The partnership between Zohran Mamdani and New York City Comptroller Brad Lander doesn't just showcase an unusual alliance. It provides a road map for Democrats, whose future success will require a different kind of politics than the left currently favors: one that sets aside purity tests and commits to building coalitions across ideological divides.
One of the guards came up to me and asked if I was there to save Gaza's children, then he punched me in the stomach, Alon-Lee Green said, recounting his experience in an Israeli prison this week. Green and eight others were arrested on Sunday for protesting with about 600 others along Israel's border with Gaza, spending two nights and almost three days in prison before being placed under house arrest.
The suspect Cody Balmer said he targeted Jewish Governor Josh Shapiro due to perceived injustices against Palestinians, feeling strongly about Shapiro's political actions.