Netanyahu shames Mamdani for supporting Hamas, threatens to expose 'truth' ahead of UNGA visit

The comments follow a Monday CNN interview with Mamdani, where the mayor again called for Netanyahu’s arrest warrant, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), to be honored.Follow us on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud election campaign event ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Tel Aviv, September 17, 2026.(photo credit: FLASH90)SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 15:11Updated: SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 15:37Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to expose “the truth” about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the United Nations General Assembly in a video shared on X/Twitter.“Shame on you, Mr. Mamdani,” Netanyahu said. “Shame on you for supporting the Hamas terrorist monsters who butchered our people. Shame on you for inciting riots against New York Jews.”“I'm coming to the UN. I'm going to tell the truth about our heroic soldiers, and I'm going to tell the truth about you.”Netanyahu is slated to arrive in New York on Thursday morning, address the UNGA at 2 p.m., before returning to Israel soon afterward.His visit was originally planned to stretch several days and include a visit to Texas and a meeting with US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025; illustrative (credit: Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)Israeli Consul-General in New York Ofir Akunis echoed Netanyahu's sentiment in his own X post, calling out Mamdani for spreading antisemitism."Mamdani continues doing the only thing he knows how to do: incitement and the spreading of lies and blood libels against the State of Israel: classic antisemitism," Akunis wrote. "Once again, not a single word about the savage and monstrous massacre of October 7 committed by the barbaric people who invaded Israel from Gaza.""The Prime Minister of Israel will arrive in New York City, address the UN, and tell the entire world who the Ayatollahs, Hezbollah, and Hamas truly are: enemies of the United States and the West."Mamdani again calls for Netanyahu's arrestThe comments follow a Monday CNN interview with Mamdani, where the mayor again called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to honor Netanyahu's arrest warrant.Mamdani told CNN that he believes Netanyahu to be "a war criminal and an architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people."In July, Mamdani said he was investigating the possibility of arresting Netanyahu based on the ICC's warrant, concluding after a few days that he could not legally do so, but still warning that Netanyahu was "not welcome" in New York City.“I do believe that that is something that should be honored," he told CNN, "because what we want to see, and we’ve been talking about this today, is a faith in our politics, a faith in accountability.”He added, "If the International Criminal Court deems someone worthy of an arrest because of a violation of those laws, then who are we to say that anyone should be above that? And I think very clearly that everyone should be held accountable to it."Tzvi Jasper contributed to this report.Follow us on Google