Opinion

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his leftist allies are pressuring Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to drop charges against Jabez Chakraborty, a mentally ill 22-year-old who was shot by a police officer on Jan. 26 after he charged at him with a kitchen knife.

As of this writing, the vote count in the special election for New Jersey’s 11^th Congressional seat – vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill – shows socialist Analilia Mejia leading former Rep. Tom Malinowski for the suburban district. The tight race follows a $2.3 million campaign by a super PAC allied with AIPAC, which ran ads criticizing Malinowski’s past votes in support of ICE while privately portraying his views on Israel as insufficient.

A deluge of anti-Zionist propaganda has impacted support for Israel since Oct. 7; still, the majority of Jews stand with it against its antisemitic and genocidal foes.

(Feb. 13, 2026 / JNS) Over the course of the last generation, a faction of American Jewry that is hostile to Israel has gradually gained greater visibility. A chief talking point is the claim that their stands—and not those of the mainstream Jewish organizations or the pro-Israel community in general—reflect the views of the majority of Jews.

After October 7, many Jews described the moment as a wake-up call. People who had been disengaged or hesitant to speak out suddenly felt compelled to act. Fear was part of the reason, but so was clarity. What became obvious was that antisemitism was very much alive and growing in unexpected ways. Many people either jumped into action or doubled down on their current activities. As months have turned into years, a different question has emerged: When does this end? When can life return to normal? When is enough enough?

With Democrat mayors and governors across the nation tripping over each other to condemn ICE and immigration enforcement, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his own approach to justify unfettered illegal immigration into the country. He quoted the Torah, the Quran, and the Bible at an interfaith breakfast, using religion as a source of policy. Not only does this contradict his leftism, but it also perverts what religious texts say about adherence to the law.

Jealous of the unrest in Minneapolis, Governor Kathy Hochul is looking to foment similar uprisings in New York against the federal government during an election year. Hochul’s recent proposal, dubbed the “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act,” aims to ban New York local police departments from participating in the federal 287(g) program, which allows cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to enforce immigration laws. This proposal isn’t about protecting New Yorkers—it’s a cynical ploy to manufacture unrest and position Hochul as a “resistance” leader.