The Israel Lobby suffered a major defeat!

In the November 4 election in New York, the Democratic Party’s unconventional candidate, Zohran Mamdani, won the mayoralty by a wide margin. Mamdani’s victory sent shockwaves through both centrist Democrats and the Republican camp as a whole. But no group was more shaken than the “Israel Lobby.” Despite Zionist billionaires pooling unprecedented amounts of money to back the staunchly pro-Israel Andrew Cuomo, they failed to stop Mamdani’s rise. “The Israel Lobby” labeled Mamdani an “extreme leftist,” “anti-Semite,” and “jihadi Muslim,” mobilizing voters to back Cuomo. Even Trump winked at Cuomo’s campaign instead of supporting his own party’s candidate. Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa refused repeated offers to withdraw. The results showed that Cuomo had no path to victory.

Although Cuomo lost the Democratic primaries, he was pushed to run as an independent under pressure from the Israel Lobby. Bipartisan Zionist billionaires fielded Cuomo in an attempt to split the Democratic vote while redirecting Republican support his way. In New York—traditionally a Democratic stronghold—Republican candidate Sliwa received 28% of the vote in the 2021 mayoral race. In this election, his share dropped to roughly 7%. Trump had received 30% in the city during the 2024 presidential election. Results from last Tuesday suggest that the vast majority of Republican votes shifted to Cuomo. Even so, it wasn’t enough—Mamdani defeated Cuomo by about ten points.

New York’s business elites, Neocons, and Zionist billionaires lined up to support Cuomo’s campaign. The list included Michael Bloomberg, Joe Gebbia, Bill Ackman, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder, and Fox News co-founder Barry Diller, among others. Major newspapers such as the New York Post, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal also joined the anti-Mamdani coalition. On June 26, Trump-aligned billionaire Bill Ackman wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he would personally finance a centrist Democrat capable of defeating Mamdani, who had just won the primary. Claiming Mamdani would make New York a more dangerous place and drive away big corporations, Ackman said, “Hundreds of millions in capital could be raised overnight to support a strong alternative candidate—there’s no need to waste time on fundraising.” Zionist rabbis, meanwhile, warned that if Mamdani won, Jews were preparing to leave the city.

This election, which drew national attention and global interest, has clearly rattled the centrist wing of the Democratic Party—the same establishment that has long anchored pro-Israel U.S. foreign policy. Mamdani’s victory confirms that American politics, long steered by powerful lobbies, is now facing an uprising from below. A fierce contest looms in the run-up to the 2026 and 2028 primaries. These grassroots currents are also unsettling the Republican establishment. The “Israel Lobby,” for its part, is now scrambling to figure out how to counter this emerging movement that could reshape U.S. foreign policy itself.

An unexpected development unfolded on the night of November 4. Bill Ackman took to X to congratulate Mamdani, writing: “You now have a great responsibility. If there’s anything I can do to help New York, please let me know.” His message was slammed by other members of the anti-Mamdani coalition as “raising the white flag.” Another striking detail from this election: for the first time since 1969, more than two million people voted in New York City’s local elections—out of nearly nine million residents. The surge in turnout reflected how the city’s working population, often overlooked and underpaid, saw hope in Mamdani’s candidacy. The majority of New Yorkers are between 18 and 44 years old, forming a diverse and dynamic electorate. Mamdani’s tens of thousands of young volunteers knocked on every door, burying the Lobby at the ballot box. As journalist Greg Palast wrote in the early 2000s in The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, money once ruled American politics. Those golden years for the lobbies may finally be over.