Mamdani rejects Netanyahu’s criticism after UN address

Zohran Mamdani has responded to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly, NDTV reports. Netanyahu alleged during the address that Jewish residents in New York felt increasingly unsafe after Mamdani’s election. The supplied report does not provide further details about the allegation or identify the specific comments by Mamdani that Netanyahu was addressing.

Mamdani rejected Netanyahu’s position and described the remarks as “lies to sanitise genocide”, according to the source material. The phrase was part of his response to the Israeli prime minister’s criticism. The available information does not state when Mamdani made the response or in what setting.

It also does not explain the circumstances of his election, identify the office involved or provide figures concerning reported safety concerns among Jewish New Yorkers. No additional reaction from Netanyahu, Jewish community organisations, New York officials or other political figures is included in the supplied report. The material likewise does not set out the wider exchange between the two men.

The account establishes a public disagreement following Netanyahu’s UN address, with Netanyahu making an allegation about safety and Mamdani rejecting it in forceful terms. Further context was not available in the source material.