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Do you condemn that phase, globalize the intifada, which a lot of people hear is a call to violence against Jews? I don't believe that the role of the mayor is to police speech in the manner. Very people, quickly for the people who care about the language and who feel really concerned by that phrase, why not just condemn it? Ultimately, it's not language that I use. It's language I understand there are concerns about.
Do you believe this clown? And he's going to get the Democratic nomination to be the next mayor of New York City. He's in here to police words. Jonathan Greenblatt joins us now, CEO of National Director of the ADL. Jonathan, how horrified are you by this guy's imminent nomination?
Well, I'll tell you, Brian, I'm so glad to be back on the show, but I wish we weren't talking about this. I know. The idea that you would have someone who would vie to be mayor of New York City. The c the city Not only in America, but in the world with the largest Jewish population. who is unwilling unwilling Willfully unwilling to simply articulate that a phrase that is associated with violence.
with the slaughter of more than a thousand people, that it that it me that it worries Jews, that it frightens Jews, people who will be his constituents, it is astonishing to me. And got yo, credit to Kristen Welker as you played in that clip. She went after him again and again and again. She gave him chance after chance after chance. And he didn't blow it, Brian.
He told us so much, not by what he said, but by why he what he didn't say. That's what I heard the loudest. What he chose not to say, what he chose to communicate with his silence. And it's frightening. It is, and the thing is, he's proud of it.
Sometimes, if you ask Bernie Sanders, you're a socialist, he'll say, No, no, listen, I'm here to give everyone an opportunity. They don't really like to dwell on it. Or, you know, that was something I responded to a question and it came out wrong. You know, he goes, just ask him, he'll tell you. He'll tell you everything.
He's proud of this. He's proud. Billionaires should be illegal, right? Remember, he was arrested October 8th. Protesting against Israel after the October 7th attacks.
You saw him go after Tom Holman. He looked like he had to be restrained for arresting illegal immigrants. I mean, this is a despicable character. Yeah, I mean The reality is that if we try to understand Zoran Mamdani, he got his career started as a student activist at Bowdoin College, where he was the founder of their local chapter on campus of students for justice in Palestine. And for your listeners, Brian, SJP is the most hateful, the most hostile, the most outrageous group on college campuses.
that has led the effort to systematically target and victimize Jews. Jewish students, especially since October the seventh. That is where Mandani got his story. Dart. And look, Like I I appreciate that as politicians They have positions on a range of issues.
But on this core issue, in a moment when anti-Semitic violence has surged. I mean, we've seen, you know, the state with the most anti-Jewish acts was New York. In America last year, and 70% happened in New York City. And this guy won't say unequivocally. I stand with my Jewish constituents.
This man won't say, you know, unambiguously. I do not support violence against Jewish people. Instead, he bobs, he weeds, he ducks. Any moves I got to tell you, Brian, I think all of us have real reason to be concerned.
So why do you think he got to so many votes?
Well, I mean, so 400,000, but. Yeah, let's be honest. He actually didn't get a lot of votes. Only like one out of four Democrats voted. And even then, I mean, we're talking about pretty small numbers, but it it doesn't matter.
I think he ran on an agenda of affordability. And look, I mean, look, I'm a very proud capitalist over here. I don't believe in you know, government run grocery stores. I thought that fell out of style in the Soviet Union, you know, in the nineteen seventies, but whatever. Um so he ran on an agenda that tried to appeal to New Yorkers Who are struggling, who have economic challenges, and I get that, and I appreciate that.
There are a lot of people who are struggling. The challenge is that I don't look, I have a background in economics, but that's not my job today. I would say that all of the economics ideas I've heard him propose have failed. They failed in the Soviet Union, they failed in Communist China, they have failed over and over again. But my focus is on protecting the Jewish people, on fighting back against hate.
