""Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: Hamas" and "Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state,""
""I just couldn't believe what was happening," Mamdani recalled. "That a genocide could be distilled into a late-night game.""
""You have the first Muslim candidate for mayor in the history of New York. You don't want to ask him a question about that?""
""Yes. Like all nations, I believe it has a right to exist," he said. "And a responsibility, also, to uphold international law.""
Before a June 24 Late Show appearance, producers offered Zohran Mamdani a "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" segment with prompts such as "Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: Hamas" and "Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state." Mamdani and others in the room declined, with Mamdani saying he could not believe that a genocide could be distilled into a late-night game. Adviser Zara Rahim emphasized that Mamdani was the city’s first Muslim mayoral candidate. Colbert received a letter from prominent Jewish figures asking that Mamdani be pressed on Israel. Onstage, Mamdani affirmed that Israel has a right to exist and must uphold international law.
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