Republican Mazi Pilip has called on her Democratic opponent, Tom Suozzi, to cancel a planned fund-raiser this weekend because the organizers include a member whom she accused of denouncing the State of Israel.

She contends the fund-raiser, scheduled for Saturday in Jamaica, Queens, is featuring a host who allegedly reposted a Facebook post critical of Israel.

“There is no place in Congress for people who associate with unapologetic antisemites,” Pilip said. “The language of the post, which was shared by a host of an official Tom Suozzi fund-raiser, is the same type of language that is promoted by the Hamas terrorists, who viciously attacked the Jewish State on Oct. 7.”

Suozzi said he was not aware of the posting Pilip cited and criticized Pilip for drawing attention away from their common cause to support Israel.

“My opponent’s attempts to distract from her basement campaign in which she has refused to present herself to the press or the public is cheap and denigrates our common cause to combat antisemitism and support Israel,” Suozzi said.

Pilip, a Republican Nassau County District 10 legislator, is facing off against the former Democratic congressman in the Feb. 13 special election to finish out the term of Republican Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House.

She held a press conference Friday, where she was joined by Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (NY-04) and Jewish leaders, to denounce the fund-raiser host Ahnaf Alam for what her campaign called a “vile and hateful” Facebook post.

The alleged post by Alam, which is a reposting of a post from an account called Let the Quran Speak, is about an interview with Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, who is the spokesman for Neturei Karta.

Let the Quran Speak is a Canadian organization focused on speaking about Muslim issues. Neturei Karta is an organization founded in Jerusalem by Haredi Jews that opposes Zionism and advocates for the dismantling of Israel.

The post continues by stating that Neturei Karta promotes the idea that “Jewish people didn’t have a right to self-determination” and the establishment of Israel “prior to the coming of the Messiah is sinful and an act of rebellion against God.”

Alam, who Pilip said reposted the Facebook post about the interview with the rabbi on Oct. 16, is listed as a member of the Suozzi fund-raiser to be held on Feb. 3.

Efforts to contact Alam were unavailing.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Alam is a tax auditor with New York City’s Department of Finance and executive director at New American Democratic Club, which embraces social diversity, opportunity and economic empowerment in the New York State and Bangladesh.

Screenshots of the post were provided to Blank Slate Media by Pilip’s campaign. Alam’s Facebook page does not show the post cited by Pilip, with only one post on his page from before the past weekend.

Pilip said the post was “offensive and disgusting.”

“I am personally offended and hurt that Tom Suozzi and his campaign would include an official member of their fund-raising team,” Pilip said. “I have vivid memories of living in fear of antisemitism as a child, and the type of hate-filled themes that were shared across social media by an official member of his fund-raising team is hurtful to all Jews and anyone who cares about Israel.”

Pilip, who was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel as a child, called for Suozzi to apologize to the Jewish community, reprimand Alam for the post, boycott the fund-raiser and donate the proceeds from the fund-raiser to an Israeli non-profit organization.

“I will be a congresswoman for all people, and I will continue to reject all forms of hate,” Pilip said. “I hope that Tom Suozzi will step away from members of his campaign team who embrace and share antisemitic and divisive views.”

In response to Pilip’s accusations, Suozzi said he condemns all antisemitism, is “unequivocally pro-Israel” and that his voting record is a reflection of this.

Suozzi’s campaign did not respond to a request for further comment by the time of publication.