Likud Party Billboard Links NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Regional Adversaries
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- Haaretz
- The Jerusalem Post
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has launched a campaign billboard featuring New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside the leaders of Iran, Turkey, and Hezbollah. The advertisement, which is located in Tel Aviv overlooking the Ayalon Highway, displays images of Mamdani, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Secretary General Naim Qassem with the slogan: "They want Netanyahu to lose, don't let them win." Prime Minister Netanyahu shared a picture of the billboard on social media with the caption: "Don't let them win."
Several Israeli politicians responded by parodying the advertisement. The Yashar party, led by former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, released a version stating that those who want the IDF to collapse should not let Netanyahu win. MK Naama Lazimi posted a version featuring individuals allegedly involved in the Qatargate affair, changing the text to read: "They want Netanyahu to win, don't let them lose."
The billboard follows a period of tension between the mayor and Jewish leaders. Recently, a man was arrested and charged with six hate crimes after disrupting services at the Central Synagogue in Manhattan. While Mayor Mamdani condemned the attack as a despicable act, critics have argued that his rhetoric regarding Israel contributes to such violence. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and other Jewish leaders have previously urged the mayor to refrain from statements that demonize the Jewish state, citing a rise in hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers.
How each side framed it
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- These sources frame the focus on the mayor as part of a pattern of casting critics of Israel as existential enemies.
- Centre-right
- These sources emphasize the link between the mayor's anti Israel rhetoric and the rise of antisemitism in New York City.
Sources
- Left Haaretz: Netanyahu's Likud casts Mamdani alongside Iran, Hezbollah leaders in campaign ad
- Left Haaretz: Hamas? Hezbollah? Israelis found a new villain: Zohran Mamdani
- Centre-right The Jerusalem Post: Likud election billboard puts Mamdani alongside Erdogan, Khamenei, and Qassem as Israel's enemies
- Centre-right The Jerusalem Post: Mamdani fans flames of antisemitism by pairing false allyship with anti-Israel rhetoric - editorial
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