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Mamdani’s Hague push sparks Netanyahu backlash after Likud billboard

8/18/2026

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Likud party posted a billboard showing New York mayor Zohran Mamdani with Turkish President Erdogan, Iran’s leader Mojtaba Khamenei and Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, reading “Don’t let them win.”
Mamdani called Netanyahu a war criminal, said he belongs in The Hague and urged U.S. officials to enforce the International Criminal Court (ICC) November 2024 warrant for Gaza war crimes.
Netanyahu said Mamdani is fomenting hate and labeled the mayor’s remarks hate speech.

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Likud party posted a billboard showing New York mayor Zohran Mamdani with Turkish President Erdogan, Iran’s leader Mojtaba Khamenei and Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, reading “Don’t let them win.”
Mamdani called Netanyahu a war criminal, said he belongs in The Hague and urged U.S. officials to enforce the International Criminal Court (ICC) November 2024 warrant for Gaza war crimes.
Netanyahu said Mamdani is fomenting hate and labeled the mayor’s remarks hate speech.