The American diplomat accused the New York mayor of lying and using terms such as genocide “to stoke Jew-hatred.”
U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee lashed out at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday, calling him an “evil antisemite” in the wake of his recorded message branding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “war criminal.”
“Would be easy to say NY Mayor is just an ignorant bigot, but he is not dumb,” Huckabee tweeted.
“He’s an evil anti-Semite who deliberately lies about serious things like ‘genocide’ to stoke Jew hate. If anyone should be arrested, it’s the Mayor of NY for incitement. NYC should be ashamed,” the diplomat said.
The vociferously anti-Israel mayor released a video on Tuesday in which he said that New York City does not have the authority to arrest Netanyahu, a campaign promise that he had made when running for mayor.