Benjamin Netanyahu says "many Jews no longer feel safe in New York" since Mamdani became mayor
“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,'”
Reported September 24, 2026 by manilatimes.net. Checked word for word against that report.
At the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of making Jewish residents less safe through his criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, and said the mayor had spread falsehoods about Israel. Netanyahu said Jews have told him the city has changed since Mamdani took office. Mamdani, a longtime critic of Israel's Gaza operations, has called Netanyahu a war criminal and accused him of orchestrating what Mamdani describes as a genocide against Palestinians — allegations Netanyahu rejects. The remarks came days after Mamdani met with President Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday, and they represent a direct public clash between Israel's prime minister and the leader of the largest US city.
- manilatimes.net ↗︎24 SEP 2026