Americans Against Antisemitism founder Dov Hikind, speaking out on Newsmax, Sunday, about controversial New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, insisted that there “shouldn’t be any question” that the state assemblyman is “dangerous for the people of New York and for the Jewish community in particular.”

“He has trouble recognizing Israel as a Jewish state,” Hikind told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend. “It’s very pathetic that any Jewish organization that has any self-respect would permit him or host them in any fashion … why this person is even permitted into an event, for me personally as a proud Jew, it’s embarrassing.”

Mamdani, a Muslim, on Friday released a video defending himself against claims that he refused to condemn the Holocaust, reports The New York Times.

Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.