Opinion

These images coming out of France earlier this week should be seen by every single New Yorker, as they are images of our future if we do nothing about it. The facade of protests about school funding collapsed when masked mobs turned large parts of France into a war zone. This is the inevitable result of massive social welfare combined with unrestricted migration of populations that do not share Western values. In short, this is what happens in 10 years when Democrats get everything they are demanding today.

After three years of rejection and antisemitism, Jews must cease asking for pity and
second-guessing failed efforts at explaining themselves, and instead project strength.

After three years of failure, it’s time to try something else. That’s the lesson that Jews and those who purport to speak for them and/or the pro-Israel community should be thinking about on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre.

In the three years since Hamas’s horrific massacre and kidnapping of Israelis on October 7, a dominant political narrative has taken shape on the American Left and around the world, similar to the narrative surrounding 9/11. It is essentially one that claims that while what happened then was unfortunate, it was ultimately deserved because of actions that preceded it, and what followed is completely unacceptable. The only “solution,” therefore, is to acquiesce to the demands of the attackers. There is a group on the Left, however, that openly rejects that sentiment: the October 8th Jews.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been trying to rehabilitate his image with the Jewish community of New York through a series of appearances and bribes. The reason for this is not because he has changed his views on the Jewish people at all, or because he is now appalled at attacks on Jews in a way he wasn’t before; it is purely political.

The Republican candidate for governor met with supporters in Forest Hills last week, underscoring an electorate desperate to blunt the momentum of Democratic Socialists who have gained seats at the city and state levels.

The only event in New York City that wastes more time and energy than the Met Gala is occurring this week, when leaders from all around the world gather for the United Nations General Assembly. While New Yorkers wait in traffic and shell out for the overtime using up NYC resources, hundreds of politicians will line up to say words that no one will pay attention to while nothing gets done, as is the UN’s MO.