Netanyahu's party puts Mamdani alongside Iran, Hezbollah leaders on billboard
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has launched a campaign billboard in Tel Aviv featuring New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside figures like Iran's Supreme Leader. The move follows a public feud between the two over Israel's military actions in Gaza and Mamdani's vocal criticism of Netanyahu.
Why it matters
This highlights the internationalization of domestic political conflicts and the use of inflammatory campaign tactics to influence voter sentiment during a volatile election cycle.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has stepped up its attack on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, placing his image alongside Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a campaign billboard in Tel Aviv.The billboard, displayed in central Tel Aviv, carries the message, “They want Netanyahu to lose … Don’t let them win.”The poster features the logo of Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party, according to The Guardian and the New York Post.Netanyahu shared an image of the billboard on his social media accounts on Sunday, along with a video highlighting Mamdani’s criticism of the Israeli prime minister.Why Netanyahu is targeting MamdaniThe billboard is the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter public feud between Netanyahu and Mamdani, who has been a vocal critic of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.Mamdani last month called Netanyahu a “war criminal” who “belonged in The Hague”…
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