And while he might not have made that a central focus of his campaign, it has been a central focus. Of his political career, and I'm deeply worried that he will bring that to New York City in a way that will normalize hate against Jewish people and eventually all people. But he says he's a dare to police speech. What do you say to that? He said what?
He says I'm not there to police speech. I mean, whatever. He should be the. Look, he's also said defund the police, right?
So. This guy has a funny choice of words. But again, sometimes what matters most is not what you say, it's what you choose not to say. And by not saying globalize the intifada is wrong. And by not speaking out unequivocally after Jewish people, including Jewish New Yorkers, were slaughtered on October the 7th, he's told us everything that we need to know.
So look, at the end of the day, though, when asked by Kristen or others, Brian, he resorts to like clever quotes and slick sound bites. I'm not interested in that. I want to know what is his plan to actually protect Jewish New Yorkers. Right. And he hasn't shared that with us.
He hasn't told us that. And I'm not interested if he goes and he finds like a small group of radical Jewish people who are anti-Israel to meet with and say, Look, I found my tribe. No, the vast majority of Jewish New Yorkers are Zionist. The vast majority of us. Care about our community, and the vast majority of us have the right to know how he will protect us in a time of need.
So, I want you to hear with Mayor Eric Adams, get your take on him, because he seems to be the only way to stop Mom Donnie getting this mayor job. Here's what he said: cut 37. Jewish voters are going to do an analysis to determine exactly where he stands on these important issues. The largest Jewish population outside of Israel is in New York. My focus is on this city because Jewish voters are talking about public safety.
African American voters are talking about public safety. And all the other demographics are the same thing.
So He says it's up to Jewish New Yorkers. You have more Jewish New Yorkers in New York than any other place outside Israel, right? Does that matter? Are you guys all is the Jewish community on the same page with this?
Well, look, like the ADL is a five hundred one C three, not a C four, so we don't actually do politics. But what we will do is make sure we shine a very hot, bright light on exactly what Mayor Adams is saying. And Mayor Adams has been excellent. He has been amazing. He has stood with the Jewish community from his time in Brooklyn to his time in City Hall without hesitation.
And that's not too much to ask. I would, you know, I think he's correct to point out that Jewish people have a vote, and I hope Jewish people will look at the candidates and consider the facts and do what they feel is right. I can imagine, I think I know where they would land. Hi, everyone. It's Brian Kilmead here.
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So, you know, I was on with Sid Rosenberg, who was on my Sunday show, and he said, and these are his words: New Yorkers have. Filled with bad Jews that don't care about Israel and don't care to fight out against anti-Semitism. Do you find the same thing? I probably w might not put it exact. I appreciate Sid and his voice.
I might not put it exactly the same way. But I can tell you the Jewish New Yorkers I talk to, and American Jewish people all over the country, Are deeply, deeply alarmed. Anti-Semitic incidents, Brian, are up literally. over nine hundred percent this last decade. The issues on college campuses that we've talked about it before, places like Columbia University, NYU, Hunter College, they are abominable.
And there's a hardcore group of malevolent actors who are driving this. I really appreciate that President Trump and Secretary McMahon have been bold on this issue. We need that kind of leadership. I appreciate that Mayor Adams has been bold on this issue. And that shows us, by the way, you know, President Trump is a Republican.
Mayor Adams is a Democrat. Like, this isn't a right or left issue. It's just right and wrong. And on this issue, I'm waiting to hear Kenneth Mandani. Clearly, he tells us that he's on the right side of things.
So, he, by the way, is for the BDS movement to divest from the boycott and divest from Israel. That's been his message for a while. Then, over the weekend, the State Department has pulled the visas issued to British punk rocker Bob Villen and his band after this was their impromptu, I'm sure, rehearsed chant at a festival broadcast on the BBC throughout Europe. Listen. Three, three, three.
Free, free! Free, free! Alright, but have you heard this one though? This, this to the IDF, this, this to the IDF, this, this to the IDF.
