Zahran Mamdani's success as the mayor of New York was not isolated from the events and occurrences in various countries around the world:
1- The demonstrations that swept across American universities, with 62 universities expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and rejecting the Israeli settlement.
2- The demonstrations that engulfed Europe, prompting its countries and governments to respond to the protests of their peoples, and imposing recognition of the Palestinian state, especially by Britain and France.
3- The World Jewish Conference held in Vienna, Austria, about five months ago, which resulted in a rejection of Zionism and the Israeli settlement.
4- The crimes and massacres declared by the settlement against Palestinian civilians.
5- The suffering of the Palestinian people and the massacres they faced against civilians at the hands of the occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, which continue, as well as in the Palestinian West Bank.
What has occurred is not a coincidence, a stroke of luck, or a moral awakening, but rather a human accumulation on one side, and racial extremism on the other. This was well represented by the alignment of a large part of the Jewish community, especially among the youth, in liberating themselves from Zionism. This is an important development that the Palestinian people and the Arab and Islamic nations should recognize: the struggle against Zionism is not a struggle against Jews. The Zionist movement and its parties claim to represent Jews, and they are keen to assert and reinforce this claim, but they certainly do not represent them, just as ISIS and Al-Qaeda do not represent Islam and Muslims. Both are led by committed Muslims, yet they do not represent Islam and Muslims; they are wings, factions, parties, or political interpretations, but they certainly do not represent Islam and Muslims. The same applies to the Zionist movement and its various parties and organizations, whether they are Israeli or cross-border.
The International Jewish Conference held in Vienna, Austria, from June 13 to 15, 2025, aimed to oppose Zionism and reject its claim to represent Jews and Judaism; rather, the conference was held to support the Palestinian cause.
The reasons and objectives of the conference were stated in its final statement:
"We reject the claim of Zionism to represent Jews, condemn the use of the Jewish religion to justify colonialism and racism against Palestinians, and call for the dismantling of the Zionist system as a racist colonial system. We assert that Zionism does not represent true Judaism and contradicts the values of justice and human rights, and we demand the establishment of a Jewish-Palestinian anti-Zionist alliance."
The final statement of the conference, which they called the "Vienna Statement," called for isolating Israel—the settlement—as a Zionist colonial project and for its international boycott. They demanded the prosecution of war criminals before the International Criminal Court and affirmed the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes from which they were previously expelled.
The organizers of the International Jewish Conference specifically chose to hold it in Vienna because it is the birthplace of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, as a confirmation of their rejection of his ideas and motives that called for the establishment of an expansive colonial project on the land of the Palestinians, their homeland, which they have no other homeland.
Therefore, what has been achieved in the New York elections, as well as in the states of Virginia and Michigan, and prior to that the European recognition of Palestine, should be considered cumulative steps towards: 1 revealing the truth of Zionism and its racist colonial expansionist project, 2 understanding the legitimacy of Palestinian demands and supporting them until the Palestinian people can regain their full rights to their homeland: Palestine.
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Jews Against Zionism and Colonialism