Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of "fomenting hate," arguing Sunday the democratic socialist's anti-Israel rhetoric is dividing New Yorkers and making the city's Jewish community feel unsafe."Look what he's doing.He's fomenting hate.
He's supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers, Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone, but he's trying to turn one group against the other," Netanyahu told "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo.Netanyahu said Jewish Americans in New York have told him they are growing more fearful.JEWISH LEADERS FAULT MAMDANI RHETORIC AS UPPER WEST SIDE STABBING, HATE CRIME PROBE CONTINUESIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15.; Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, right, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for 2 World Trade Center in New York on Thursday, July 9.(Ronen Zvulun / Pool / AFP via Getty Images; Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"They're afraid right now, and I don't think it's accidental that after [Mamdani] made this hate speech against Israel and against me, the next day, a Jew is stabbed coming out of a synagogue," he said.The Israeli leader was referring to last week's stabbing outside a Manhattan synagogue, where authorities allege 51-year-old Raul Morales stabbed a Jewish man in the chest with a screwdriver while shouting "Allahu Akbar."Reports also allege Morales yelled the same phrase during a separate stabbing of a 57-year-old Asian man.SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY YELLING 'ALLAHU AKBAR,' STABBING 2 MEN IN NYC ATTACKNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's video admitting that he lacks the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did little to ease Jewish leaders' concerns.
(NYC Mayor's Office via YouTube/Handout via Reuters)"I think that it's shameful.This thing is very bad for New York.
I think it's very bad for peace," Netanyahu said, criticizing Mamdani's rhetoric.Netanya...