‘Shame on you,’ Netanyahu says of Mamdani ahead of trip to NYC

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‘Shame on you,’ Netanyahu says of Mamdani ahead of trip to NYC

The Israeli leader’s appearance at the U.N. General Assembly this week will be his first time in New York since the mayor called for his arrest.

September 22, 2026 at 2:20 p.m. EDTToday at 2:20 p.m. EDT

*Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Tel Aviv on Thursday. (Ariel Schalit/AP)*

By Lior Soroka

Ahead of his departure for this week’s U.N. General Assembly in New York, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a defiant video to social media addressed to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has called for the arrest of the Israeli leader.

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