In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has amplified messages comparing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to authoritarian leaders from the Middle East. On Sunday, Netanyahu posted an image showing a new Likud party campaign billboard towering over a Tel Aviv highway that places Mamdani shoulder to shoulder with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem. The four appear under the Hebrew slogan: “They want Netanyahu to lose. Don’t let them win.” Israeli elections are scheduled for October 27.
