Vote naively, repent bitterly: Will Mamdani turn against Jews after getting their votes?

If it seems odd that any Jew would vote for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, given his hostile views on Israel, it’s only because he hasn’t come out publicly to show blatant antagonism towards the Jews in his city.

That may eventually change, but, for now, Mamdani needs their vote to clinch the job, so any malevolent sentiments expressed toward them less than two months away from the election would be foolhardy on his part.

From the perspective of liberal Jews, likely the only ones from their community who would consider voting for him, criticism of Israel would not necessarily be a disqualifying factor affecting their support. On the other hand, if they were to hear that he plans to turn against them once elected, that might get them to think that this may not go well for them in the end.

Nonetheless, Mamdani was foolish enough to reveal that “if elected mayor of New York, he plans to end the city’s investments in Israeli government bonds.” The reason he has given for what would obviously be seen as a punitive move is that “We should not have a fund that invests in violations of international law.”

In this statement, he has already determined that Israel’s defensive measures in her attempt to root out the barbaric terrorists who savagely attacked us on October 7 have amounted to an unlawful war crime deserving of punishment.

While it is one thing for liberal Jews to feel unaffected by Israel’s military actions, since they don’t live there, it’s another thing to understand the ramifications of what would have happened to the 10 million inhabitants of Israel had we not responded as we did.

Of course, Mamdani is only parroting the prejudicial findings of the corrupt International Criminal Court, which already proclaimed guilt on Israel even before completing a thorough investigation. They are as obviously transparent in their desire to smear and injure our reputation as is the unprincipled and dishonorable UN.

Perhaps, most troubling of all in this fast-approaching mayoral election, is the great capacity Mamdani has, if elected, to also show his true colors when it comes to the people whose ethnicity is shared by those who have a personal stake in the Jewish homeland.

Cagily trying to deflect from the question of whether or not he’d “also divest from private companies that have business ties to Israel,” he didn’t come right out and admit, “Yes, that is something I would do.” He, instead, responded by saying that “his priority was addressing direct municipal involvement.”

So, how should that statement be interpreted? If he can accomplish his goal of ending these bonds, from their municipal connections, within the first couple of months, a priority that he has laid out, does he then move on to the private companies, many of which could be owned and operated by Jews?

There is no other way to look at it, because he would have the option to act as he pleases once in office. At that point, why would he need the Jews who put him there?

While it’s true that, in another four years, their vote would certainly come in handy, he has that first four-year period of time to do all the damage that he would inevitably do as the first Democratic Socialist of America mayor of New York.

Invoking “his values,” the possibilities are endless in terms of how far Mamdani could go in destroying the city. But what’s to stop him from dealing treacherously with the Jewish community, since he is a devotee of Woke ideology, which holds them in contempt?

It is, during his first term, that Mamdani will have a limitless opportunity to show his loyalties to a fast-growing anti-Israel segment, which has already viciously turned on the local Jewish population, calling them oppressors and white supremacists.

How long will it take Mamdani to blame the economic situation on the Jews?

One of the most pernicious lies that has been spread about Jews, over the course of many centuries, is their pursuit of money. Given Mamdani’s great displeasure with capitalism, how long will it take before he blames the bleak economic situation on the Jews?

What will the fallout be? Will he make it so intolerable for New York Jews that, one by one, they will begin to seek friendlier places after being made to feel unwanted in the city that always felt like home to them?

Mamdani is a man on a mission. He has to make an impact if other cities are to follow in the footsteps of socialism, and since we all know that socialist policies are doomed to fail, he will have to find a reason they are not working. That will easily translate into scapegoating the people who put him into office.

For anyone who thinks that this warning is simply the stuff of tin-foil-hat conspiracies, one just needs to take a quick stroll through the history of the Jewish people to recognize yet another predictable outcome in a long line of similar ones that occurred.

It is the reason that Theodor Herzl, the father of Zionism, realized the urgency of creating a Jewish homeland, where Jews could be safe and free from the victimization they constantly suffered. The condemnation and vilification of Jews have always been effective tools, but never more than when failed systems needed to be pinned on someone to deflect from the real perpetrators of those failures.

So why would this time be any different? Liberal Jews, as much as they may see Mamdani as a young, savvy newcomer with fresh ideas, albeit bad ones, should be prepared for the backstabbing that is yet to come. They need to understand that people like Mamdani are great at using those who can help them to achieve their positions.

The only problem is that, once they do, they have no sentiment or loyalty towards those same individuals who helped them get to the top. At that point, it becomes every man for himself, and the Democratic Socialist from Uganda will be no different!

Similar to the old adage – “marry in haste, repent in leisure,” this time it will be, “vote naively, repent bitterly in leisure.”

This article originally appeared on the Jerusalem Post and is reposted with permission.