India, March 8 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has defended his wife, Rama Duwaji, following a report that pointed to her previous social media activity.

The Jewish Insider article from earlier today describes how Duwaji liked an Instagram post from October 7, 2023, the day following the terror attack and hostage-taking in Israel by Hamas.

According to the report, the post called the people of Gaza "isolated and segregated, intentionally kept in poverty," and it hailed the day's actions as "breaking the walls of apartheid."

Duwaji liked the post over a year and a half before her marriage to Mamdani. It referred to Hamas' actions as "resistance" against Israel, writing in the caption, "If and when the occupation forces retaliate a...