{"id":367425,"date":"2026-10-08T01:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367425\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:22:14","slug":"mamdani-booed-berated-by-anti-israel-protesters-at-nyc-oct-7-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367425\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani booed, berated by anti-Israel protesters at NYC Oct. 7 memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/07\/us-news\/anti-israel-protests-break-out-in-nyc-on-oct-7-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">berated and booed by anti-Israel protesters<\/a> at an Oct. 7 candlelight vigil in Union Square on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hizzoner, with a candle in hand, was heckled by an angry mob who marched north from City Hall to crash the event meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/07\/us-news\/nyc-politicians-pushing-for-permanent-oct-7-memorial-pending-mamdanis-ok\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">honor Jewish victims<\/a> killed by Hamas terrorists \u2014 and Palestinians in the subsequent war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou coward!\u201d some of the keffiyeh-clad protesters shouted at Hizzoner. \u201cHow do you let this happen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41046832;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41221155\" width=\"832\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2023-union-square-event-three-144169605.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor Mamdani attends a candlelight vigil for the victims of October 7, 2023, in Union Square.\" class=\"wp-image-41221155\"\/>Mayor Mamdani attends a candlelight vigil for the victims of October 7, 2023, in Union Square in New York. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41221142\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2026-manhattan-n-y-marking-144168799.jpg\" alt=\"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a vigil honoring the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks at Union Square in Manhattan.\" class=\"wp-image-41221142\"\/>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a vigil honoring the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel at Union Square in Manhattan, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. The event marked the third anniversary of the attacks. James Keivom for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Other chants included \u201cMayor Mamdani take a stand!\u201d and \u201cShame on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani remained stoic despite the disruptions as he stood alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/30\/us-news\/dem-pol-brad-lander-ripped-as-zionist-balls-k-by-lefty-protesters-outside-hindu-nationalist-speech\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ex-City comptroller Brad Lander<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos at the vigil, organized by Israelis for Peace, came after an earlier protest outside City Hall, in which the crowd criticized Mamdani\u2019s \u201cbetrayal\u201d of Palestinian causes since taking office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Zohran Mamdani was berated and booed by anti-Israel protesters at an Oct. 7 candlelight vigil in Union&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[61,57,9,24,55,54,56,4648,6018,58,82],"class_list":["post-367425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-protests","tag-union-square","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}