Netanyahu Fires Back: Israeli PM Accuses NYC Mayor of Standing with “Hamas Murderers”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a scorching rebuke of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani this weekend, declaring that the young progressive mayor has aligned himself with the terrorists who perpetrated the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

The gloves came off during Netanyahu’s appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” where the Israeli leader didn’t mince words about Mamdani’s anti-Israel crusade.

“What Mamdani is supporting, his wife, his family — he celebrated Oct. 7 massacre, the worst massacre against Jews since the Holocaust,” Netanyahu stated bluntly.

The 76-year-old prime minister’s fierce response came just days after the 34-year-old mayor finally admitted he lacks the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu — a grandstanding threat Mamdani had floated for weeks while pandering to his far-left base.

A Pattern of Radical Sympathies

While Mamdani now claims he considers October 7 “a horrific war crime,” the evidence surrounding his inner circle tells a different story.

The mayor’s wife, Syrian-American artist Rama Duwaji, has an extensively documented history of celebrating Palestinian militants on social media. Her digital footprint reveals a troubling affinity for terrorist propaganda.

On the very day Hamas terrorists were slaughtering 1,200 innocent Israelis — raping women, beheading victims, and burning babies alive — Duwaji was busy liking Instagram posts glorifying the violence.

She endorsed posts featuring slogans like “systemic change for collective liberation” and “Free Palestine” as the atrocities were unfolding in real time.

One post she liked actually justified the carnage: “[I]f and when the occupation forces retaliate against this resistance. Punished for wanting freedom from apartheid.”

Hollow Apologies and Continued Extremism

When confronted about her inflammatory social media activity, Duwaji issued a tepid apology claiming she felt “shame” for “harmful” language. But notably, she never apologized for glorifying terrorism or celebrating the murder of Jews.

Netanyahu didn’t hold back in condemning the mayor’s alliance with terror sympathizers.

“They’re 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,” the prime minister declared.

He turned the tables on Mamdani’s reckless “genocide” accusations: “They’re the ones who are responsible for genocide. What we’re doing is try to fight this genocidal terrorist organization that embeds itself among civilians.”

Political Theater Meets Reality

Mamdani built his entire mayoral campaign on anti-Israel rhetoric, promising to hold Netanyahu “accountable” and backing the International Criminal Court’s politically motivated arrest warrant against the Israeli leader.

The progressive mayor regularly accuses Israel of “genocide” in Gaza while conveniently ignoring Hamas’s use of human shields and its explicit goal of annihilating the Jewish state.

But last week, reality finally caught up with Mamdani’s virtue-signaling theatrics. He was forced to publicly concede that he has no authority whatsoever to arrest a visiting head of state.

The embarrassing walkback exposed what conservatives have known all along: Mamdani’s anti-Israel grandstanding was nothing more than empty political posturing designed to energize the radical elements of his base.

Israel Fights Back Against Lies

Netanyahu forcefully defended Israel’s military response to the October 7 attacks, emphasizing that Hamas deliberately embeds itself among civilians and actively prevents evacuations.

“Mamdani is aligning himself with the criminals, with these murderers,” Netanyahu stated unequivocally.

The prime minister’s willingness to call out Mamdani by name represents a significant shift. Israeli leaders have increasingly recognized that appeasing the anti-Israel left accomplishes nothing.

Netanyahu is expected to visit New York in September for the United Nations General Assembly — and he’s made clear he won’t be intimidated by a mayor who celebrates terrorists while claiming to champion human rights.

The Stakes Are Clear

This confrontation illuminates a fundamental divide in American politics. On one side stand those who recognize Israel’s right to defend itself against genocidal terrorism. On the other side are progressive politicians like Mamdani who equivocate, deflect, and ultimately provide moral cover for terrorists.

When the mayor of America’s largest city sides with Hamas apologists over democratic allies, when his own wife celebrates terrorist attacks on social media, and when he threatens arrest warrants against leaders fighting terrorism — the mask slips completely.

Netanyahu has done Americans a service by exposing the moral bankruptcy of politicians who wrap anti-Semitism in the language of “human rights” and “social justice.”

The question now is whether New Yorkers will tolerate a mayor who stands with Hamas murderers rather than with America’s closest Middle Eastern ally.