So he led those chants, was really proud of it. He says he hopes his daughter grows up to understand you have to try to change things you don't like in this world. And they took his visa and said, go tour somewhere else.
So he's not going to be coming here. But your thoughts of that sentiment and the crowd that followed him in that chant?
Well Look, it's outrageous. at a music festival, two hundred thousand people. would repeat a chant like that. it's despicable that I guess this aptly named person, Bob Villan, would resort to something like that. And I'm glad that Secretary Rubio made sure this guy doesn't have a visa.
He shouldn't be in this country if he's going to incite violence.
So, yeah, I hope they stomp down on it. I love what the president's doing with Harvard a big time, and I think they're going to come to some type of resolution and hopefully some change at Columbia. What's your thought internationally of Nanyahu coming to visit the president on Monday, talking about peace in Gaza? Your thoughts? Look, I so I must say, I have tremendous respect for the fact that President Trump stood with Prime Minister Nyahin, the State of Israel, when the Islamic Republic of Iran attacked.
As they've been waging a war one of these forever wars, the forever war that I want to end is the war that Iran has been waging against America and Israel for nearly 50 years. I think President Nanaus and President Trump stopped it in its tracks. That's a good thing. I'm glad Beebe will come to the White House. to share a plan for peace in the region.
And look, you know, the U.S.-funded and Israeli-operated GHF, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, run by Reverend Johnny Moore, is doing amazing work to try to feed the people of Gaza and not allow Hamas to hijack And hurt the people seeking food. We all want peace in that region, Brian. I want it, you want it, your listeners want it. But it needs to be peace on terms where everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of how they pray, where the fascists and the Islamists don't get control, and where people can just realize their aspirations and dreams as Jews, as Christians, Muslims, whatever they want to be, and live together in peace. And I hope that's the path we're on.
Now that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been defanged, now that Hamas and Hezbollah have been defeated, now that Syria has changed, I hope we're on a path to a better future for everyone.
Well, how do you feel about a two-state solution? Yeah. Like it's the alt I think we had a two-state solution of sorts on October the sixth, and we saw what Hamas did.
So I hope that the Palestinian people can realize their dreams. in a demilitarized way with an education system that doesn't teach them hate. And I think if we can do that, if we can have a kind of regime change in Gaza, where we can put a responsible government in place, as we've seen happen in lots of other places, this isn't impossible. We denazified Germany. We did regime change in Japan with Hirohito.
Hambas cannot be allowed to rule Gaza. Not now, not ever. An organization dedicated to murdering and committing genocide against their Israeli neighbors. And talking about killing Jews wherever they are cannot be allowed to rule Gaza.
So I want them out for the safety and security of everyone in the region. And then I think all things might be possible. And the Israelis and the Palestinians, they'll figure that out themselves. I leave it to them to do so when Hamas is gone and all the hostages are let free. And the good news, according to the Israelis, every one of the Hamas leadership is dead, including the last one on Friday, who is one of the founders and one of the architects of the October 7th attack.
Is that what you hear? Yeah, that's what I hear. And you know, it's interesting. They're all Hezbollah leadership gone, Iranian leadership just about gone, and all the Hamas leadership gone.
So I understand that Qatar put out a new peace proposal today. I really think it's time for the Qataries to come to the table and actually do something constructive, Brian, and help us to end this conflict once and for all. All the hostages need to be freed. You know, the Hamas criminals can be given safe passage to the Sudan or Yemen or send them to Iran for all I care. And let's figure out a path towards peace finally for that region.
All of us want that. Jonathan, you're way too busy and way too needed. I never thought we'd get to a point in this country where anti-Semitism, anti-Israeli sentiment would rise like this. But hopefully we've turned the corner on it. And thanks for continuing to do what you do.
Look, look, we're in this fight together, Brian. I so appreciate you and your voice. Thanks for having me on. From the Fox News Podcasts Network. Hey there, it's me, Kennedy.
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