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Zohran Mamdani appoints liberal Zionist to lead Office to Combat Antisemitism (www.thejc.com)

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed the Zionist leader of a liberal Jewish community group to lead his Office to Combat Antisemitism.

Phylisa Wisdom, who will be leading City Hall’s fight against Jew-hatred, has led the New York Jewish Agenda since 2023.

The group opposed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, an anti-Israel initiative Mamdani has previously expressed his support for.

The group been instrumental in calling out antisemitism over the years. Last month, after a protest outside a synagogue saw activists chant “we support Hamas”, NYJA condemned it as “unambiguous and unacceptable antisemitism”.

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Something like this happened in Australia, with the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism being Jillian Segal, whose husband is a major donor to a right-wing think tank.

Gillian called out every little thing anti-Zionist thing they could imagine about pro-Palestine protests, while consistently ignoring white supremacists and even self-declared neo-Nazis, including the time they gave explicitly anti-Jewish speeches in public in front of NSW Parliament, holding up a banner saying "Abolish the Jewish Lobby".

https://theklaxon.com.au/jillian-segal-misleads-senate-over-neo-nazis/