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 They move millions in dark money to accomplish a single goal, to preserve their power so that they can turn us against one another. 

However, Steinmetz says it is Mamdani who is  turning New Yorkers against each other in order to grab power. 

 New York already has an antisemitism problem. Right now, you are pouring fuel on the fire,  he wrote, directly addressing Mamdani.

 I shudder to think what happens next. But you will be responsible for it. 

4 The Post's cover on the murders of two Israeli Embassy staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC in 2025.

The head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization, also slammed Mamdani's inflammatory remarks about AIPAC as abhorrent and bigoted.

 The claim that AIPAC exists not to pursue a political agenda, but to spread discord and wield influence for its own sake, is not new,  said Simon Wiesenthal Center CEO Jim Berk.

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 Soviet anti-Zionist campaigns and earlier antisemitic movements similarly portrayed Jewish organizations as pursuing power not to achieve political goals, but because Jews themselves were said to crave influence and control,  Berk continued.

 The suggestion that Jewish political participation is inherently suspect, illegitimate, or secretly manipulative is abhorrent. This is the same old story, retold in a new language. 

4 Mamdani stage with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and progressive candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier. AP Photo/Ryan Murphy

The prominent Jewish activist said many advocacy organizations lobby, organize, and support candidates - and their motives are assumed to be political.

 But when Jewish organizations alone are portrayed as uniquely divisive or corrosive, we cross into territory where old prejudices take root,  Berk said.

Mamdani's comments come amid a rise in antisemitism, growing opposition to Israel in the Democratic party and turmoil in the Middle East involving the US, Iran, Israel and Iranian-terror proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The pro-Palestinian mayor is an ardent foe of Israel, and supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against the Jewish state.

He has repeatedly claimed Israel's military has committed  genocidal war  in Gaza and even vowed last year to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes.

The Post has reached out to Mamdani for comment.