Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s outspoken opposition to the Jewish state, arguing that such positioning is antithetical to creating peace in the Middle East. 

Herzog voiced concerns during an interview with Fox News Digital published Saturday, after Mamdani called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest and condemned him as a war criminal and “the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people.” Herzog raised fears that the mayor’s rhetoric stokes hate against Jews, including in New York City, which holds the largest Jewish population of any city in the United States.