Antisemitism allegations, dueling arrest calls, and ‘blood libel’: Mamdani’s Netanyahu comments ignite firestorm

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s insistence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be arrested while traveling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly has ignited a firestorm with Jewish groups accusing the mayor of having crossed the line into antisemitism. Mamdani this week reiterated his desire to execute an arrest warrant issued…