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[Nanjeanne]

42. His statement below. And the word intifada directly translates to "shaking off"

2. Defense of the phrase “globalize the intifada”

“To me, ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights,” Mamdani said on The Bulwark last week when asked about the phrase. “The very word [intifada] has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic, because it’s a word that means struggle.”

The word “intifada” directly translates to “shaking off.” Palestinians have launched two “intifadas” against Israel and its military occupation — the First Intifada, beginning in 1987, was marked by widespread Palestinian protests. During the Second Intifada, beginning in 2000, Palestinian militants conducted suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians on public buses, restaurants and shopping and pedestrian malls. In response, Israel carried out fierce military reprisals.

Mamdani’s defense of the term — which many Jews see as a call to globalize violence perpetrated against Israeli Jews in the Second Intifada — was condemned by Jewish leaders.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a statement calling Mamdani’s invocation of the Holocaust “outrageous” and “especially offensive to survivors.” A web archive shows the museum did use the word in an online article about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that was translated into Arabic.

After the interview, Mamdani released a statement further explaining his position:

“As the highest profile Muslim candidate in NY history, I feel an obligation to speak out against violence and against bad faith or misinformed efforts to manipulate language in ways that only contribute to the division we’re seeking to overcome,” he said. “I’ve repeatedly condemned any calls for violence.”

Mamdani added Friday that “globalize the intifada” is “not the language that I use,” but added “the role of the mayor is not to police language.”