Netanyahu vows to address UN despite NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's opposition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday discussed his plans to travel to New York in September to address the United Nations General Assembly forcefully rejecting attempts by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to declare him unwelcome and calling out the mayor for allegedly promoting divisions and antisemitismMy answer to Mamdani I will come to New York to fight for the truth of the Jewish people Netanyahu declared in an interview on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo I intend to come and speak the truth speak for Israel and for the IsraeliAmerican alliance from the podium of the United NationsAfter Mamdani called him a war criminal and said he was not welcome in New York Netanyahu accused the mayor of aligning with Hamas murderers and supporting the October 7 attack on the Israeli publicWhat Mamdani is supporting his wife his family he celebrated October 7th massacre the worst massacre against Jews since the Holocaust Netanyahu said Hes basically supporting he tries to say that he doesnt but hes supporting the Hamas murderers who raped our women then beheaded them burnt babies alive slaughtered our men took innocent people hostages 251 men women children babies Thats who hes supportingNetanyahu turned the allegations of genocide against Israel back onto Hamas emphasising the contrast between Israeli military objectives and the militants intentAnd theyre the ones who are responsible for genocide They would have killed as their charter says and as they themselves proclaimed they would have killed every single Jew in Israel and every Jew in the world he stated So the genocide charge belongs to our enemies What were doing is trying to fight this genocidal terrorist organization that embeds itself among civilians prevents us from moving the civilians out of harms way Thats where the real criminals areThe Israeli Prime Minister sharply criticised Mamdanis leadership of New York City arguing that previous mayors sought to unite the metropolis rather than divide itMamdani is aligning himself with the criminals but the worst thing is that hes tormenting his own citizens his own voters Netanyahu said Ive been to New York so many times over the years Ive met all the New York mayors They all saw themselves as mayors of all New Yorkers not putting pitting one part of the population against the otherNetanyahu asserted that the mayors rhetoric creates a dangerous environment for Jewish residents in New YorkHes fomenting hate Hes supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers Jews Christians Muslims everyone But hes trying to turn one group against the other and hes foisting hate and fear Netanyahu warned I speak to Jewish Americans in New York and theyre afraid right nowConnecting municipal political rhetoric directly to local violence Netanyahu highlighted a recent attack outside a New York synagogueI dont think its accidental that after he made this hate speech against Israel and against me the next day a Jew is stabbed coming out of a synagogue with a cry of Allahu Akbar Netanyahu said So I think that its shameful This thing is very bad for New York I think its very bad for peaceA man identified as Raul Morales 51 was charged with two counts of attempted murder in the second degree as a hate crime after two men were stabbed Thursday afternoon in broad daylight on Manhattans Upper West Side according to CNNProsecutors alleged in court that Morales first approached a 57yearold Asian man from behind and shouted Allahu Akbar before plunging a knife into his back without provocation Four blocks from this attack Morales stabbed a Jewish man wearing a kippah who had just left the synagogue in the chest with a screwdriver prosecutors alleged according to CNNNetanyahu reiterated that no political pushback from City Hall will stop him from taking the world stage in New York later this fall to defend Israel and its alliance with the United StatesHis remarks come as New York Mayor Zohan Mamdani on Wednesday called on the US federal government to execute the International Criminal Courts ICC arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while reiterating that the Israeli leader is not welcome in New York CityBenjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City nor is any other war criminal at large As Ive said I agree with the ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested and tried for his crimes as I do for anyone else charged by the ICC he saidMamdanis latest remarks come days after he told The New York Times that his administration was engaged in an active conversation with the New York City Law Department to determine the extent of the citys legal authority if Netanyahu visits New York for the United Nations General Assembly in SeptemberThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole 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