Semafor reports:

New York City’s Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza and that the United States should stop arming the Jewish state, according to new polling from a pro-Palestinian group and shared first with Semafor.

Asked if the city should “enforce the arrest warrant” against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani supports, 63% of primary voters said yes.

“The dam has broken,” said Margaret DeReus, the executive director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, which paid for Data for Progress to conduct the poll this month. “Zohran Mamdani’s ability to energize new voters with his bold platform for Palestinian rights should be a wake-up call.” [Continue reading…]