JERUSALEM, Israel: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is spreading hateful and antisemitic rhetoric and endangering the lives of New Yorkers, Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview at his Jerusalem residence."Mamdani does not respect my nation's right for self-determination… the Jewish people's inherent right to have a nation of their own.And he's basically spreading blasphemy, hate, antisemitic rhetoric.
He should understand that he's risking his own citizens, he’s risking their safety, well-being and life," Herzog said.In an incident that drew global attention, Mamdani posted a video on social media on July 21 in which he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a war criminal" and "the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people."HUCKABEE WARNS OF 'BIBLICAL IGNORANCE' AS HE DEFENDS CONSERVATIVE SUPPORT FOR ISRAELPresident Isaac Herzog of Israel Mayor Mamdani, Israel's relationship with the U.S.in an interview with Fox News Digital in Jerusalem, Israel.
(Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL for Fox News Digital)"This cannot be accepted in New York, which is a city which is dear to our heart, dear to the Israelis, and dear to me personally," Herzog said."I think New York will continue way after Mamdani.And I hope he won't create an irreversible damage," he added.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
(Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)On Iran, Herzog said the regime has for decades posed a strategic threat to global stability, and not only to Israel and the Middle East."They take their people's food and money and spend it on terror all over the world.It's a given fact," he said.
"You ask yourself why a nation of this nature wants to have so much terror activity around the world, and that is because of ideology… The ideology does not accommodate any other religion or moderate Islam, for that matter.That is why it is so dangerous," he added.The United States and Israel launched a joint military campaig...