{"id":596102,"date":"2026-02-17T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/596102\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:17:21","slug":"nyc-staffers-antisemitic-posts-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/596102\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC staffer’s antisemitic posts revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New York City<\/a> Health Department staffer wished for all Israelis to be wiped off the Earth in a resurfaced X\/Twitter post, Jewish watchdog group Canary Mission revealed on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Achmat Akkad, a community coordinator in NYC’s health department since 2017, called for the eradication of Israelis on the social media platform, claiming that \u201cone Israeli left in this world would be one too many!”<\/p>\n

Among the other publications revealed by Canart Mission was a deleted November 10, 2021, post in which Akkad threatened that \u201cJews that don\u2019t support apartheid are safe. Zionists aren\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael exists by sacrificing the blood of Black and brown people as an offering to white supremacy,\u201d he said in another.<\/p>\n

A year ago, Akkad also claimed that Zionists \u201care behind the attacks, far right parties being elected across the world, attacks on free speech, the wars in MENA, the dehumanization of Muslims, and an increase in police power.”<\/p>\n

According to Canary Mission, Akkad, who since 2025 has used the X handle @BlackIntifada, was arrested at an anti-Israel<\/a> protest in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Multiple sources reported that NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> appointed Akkad as a Community Engagement Training Specialist. The appointment comes amidst backlash following the establishment of the\u00a0\u201cGlobal Oppression and Public Health Working Group\u201d under Mamdani\u2019s administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The group, whose goal is to explore how global oppression affects the well-being of certain communities in the city, has been criticized for focusing on international politics rather than core public health responsibilities, according to The Algemeiner, a NYC-based newspaper covering Jewish affairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New York Post reported that its participants, who often accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, would meet “in the middle of the workday Tuesday at the agency’s headquarters in Long Island City and remotely,” while thousands of cases of flu and RSV spread across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, City Council Speaker Julie Menin called for a probe into the Department of Health over its \u201cGlobal Oppression Working Group,” alleging that taxpayer funds were being misused.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur health care officials should be fighting infectious diseases and addressing skyrocketing health care costs instead of spending public time debating geopolitics on city time,\u201d Menin told The New York Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York City Health Department staffer wished for all Israelis to be wiped off the Earth in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":596103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12648,26813,2041,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,56667,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,5301],"class_list":{"0":"post-596102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-antisemitism","10":"tag-antizionism","11":"tag-health-department","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-pro-palestinian-groups","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116085459845030314","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}