Mr. Mamdani, you can't handle the truth.

 At appears that at every available opportunity, Zhoran Mamdani feels he must criticize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Is this a result of the centuries of conflict and learned hatred between cultures? I think not. Mamdani accuses Netanyahu of various crimes and alleges that he is the source of so much Israeli deceit and treachery, at least the sort that's not endemic among the Jewish people. 

During his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu's response reminded me of Colonel Nathan Jessup's response in the movie "A Few Good Men." If you haven't seen the movie, the exchange between Col. Jessup and Tom Cruise's character Lt. Daniel Kaffee is cinematic gold. And, I believe apropos to Netanyahu's response. 

Speaking directly to the antisemitic mayor of New York, Netanyahu issued an accurate indictment of Mamdani's character, judgment, and associations. Netanyahu scolded Mamdani for praising criminals convicted of supporting Hamas. He attacked him for counting among his friends Hasan Piker, as he elaborated for a moment on the streamer's belief that Americans deserved the 9/11 attacks. He questioned why Mamdani welcomed into his home a Palestinian journalist who subsequently admitted that he not only filmed Hamas's atrocities but concealed the footage to avoid embarrassing the terrorist group. Netanyahu even criticized Mamdani's wife for having "liked a post praising the October 7 massacre," and another post that contended that the Israeli city of Tel Aviv "shouldn't exist."

In spite of the New York Times preemptive effort to defuse Netanyahu's criticisms of Mandani, they remain true. Mamdani did heap praise on the Holy Land Five, "who were blamed by a jury for the killing of a 17 year-old Jewish boy from New York City outside Jerusalem." Madani did pal around with Hasan Piker during his bid for mayor despite, or perhaps because of, the streamer's penchant for anti-American and anti-Israeli radicalism. He did embrace Motaz Azaiza, a gadfly Palestinian journalist who recently confessed to filming the events of October 7 and burying the footage, because he didn't want to ruin the lives of the people filmed. Mamdani's wife did like those posts, although she has since apologized for her "harmful" social media habits. Some things that have been done cannot be undone...

Netanyahu also addressed the foremost allegation against him and his country to which the mayor and his comrades are partial: the charge of genocide. Netanyahu described Israel's efforts to protect civilians life. He described the "millions" of texts, calls, and leaflets sent out to alert Palestinian populations of impending Israeli action—an independently verifiable account, though Mamdani and his ilk aren't the least bit interested in verification. Israel issued one million polio vaccinations to Palestinians. Israel distributed two million tons of food into Gaza. That's one ton for every person. Accusing Israel of genocide can only come from the mouths of idiots. 

And how is New York City, since Mamdani's election treating the Jews who have lived there for decades? They are harassed, assaulted,  and stabbed more often than ever before. Antisemitic hate crimes are up 8% so far this year and make up more than half the incidents in New York City. 

Netanyahu said, "Mr. Mamdani, you tried to stop me from coming here. You tried to silence me. Well, you cant silence me. You can't silence the truth." In fact, Mr. Mamdani, you can't handle the truth.