‘Globalize the intifada’ phrase stirs tensions on NYC campaign trail as Middle East conflict rages
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MiddleEasttensionsseepedontotheNewYorkCitycampaigntrailthisweekasPresidentDonaldTrumpconsidersstrikingIran.
WhenaskedbyTheBulwarkpodcasthost,TimMiller,ifthephrases“Globalizetheintifada”and“Fromtherivertothesea”makehimuncomfortable,mayoralcandidateZohranMamdaniexplainedhedoesn’tsupportbanninglanguage,comparingthatleadershipstyletoTrump.
“TheverywordhasbeenusedbytheHolocaustMuseumwhentranslatingtheWarsawGhettoUprisingintoArabic,whichisawordthatmeans‘struggle.’”
Thecliphassincegoneviral,asJewishadvocacygroupsandinfluencersslammedMamdaniforwhattheysayisarefusaltocondemnthephrase“Globalizetheintifada,”arallyingcrythathasbeenusedbypro-Palestinianprotestersre
