Netanyahu’s UN visit will again showcase Mamdani’s anti-Israel hate

Benjamin Netanyahu goes to the UN and, like clockwork, certain New York politicians treat it like their Super Bowl. Not to talk about housing, subways, crime, or the city budget. To grandstand. The coverage is right to note that Zohran Mamdani and a chunk of his base seem more energized by denouncing Israel than doing the job New Yorkers actually hired officials to do. This isn’t city governance. It’s a traveling protest.

New York City is not a seminar. It’s a place where people get shoved onto tracks, small businesses get bled by shoplifting, and families stare down rent hikes that swallow paychecks. Yet every time an Israel story hits the front page, Mamdani-style politics turns into a one-note performance: maximal outrage, zero responsibility. New Yorkers don’t need another megaphone. They need basic competence.

And let’s not pretend the target is just “policy.” The rhetoric has gotten ugly, personal, and obsessive, and it spills into real-life intimidation of Jewish New Yorkers who did not sign up to be proxies in someone else’s crusade. You can criticize any foreign government. Fine. But when your public identity becomes slamming Israel on repeat, people notice what you’re not doing: showing up for the city you represent. If your main issue is Israel, run for the UN, not City Hall.

Netanyahu’s visit should be a moment for serious adults to talk about security, alliances, and the reality that Iran-backed terror groups still exist. Instead, we’ll get the same street theater and the same hashtags. We’re tired of it, and a lot of New Yorkers are, too. The loudest outrage in politics is often the cheapest..