WATCH: Socialists Sweep New York, Then Call For Israel To Be Wiped Off The Map
As the votes rolled in Tuesday night, New York’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) celebrated their stunning primary sweep the only way they know how — by chanting for the elimination of the Jewish state.
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“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” the crowd bellowed at the DSA victory party, the slogan widely understood as a call for the annihilation of Israel. And they had plenty to cheer about: Mamdani-backed candidates went 3-for-3 in congressional races, toppling two Democratic incumbents and seizing a third open seat.
They were chanting "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free" at the @nycDSA victory party.
DSA followers are radicalized with obvious approval of the @NYCMayor, and were all calling for the end of @Israel last night.
Still afraid of them calling you "Islamophobic"? pic.twitter.com/xCg8oIwAwx
— SCOOCH.NYC (@david_sivella) June 24, 2026
It was the crowning achievement of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political machine — a man who just called PACS like AIPAC “monsters” moving “millions in dark money to turn us against one another.” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wasn’t having it. “Swap ‘AIPAC’ for ‘Jews,'” he shot back, “and it’s the oldest antisemitic conspiracy theory in the books.”
Mamdani went 3-for-3 on his congressional picks on Tuesday. First up: Darializa Avila Chevalier, who pulled off a stunning upset over five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat in NY-13. Avila Chevalier showed up to a Times Square rally the day after Hamas butchered 1,200 Israelis — October 8, 2023 — and later refused to condemn the attacks at a candidate forum, instead lecturing moderators about “75 years of occupation.” She spent the campaign branding Israel an “apartheid state” committing “genocide.”
In NY-7, Claire Valdez cruised to victory to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez, running on a platform of blocking all military aid to Israel — offensive and defensive — and pledging to co-sponsor the Block the Bombs Act. She’s marched with the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace for years, reportedly co-sponsored Mamdani’s “Not on Our Dime!” legislation targeting charities that fund West Bank settlements, and falsely accused her opponent, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, of being bankrolled by AIPAC — a claim her own campaign finance filings blew up.
In NY-10, two-term Rep. Dan Goldman was knocked off by former City Comptroller Brad Lander, who was not technically DSA-endorsed, but was backed by Mamdani and ideologically aligned with the New York socialists. In his victory speech, Lander accused Israel of “genocide” and “apartheid” and declared that Americans were “paying for Netanyahu’s wars with our tax dollars.”
The socialist wave didn’t stop at Congress. DSA picked up at least six seats in Albany, toppling multiple incumbents and pushing their caucus to 15 state lawmakers.
One night. Three congressional seats. A chant calling for Israel’s destruction.
New York’s Democratic Party has a new boss — and he’s already got his anti-Israel army fired up.
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