(AP)
Israel’s consul general in New York, Ofir Akunis, warned that Democrat mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani poses a “clear and immediate danger” to the city’s Jewish community because he supports pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Speaking to Israel’s army radio, Akunis, a former Likud minister, said Mamdani’s positions would embolden “pro-terror protesters, mistakenly labeled here as pro-Palestinian,” to “march and riot through New York’s streets,” reports Haaretz.
“There is a clear and immediate threat to Jewish institutions and synagogues, most of which are secured by the New York Police Department,” Akunis said…