by Ariella Roitman
Achmat Akkad, who goes under the name BlackIntifada on X, was appointed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani as Community Engagement Training Specialist.
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A New York City 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.
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 “one Israeli left in this world would be one too many!"
Among the other publications revealed by Canart Mission was a deleted November 10, 2021, post in which Akkad threatened that “Jews that don’t support apartheid are safe. Zionists aren’t!”
Canary Mission Exclusive: Mamdani’s appointee has been posting virulently antisemitic, anti-American content, and yet was elected to a public-facing NYC Health Department job. pic.twitter.com/MBrL3pHQLO
— Canary Mission (@canarymission) February 15, 2026
“Israel exists by sacrificing the blood of Black and brown people as an offering to white supremacy,” he said in another.
A year ago, Akkad also claimed that Zionists “are 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."
According to Canary Mission, Akkad, who since 2025 has used the X handle @BlackIntifada, was arrested at an anti-Israel protest in 2024.
Achmat Akkad works at the NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene. He was arrested in 2024 for pro-Hamas agitation.
— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) February 10, 2026
On Oct. 8, 2023, Akkad took to the streets to cheer on the massacre and told the Daily Mail that he had "no sympathy" for the Israeli civilians Hamas killed. https://t.co/kgqAbe2otZ pic.twitter.com/KUqzO4AeAo
Akkad appointed by Mamdani
Multiple sources reported that NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Akkad as a Community Engagement Training Specialist. The appointment comes amidst backlash following the establishment of the “Global Oppression and Public Health Working Group” under Mamdani’s administration.
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.
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.
On Thursday, City Council Speaker Julie Menin called for a probe into the Department of Health over its “Global Oppression Working Group," alleging that taxpayer funds were being misused.
“Our health care officials should be fighting infectious diseases and addressing skyrocketing health care costs instead of spending public time debating geopolitics on city time,” Menin told The New York Post.
Ariella Roitman
Source: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-886892
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