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Mamdani is also showing up in Netanyahu’s reelection campaign in Israel, from billboards to an AI-generated campaign video.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used part of his UN speech Thursday to go after someone much closer to home, New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani
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Netanyahu accused Mamdani of anti-Semitism and said Jewish New Yorkers have told him they no longer feel safe in the city
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Shame on you. Shame on you for distorting the facts. Shame on you for inverting victim and aggressor. Shame on you for spitting in the face of truth. Mr. Mamdani, since you were elected mayor of this city, many Jews no longer feel safe in New York. They talk to me. They tell me. This isn't the city we remember. It changed so quickly
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Mamdani wasn't there, and delegates from dozens of countries walked out before Netanyahu spoke
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The mayor responded in a statement saying, quote, Yet no lie can change the fact that he remains the subject of an international criminal court arrest warrant alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity Netanyahu denies those charges Shortly before the speech Mamdani posted this video no words just the mayor planting an olive
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tree at Gracie Mansion and sharing a meal with Palestinian families from Gaza. His caption
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May peace be our future. These two have been going at each other for months. Mamdani has
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called Netanyahu a war criminal and urged the federal government to arrest him. In this video
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posted earlier this week, Netanyahu accused Mamdani of supporting Hamas and inciting riots
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against Jewish New Yorkers. Mamdani has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization, and according
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to the New York Times, there have been no riots targeting Jewish New Yorkers since he took office
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And Mamdani is now showing up in Israeli politics. Netanyahu is running for re-election next month
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His Likud party has put Mamdani's face on campaign billboards in Israel, right there alongside the
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leaders of Iran, Turkey, and Hezbollah. Netanyahu also posted this AI-generated campaign video
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earlier this month, imagining Mamdani and other Netanyahu opponents celebrating his defeat
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