Mamdani’s ties to the tribunal or about Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy for mayor.
«Both father and son are respectful of international law, the UN, human rights of all peoples, and the pacific settlement of political disputes,» Falk said.
Falk is not the only member of the tribunal with anti-Israel ties. A press release of the group’s launch mentioned that Dr. Hatem Bazian, the chairman of American Muslims for Palestine and the co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, was also present at the launch. Bazian has been a controversial anti-Israel figure for decades due to his inflammatory rhetoric about Israel and Jews, including during a 2014 convention speech, where he called on attendees to «get to work» on calling for BDS on college campuses and doing sit-ins in Congressional offices.
In 2015, Bazian raised alarm bells when he called for an «intifada in this country that changes fundamentally the political dynamics in here,» which is widely interpreted as calling for violence against Jews. He would go on to say, «They’re gonna say some Palestinian being too radical – well, you haven’t seen radicalism yet.»
He has also faced backlash for antisemitic posts on social media, which drew backlash from several student groups, including one that mocked Hassidic Jews, with one saying «Mom, look! I is chosen! I can now kill, rape, smuggle organs and steal the land of Palestinians ‘Yay’ #Ashke-Nazi.» Another social media post insinuated Jews control UC Berkeley, which is a classic antisemitic trope about their «power.»
Zohran Mamdani told CNN on Thursday that he has «many critiques» of capitalism. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Sami Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who admitted to conspiring to aid the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in 2006, was also present at the Gaza Tribunal launch meeting.
He recently posted on X that he was «very honored and proud» to have contributed to the Gaza Tribunal’s «The Sarajevo Declaration,» which accuses Israel of «genocide, and its decades-long policies and practices of settler colonialism, ethno-supremacism, apartheid, racial segregation, persecution, unlawful settlements, the denial of the right to return, collective punishment, mass detention, torture and cruel and inhuman treatment.»
The declaration went on to «call for an end of the smearing of UNRWA and other humanitarian workers, for the free and unhindered access of UNRWA,» a group that has been slammed for alleged ties to terrorism, including allegedly working with Hamas.
Al-Arian, whom a federal judge once called a «master manipulator» and leader in the terror group, spent 30 years in the U.S. before being arrested in 2003, according to the Justice Department. After a 57-month prison sentence, he agreed to be deported to Turkey as part of his plea deal for a single charge on what had begun as a 17-count federal indictment.
Then-U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in 2006 that the disgraced professor had denied involvement with the terror group for a decade before prosecutors had enough evidence to bring charges.
«In his guilty plea, Al-Arian admitted that, during the period of the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s, he and several of his co-conspirators were associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,» the DOJ said in a statement after his sentencing. «He further admitted that he performed various services for the PIJ in 1995 and thereafter, knowing that the PIJ had been designated as a Specially Designated Terrorist and that the PIJ engaged in horrific and deadly acts of violence.»
Socialist former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has long been labeled as antisemitic due to various anti-Israel statements, is also a member of the Gaza Tribunal Advisory Council.
In 2020, an investigation into antisemitism by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found Corbyn’s Labour Party had broken the law in the way it handled complaints of antisemitism when Corbyn was in charge.
Corbyn was eventually suspended from the Labour Party over charges of antisemitism. He also once referred to «friends» from Hamas coming to address Parliament.
A 2019 poll showed that a whopping 87 percent of Jewish people in Great Britain believed Corbyn was antisemitic, pointing to many incidents and remarks, many of them involving his staunch support for Palestinians and perceived hostility toward Israel.
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Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the launch of the Labour Party race and faith manifesto, in London, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2019. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
Zohran Mamdani’s stance on Israel has been a widely discussed topic so far during the mayoral campaign, and he sparked controversy by refusing to condemn the phrase «globalize the intifada,» which has become a rallying cry for anti-Israel protesters in the United States ever since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel.
Mamdani, who was the co-founder of Bowdoin College’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter during his four years, expressed support for an academic boycott of Israel in the school’s paper.
