DR. KOBBY BARDA -- Less than a generation after the September 11 attacks, something happened in the Big Apple. New York, the most important economic city in the world and the symbol of the free West, the one that experienced one of the most severe terrorist attacks in history, elected a Muslim mayor early this morning. The man who built a campaign centered on harsh criticism of Israel and an attempt to muffle the violent call to Globalize the Intifada, a phrase that symbolizes much more than a slogan.

The election of Zohran Mamdani, who built a significant part of his political capital on anti-Israel positions, is part of a broader trend. A trend that seeks to challenge the very right of the only Jewish state in the world to self-determination. It is not by chance that this is happening in the city with one of the largest Jewish communities in the world.

Mamadani has already declared that he intends to cancel the academic cooperation between Cornell University and the Technion, a project designed to accelerate startups in the city. He also spoke about stopping investments in Israeli bonds, about cutting municipal units to combat anti-Semitism in the name of "expanding the fight against Islamophobia," and other steps that indicate a very clear worldview.