{"id":14021,"date":"2026-08-19T08:05:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14021"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:05:19","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-dont-let-them-win-netanyahus-party-puts-zohran-mamdani-alongside-iran-hezbollah-leaders-on-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=14021","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let them win&#8217;: Netanyahu&#8217;s party puts Zohran Mamdani alongside Iran, Hezbollah leaders on billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133341400,imgsize-1177681,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/netanyahu-mamdani-feud.jpg\" alt=\"'Don't let them win': Netanyahu's party puts Zohran Mamdani alongside Iran, Hezbollah leaders on billboard\" title=\"The billboard is the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter public feud between Netanyahu and Mamdani\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The billboard is the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter public feud between Netanyahu and Mamdani\">The billboard is the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter public feud between Netanyahu and Mamdani<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/benjamin-netanyahu\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>\u2019s Likud party has stepped up its attack on New York City Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/zohran-mamdani\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, placing his image alongside Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a campaign billboard in Tel Aviv.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The billboard, displayed in central Tel Aviv, carries the message, \u201cThey want Netanyahu to lose \u2026 Don\u2019t let them win.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The poster features the logo of Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing Likud party, according to The Guardian and the New York Post.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Netanyahu shared an image of the billboard on his social media accounts on Sunday, along with a video highlighting Mamdani\u2019s criticism of the Israeli prime minister.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Why Netanyahu is targeting Mamdani<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The billboard is the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter public feud between Netanyahu and Mamdani, who has been a vocal critic of Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Mamdani last month called Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d who \u201cbelonged in The Hague\u201d and urged US authorities to enforce the International Criminal Court&#8217;s arrest warrant against the Israeli leader if he travels to New York for the UN General Assembly in September.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Netanyahu responded by accusing Mamdani of \u201cfomenting hate\u201d and turning different religious groups against each other in New York.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The Israeli prime minister has also argued that progressive Democrats associated with Mamdani are putting at risk what he described as traditionally bipartisan US political support for Israel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>However, recent polling cited by The Guardian has indicated that Mamdani is more popular among American Jews than Netanyahu.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Billboard comes as Netanyahu enters election campaign<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>The attack comes as Netanyahu seeks another term amid a politically challenging environment in Israel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Israel&#8217;s parliament, the Knesset, was dissolved in July, paving the way for elections in October \u2014 the first national election since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Netanyahu&#8217;s right-wing coalition is trailing in some opinion polls, according to The Guardian.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>The prime minister has increasingly invoked Mamdani&#8217;s criticism of him as part of his campaign messaging. The billboard is not the first Likud campaign material to use the New York mayor&#8217;s comments against Netanyahu.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>Mamdani has not publicly responded to the latest billboard.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Feud comes amid tensions over Gaza ceasefire<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"46\"\/>The exchange comes as US-Israeli efforts to advance a Gaza ceasefire deal remain stalled.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"48\"\/>US President Donald Trump&#8217;s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner held a three-hour meeting with Netanyahu on Monday, but the talks produced no breakthrough.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>Israel has continued to insist that its forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas agrees to disarm, according to The Guardian.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/>Netanyahu&#8217;s latest attack on Mamdani also follows his controversial description of Britain as \u201cthe Islamic republic of Britain\u201d in an interview with Israel&#8217;s army radio. He also called the UK the \u201cfirst Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon\u201d, remarks that drew criticism for echoing a far-right trope about Britain&#8217;s Muslim population.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"55\"\/>For Netanyahu, the Mamdani billboard therefore serves two purposes: attacking one of his most prominent US critics while portraying the New York mayor as part of a broader political camp he says is hostile to Israel.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/dont-let-them-win-netanyahus-party-puts-zohran-mamdani-alongside-iran-hezbollah-leaders-on-billboard\/articleshow\/133341034.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The billboard is the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter public feud between Netanyahu and Mamdani Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party has stepped up its attack on New York City 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