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NYC Mayor Plants Olive Tree with Gaza Families at Gracie Mansion Amid UN Visit Tensions

A post by Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) is trending on X · Israel-Palestine · 8,179 likes

Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a video planting an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza, timed with Netanyahu’s UNGA visit. The post sparked a genuinely split reaction: pro-Palestinian voices praised the peace symbolism while critics from right and left attacked it as performative or hypocritical.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani

@NYCMayor

Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. May peace be our future.

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