Netanyahu is using Mamdani as a foil in his re-election campaign | Mohamad Bazzi

SO THEY HAVE FINALLY ADMITTED IT, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU STOOD UP AT THE UNITED NATIONS PODIUM ON THURSDAY AND DEVOTED A HUGE CHUNK OF HIS NEARLY FORTY-MINUTE SPEECH TO ATTACKING NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI, AND DO NOT TELL ME THAT IS NORMAL BECAUSE HE DEVOTED MORE TIME TO HIM THAN TO TRADITIONAL ADVERSARIES LIKE IRAN OR HAMAS, ACCUSING MAMDANI OF ANTISEMITISM AND FALSELY CLAIMING HE SUPPORTS HAMAS AND EVEN ATTACKING HIS WIFE OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND THE THING IS MAMDANI PLEDGED TO ENFORCE AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARREST WARRANT AGAINST NETANYAHU, WHICH MEANS NETANYAHU IS TURNING HIM INTO A DOMESTIC CAMPAIGN FOIL TO RALLY VOTERS BEFORE NEXT MONTH'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WHILE FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN POLITICAL SURVIVAL AND HIS ONGOING CORRUPTION TRIAL.

RIGHT SO PICTURE THIS BENJAMIN NETANYAHU JUST SPENT A MASSIVE CHUNK OF A FORTY-MINUTE UNITED NATIONS SPEECH ATTACKING THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ACTUAL HEADS OF STATE, AND YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME THAT IS SANE BECAUSE HE CALLED OUT ZOHRAN MAMDANI BY NAME, CLAIMED JEWS DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN NEW YORK SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY, AND EVEN DRAGGED THE MAYOR'S WIFE FOR LIKING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE MAMDANI HAD PLEDGED TO ENFORCE AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARREST WARRANT AGAINST HIM, AND THE THING IS AN OP-ED SAYS THIS IS ENTIRELY A DOMESTIC PLOY BECAUSE NETANYAHU FACES A BRUTAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION NEXT MONTH ALONGSIDE AN ONGOING YEARS-LONG CORRUPTION TRIAL, WHICH MEANS HE IS USING A POPULAR AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST AS AN EXTERNAL ENEMY TO RALLY HIS RIGHTWING COALITION AND FIGHT FOR HIS POLITICAL SURVIVAL.

Benjamin Netanyahu singled out NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a UN speech, which an opinion piece argues serves as a domestic foil for his upcoming election campaign.

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