Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defiantly coming to New York City, asserting, "I'm not going to be pushed around by some New York City mayor". He will test Mayor-elect Zoran Mandani's pledge to comply with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and arrest him. Mandani, meanwhile, has stated in "no uncertain terms" that the NYPD will not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), condemning raids as "cruel and inhumane". Mandani's political alignment is scrutinized as he struggles to acknowledge Israel's right to exist and as his DSA supporters push for a takeover of low-level city government entities. Amid these tensions, outgoing Mayor Eric Adams issued an executive order barring NYC from making business decisions that discriminate against Israel, attempting to make the city "Mandani proof". Plus, outrage over a Brooklyn principal who denied a Holocaust survivor, Sammy Stegman, permission to speak at a school.
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