India, March 7 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani voiced his support for his wife, Rama Duwaji, when questioned about her social media interactions with certain pro-Palestine posts on Instagram.

Duwaji, who works as an illustrator and animator, had expressed her approval by liking a post that slammed the "military occupation" of Israel in Gaza. This post, shared after October 7, 2023, by @theslowfactory, described Hamas' assault on Israel as "breaking the walls of apartheid" and emphasized the long-standing blockades and human rights abuses in the region.

The post featured pictures of a bulldozer demolishing a barrier at the Israel-Gaza border, alongside another image of Palestinians celebrating atop a captured IDF vehicle.

The post...