{"id":377,"date":"2025-10-14T01:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:52:16","slug":"zohran-mamdani-runs-nyc-gaza-5k-raising-money-for-unrwa-despite-agencys-connections-to-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/377\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani runs NYC ‘Gaza 5K’ raising money for UNRWA despite agency’s connections to Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani fundraised for an infamous United Nations relief agency with well-documented ties to Hamas<\/a> over the weekend \u2014 drawing outrage from Republican North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stefanik, who has said she\u2019ll run in next year\u2019s gubernatorial election, also tore into Gov. Kathy Hochul over her support for the Democratic mayoral nominee, Mamdani, as she denounced him as an \u201cantisemite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani fundraised for an infamous United Nations relief agency with well-documented ties to Hamas over the weekend, running the \u201cNew York City Gaza 5K.\u201d X\/@ZohranKMamdani<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the eve of all the living hostages held by Hamas terrorists finally returning home, @KathyHochul endorsed Antisemite Communist NYC Mayor candidate is raising funds for an organization that participated in the October 7th terrorist attacks and brutally held hostages captive,\u201d Stefanik raged on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not let the pro-Hamas jihadis win and destroy NY! FIRE HOCHUL.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani had proudly posted <\/a>an image of himself running the \u201cNew York City Gaza 5K\u201d to raise money for the notorious UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Big Apple mayoral frontrunner billed UNRWA as a benevolent organization that \u201cdelivers critical humanitarian aid and services to Palestinians in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elise Stefank ripped Mamdani and Hochul on social media. X\/@EliseStefanik<\/p>\n

Stefanik\u2019s team commissioned an internal poll showing her within 5 points of Kathy Hochul. Hans Pennink for the NY Post<\/p>\n

Following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack against Israel, multiple investigations found that several planners and participants in the massacre were on UNRWA\u2019s payroll.<\/p>\n

UNRWA later fired 10 of the 12 staff members allegedly<\/a>\u00a0involved in the attacks after being informed by Israel. The other two were confirmed to have died.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over 10% of UNRWA\u2019s main and senior education staff in the Gaza Strip were members of Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,\u00a0according to a November 2024 report<\/a>\u00a0from the Israeli non-profit organization IMPACT-se.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the US\u00a0sent $154 million<\/a>\u00a0to UNRWA.\u00a0Trump quickly yanked funding for the group<\/a> after roaring back into the White House in January.<\/p>\n

Hamas terrorists were captured on video at an UNRWA compound. IDF<\/p>\n

Four Hamas terrorists, disguised as regular civilians, took part in the Oct. 7 massacre. They also worked for UNRWA, as teachers and health workers. IDF<\/p>\n

The Post reached out to Mamdani\u2019s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n

His wife, meanwhile, on Sunday publicly mourned the death of Palestinian influencer<\/a> Saleh al-Jafarawi, who openly glorified the Oct. 7 attacks.<\/p>\n

Jafarawi, who documented the war in Gaza, was confirmed killed Sunday in clashes between Hamas and other Palestinian factions, according to reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeloved Jafarawi,\u201d Rama Duwaji, an animator who married Mamdani in February, wrote on her Instagram story, along with four broken-heart emojis.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s touting his third time running the \u201cNew York City Gaza 5K\u201d came hours before Hamas released the last of the 20 living Israeli hostages it was holding in captivity.<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed Zohran Mamdani last month.<\/p>\n

Israel and Hamas entered a ceasefire on Friday afternoon of last week in a deal that was brokered in part by President Trump, which was part of a broader peace agreement calling for the release of the hostages.<\/p>\n

Stefanik has emerged as one of the most ardent pro-Israel voices in Congress and a fierce critic of Mamdani, whom Hochul endorsed last month. <\/p>\n

The congresswoman is gearing up to challenge Hochul for governor during the 2026 midterm election cycle next year.<\/p>\n

She also slammed<\/a> the Democratic governor for not mentioning Trump in her statement celebrating the hostages being released.<\/p>\n

Hochul, without referring to Trump by name, said she was grateful for his administration\u2019s role in securing their return.<\/p>\n

Others also quickly joined Stefanik in ripping Mamdani for promoting UNRWA. <\/p>\n

\u201cUNRWA employees participated in the October 7 massacre and kept hostages hidden in their homes. This is how you choose to spend your time on the eve of their release. I can\u2019t say I\u2019m surprised. What a disgrace,\u201d Irit Mizrahi Tratt, former chair of the Trump47 Women\u2019s Leadership Coalition, jabbed.<\/p>\n

\u201cReports confirm that several @UNRWA employees took part in the October 7th massacre in Israel,\u201d Todd Richman, of the group Democratic Majority for Israel, posted on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same agency supposedly dedicated to \u2018humanitarian aid\u2019 had staff involved in terror. Its schools promote the destruction of @Israel and Jews. Let that sink in if you vote for this guy @ZohranKMamdani running and raising money for it!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani fundraised for an infamous United Nations relief agency with well-documented ties to Hamas over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[424,425,60,61,426,57,9,24,55,54,56,87,58,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-elise-stefanik","9":"tag-foreign-policy","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-israel-hamas-war","12":"tag-kathy-hochul","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","17":"tag-new-york-city-news","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-us-news","21":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","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=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}