Mamdani has been widely criticized by Jewish groups in New York City over his past positions and comments as he tries to position himself to win the general election in November against current Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who are both running as independents.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz, Alec Schemmel and Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report
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Habitar el dolor ajeno. ¿Es posible? Tomarlo con las manos, acobijarlo en el pecho, compungirse hasta el llanto, concentrarse en su textura, no dejarlo ir. La empatía trafica esa idea, pero, como escribió Alexandra Kohan, “no podemos entrar los dos en los zapatos de uno”. El otro es el otro y, en tanto otredad, es inquietante, imposible. En ese sentido, la literatura abre una posibilidad en el espacio, la de sumergirse en una narración ficcional que, al ser un artificio, radicaliza al extremo la emoción.
En algún punto, la lectura es un vacío. Un lugar sin notificaciones ni publicidad ni imágenes identificables. Esa zona donde el lenguaje imagina la pureza. Y si entendemos que la ficción no es un sinónimo de la mentira, sino una forma de contar la verdad, el lector se permite algo imposible: habitar el dolor ajeno. Porque el dolor está en el pecho de los personajes, en la atmósfera de las escenas, en la prosa, en la trama, pero no en él, que está del otro lado, ¿a salvo? Quizás ocurra exactamente lo contrario.
“Fijate, ¿lo llegás a ver? Casi no se ve, pero ¿no te parece asombroso ese alerce solo ahí, altísimo, resaltado en la llanura? Hasta tiene el tupé de competirle el protagonismo al horizonte». Un padre con una enfermedad avanzada y su hija viajan en auto hasta Buenos Aires: se tiene que hacer un estudio. Pero se detienen en un pueblo, en una casa, alguien familiar. Él fuma, ella lo reta. “¿Cómo no fotografiarlo?“, dice mirando el árbol, él que es fotógrafo. “¿Sin luz?”, pregunta ella. “Mañana, si se despeja (…) Es la última”.
La luz queda se llama la novela que acaba de publicar Diotima. Su autor es Alejandro Pereyra, escritor, guionista, director de cine. Es brevísima y la narración se agolpa en las páginas, no con apuro, sino con intensidad. “Voy a dejar la fotografía, Romina, antes de que ella me deje a mí“. Cuando ella le pide ”no te pongas trágico», que “va a salir todo bien”, él le dice: “No entendés, Romina. No es por mi cuerpo, por esa mierda que tengo. Solo que esta foto es el punto final perfecto. La vengo pensando hace tiempo”.
Después la literatura hace su trabajo: aparecen otras voces, el paisaje se vuelve una inundación, los pensamientos flotan y las intenciones vuelan. De pronto, “todo es de verdad, hasta la dulzura de mierda”. Y Arturo, el padre, el fotógrafo, sueña con otra foto, pero no es tan fácil. “Los días son todos diferentes” pero “la noche es siempre la misma”. Y la historia va cerrándose, la enfermedad no cesa, y “ya casi no se aguanta el dolor. Pero estate tranquilo, que siempre se trató de amor. Aunque no lo entiendan”.
Cuando Marie-Pier Lafontaine entendió que solo había dos opciones, escribir o prender fuego la casa familiar, escupió Perra. Son ochenta y pico de páginas intensas que narran una dura historia de abuso. Cuando estuvo fuera de esa cárcel de anhelos reventados, el testimonio se hizo literatura. Pero lo novedoso de este libro de 2020 y traducido el año pasado por Agustina Blanco para Ediciones Godot no es este acontecimiento —¿cuántos víctimas han podido narrar sus tragedias en libros?—, sino la mirada.
“Entre todas las leyes del padre, había una de índole fundamental: no contar”, comienza Perra. “De niña, disimulaba mis deseos en textos de ficción. Dos hermanas en fuga. Perseguidas por un monstruo de dos cabezas. Huían por sombríos bosques. Se armaban con ramas, palos. Hoy ya no escondo mis deseos. Quisiera que este texto diezmara a mi familia toda”, escribe esta canadiense nacida en 1988 en Montreal, dentro de “la parte francesa”, autora también de Armas para la rabia.
