Israeli PM puts Mamdani on billboard with Ayatollah Khameni, Hezbollah chief: ‘They want Netanyahu to lose’

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-17 19:56:12 | Updated at 2026-08-19 23:22:24 2 days ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used an image of Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside terror leaders and the president of Turkey in a billboard for his re-election bid.

The massive sign, slapped in the middle of Tel Aviv’s Ayalon highway, shows Mamdani with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A billboard for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election bid featuring NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is displayed on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon highway. X / Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center-right, and his wife, Sara, center-left, cast their ballot at his party Likud’s main polling station during primary elections in Jerusalem on Monday, August 17, 2026. POOL/AFP via Getty Images

New York City Mayor Mamdani had threatened to arrest Netanyahu when he comes to the city. Robert Miller for NY Post

“They want Netanyahu to lose,” the billboard reads. “Don’t let them win.”

Netanyahu has often clashed with Mamdani after the NYC mayor slammed him as a “war criminal” over the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza.

Mamdani has also repeatedly threatened to arrest Netanyahu under an International Criminal Court warrant if he attempts to enter New York for next month’s United Nations General Assembly.

However, he later had to admit that the NYPD does not have the power to arrest a foreign leader on international charges.

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