A row has erupted after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani compared a pro-Israeli group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), to 'monsters', alleging that it moves 'millions in dark money'. "If you want to talk about real monsters, let’s start with the North Koreans, Russians, Sudanese, Iranian regime, and their proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah," Democrat Josh Gottheimer said.