Por momentos, la hoja se pone de un negro completo con frases así: “Al padre le encanta hacernos saber que piensa en nosotras cuando eyacula. Se las arregla siempre para que lo oigamos”. O también: “Los alaridos se detienen. El padre sale del cuarto de mi hermana. Carraspea. Sus pasos resuenan hasta la otra punta del pasillo. Va al encuentro de la madre”. O: “Mi hermana y yo solo con tomarnos de la mano sabemos con certeza que sobreviviremos al padre”. O: “¿Nuestros vecinos nunca oyeron nada?”
Los recuerdos no se eligen, aparecen como un relámpago en la noche, pero elegimos qué contar. Desde las primeras páginas de Corazón de león de Monika Helfer, que acaba de ser traducido por Gabriela Adamo para Edhasa, sabemos que el hermano de la narradora está muerto. Lo que sigue es una novela en retrospectiva: un personaje que ya no existe, pero que aparece, intrépido y subversivo, en las escenas ahora narradas. Las historias son delirantes y divertidas, pero tienen la inocultable pátina de la tristeza.
Entre esos recuerdos aparece el día en que su hermano conoció a su actual marido, entonces su amante. Su marido estaba de viaje, sus hijos con los abuelos; la casa y el fin de semana para el romance. Y su hermano, tocó el timbre. “Los presenté, conversamos y tomamos vino y fumamos un poco de la hierba que él cultivaba; cuando se despidió, le dijo que le caía bien y que el hecho de que tuviera una relación conmigo, su hermana, solo podía entusiasmarlo, porque todo lo que me hiciera bien lo entusiasmaba”.
“¡Johnny, acabo de romper bolsa!“ En un pueblo del interior profundo de los Estados Unidos, año 1970 y pico, una mujer está a punto de dar a luz. Vive en el campo, en una cabaña junto a su esposo entre el frío y la soledad. Tienen treinta años y han esperado con mucha ansiedad este momento. Suben a la camioneta en las primeras horas de la mañana y conducen unos cuantos kilómetros hasta el hospital con la esperanza de conocer a su hijo, el primogénito. Sin embargo el bebé nace muerto.
A grandes rasgos, esa es la historia narrada en El nadador en el mar secreto, novela breve, profunda, sensible, que publicó William Kotzwinkle en 1975. Es autobiográfica, porque eso le ocurrió: perdió a su primer hijo ni bien salió de la panza de su esposa. Mientras el dolor se agitaba con violencia dentro de su pecho, se encerró en su estudio y se puso a escribir “con las lágrimas en los ojos desde la primera a la última página”. Una revista norteamericana la publicó en el viejo formato de novela por entregas.
La novela ganó varios premios; luego, el olvido. En 2019 la reeditó el sello argentino China Editora. El nadador en el mar secreto no ahonda en sentimientos, ni siquiera se demora en describirlos. La pareja protagonista atraviesa dos momentos de extremos: el parto y la muerte. En su brevedad, la narración adquiere potencia y genera efectos. ¿Qué efectos? Diría que esta novela convierte al lector, incluso al más insensible, en una criatura más vulnerable. Podría decirse que lo devuelve a la realidad.
En nombre de ser comprensivos, no dejamos de arrasar con el otro poniéndole nuestras suposiciones, nuestras atribuciones, nuestras fantasías. Creemos que el otro necesita lo que nosotros creemos que necesita, lo que nosotros necesitaríamos en su lugar. Y, muchas veces, sin ni siquiera haber escuchado del otro ningún pedido. No es poco frecuente que se diga “te entiendo, a mí me pasa lo mismo” y que se corra entonces la conversación hacia lo que me pasa entonces a mí. ¿Por qué hay que pasar por uno para entender al otro? Porque eso es justamente la comprensión. El asunto es, si resulta soportable acompañar a otro resistiéndose a entenderlo, aún en su incomprensibilidad, aún en su ilegibilidad.
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