New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani accused Israel of striking a Gaza World Cup watch party to snuff out Palestinians’ joy, saying, “There is no respite from a genocide, no matter even in a moment of joy for the entire world.”
Zohran Mamdani:
It’s hard to explain to a New Yorker why their needs are not even being discussed. And yet we have billions of dollars to kill civilians halfway across the world.
Earlier we were talking about the World Cup and we’ll be watching the games here, and then you’ll… pic.twitter.com/pYOTcYYLOw
— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 18, 2026
