'The suffering did not begin nor end that day,' Mamdani wrote, accusing the Israeli government of carrying out a 'devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza.'
'Until you stop the incitement and blood libels against the Jewish state, the State of Israel, which you do not recognize, antisemitism in New York City will only continue to rise,' Akunis said
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were caught laughing during a solemn 9/11 memorial as grieving families marked 25 years since the terror attacks.
Jewish activist Stephanie Benshimol confronted New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his visit to the ultra-Orthodox Boro Park community, accusing him of holding antisemitic and harmful views.
Tel Aviv's Vice Mayor Guy Avner challenged the vehemently anti-Israel New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to a charity boxing match, showing that people who slander the State of Israel will face repercussions.
If Mamdani were to publish a map of neighborhoods 'from the river to the sea' and associated ethnicities, he would no doubt replicate the methodology he applied to his New York City map.
Netanyahu's office said the mayor should 'focus on fixing the damage his policies have caused New York' instead of attacking the leader of the Jewish state.
New York City voters were confronted with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's record since taking office, including antisemitic, pro-terror, and communist-backed legislation.
'As a member of the Council observed, 'Zionist' now operates as a proxy for Jew, and the city's posture hands the perpetrator an exit,' the letter states.
Among the night's most closely watched races was the defeat of Rep. Dan Goldman, one of the Democratic Party's more vocal supporters of Israel, by former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.
Mamdani condemned Israel for killing an Al Jazeera cameraman whom the IDF identified as a Hamas sniper involved in planning attacks against Israeli forces in Gaza.
Avila Chevalier has made opposition to Israel a prominent part of her campaign, repeatedly criticizing Espaillat for supporting Israel and accepting backing from AIPAC.
Amid rising antisemitism in New York City, the Israel Day Parade was held in Manhattan Sunday, drawing tens of thousands of supporters, as NYC Mayor Mamdani refuses to attend.
A side that rejects partition, launches a war to destroy a country, and then loses that war cannot honestly remove its own decisions from the chain of events that followed.
Although the number of hate crimes confirmed went down, of those reported, Jews were nearly 3.5% likelier to be targets of a confirmed hate crime in the city in April than they were in March.