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Zohran Mamdani once said mayoral candidates should pledge to boycott Israel. Now that he’s running, he’s not so forthcoming.

JL;DR SUMMARY Zohran Mamdani, a current New York City mayoral candidate, has shifted his stance on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel from when he initially supported it during the 2020 NYC mayoral race. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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BoycottLocal PoliticsJewish VotersDivestmentDemocratic Socialists Of AmericaBdsZohran MamdaniSanctionsNew York City Mayoral Race

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New York City, New York, United States
"In 2020, Zohran Mamdani had clear expectations of the candidates in the 2021 New York City mayoral election."
Israel
"Ask each one of them what they think about BDS, he advised activists who were then getting ready for the 2021 mayoral race, referring to the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel."
Palestinian Territories
"He joined the Democratic Socialists of America to which he still belongs. There are ways in which to make what seems to be an international battle into a local one, the newly elected state legislator said then."

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