The NYPD is preparing an unusual security operation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expected visit to New York next month, according to a report by the New York Post cited by Israel Hayom. The concern is that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's anti-Israel statements could encourage extremists and lead to violent clashes.
The New York Police Department is preparing an unusual security operation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's expected visit to New York next month, according to a report by the New York Post cited by Israel Hayom on Saturday.
The report cites concerns that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's anti-Israel statements could encourage extremist activists and lead to violent clashes. Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who has repeatedly called for Netanyahu's arrest, has previously called on residents to protest the visit, as The Zioneer has reported.
The Zioneer has also reported that Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon accused Mamdani of 'sophisticated and dangerous' incitement, that Netanyahu called Mamdani an 'enemy of the Jewish people' and a 'terrorism supporter,' and that former New York Governor David Paterson urged the Justice Department to investigate Mamdani's rhetoric after a stabbing of a Jewish man outside a Manhattan synagogue.
The exact dates of Netanyahu's visit and the full scope of the security operation have not been disclosed.
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