Democratic socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani told Qatari state television that the American federal government is “bankrolling a genocide” against Palestinians, declaring U.S. support has resulted in the death of “a Palestinian child every hour for over a year.”
In a September 21 appearance on Al-Araby TV, a Qatar-based network, Mamdani used the foreign platform to deliver an extended tirade against American foreign policy, accusing Washington of complicity in Middle Eastern violence while at the same time running for mayor of America’s largest city.
“Our federal government is bankrolling a genocide, which has cost the life of a Palestinian child every hour for over a year,” Mamdani declared, according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Ins