Overview
- Jewish Insider published screenshots showing Rama Duwaji, the mayor’s spouse, had liked multiple posts related to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, prompting wider coverage and questions to City Hall.
- One highlighted post featured images of a bulldozer used in the assault with text critics say frames the attack politically, including phrases like “break the wall of apartheid and military occupation” and “systemic change for collective liberation.”
- Another liked item amplified a message from a pro‑Palestinian account that labeled a New York Times report on sexual assaults during the Oct. 7 attack a “hoax.”
- Screenshots also show likes on posts harshly critical of Joe Biden, including messages calling him “Butcher Biden” and alleging “his legacy is a genocide.”
- Mamdani said his wife is a private person with no official role, and his office emphasized he has repeatedly condemned Hamas and the Oct. 7 violence that killed about 1,200 people and saw roughly 250 abductions.