{
  "id": 9892814,
  "title": "‘Not helpful’: NY Jewish Dems slam Netanyahu for saying Hamas and Mamdani are ‘buddies’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/not-helpful-ny-jewish-dems-slam-netanyahu-for-saying-hamas-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T02:22:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Times of Israel",
    "slug": "the-times-of-israel",
    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/not-helpful-ny-jewish-dems-slam-netanyahu-for-saying-hamas-and-mamdani-are-buddies/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been defended by some top New York Jewish Democrats after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him an “antisemite” and said he is “buddies” with Hamas. Mamdani is an avowed anti-Zionist who had pledged to arrest Netanyahu during his mayoral campaign.\n\nManhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a Jewish Democrat, described Netanyahu's suggestion that Mamdani voices support for Hamas as \"scurrilous\". City Council Speaker Julie Menin, also a Jewish Democrat, has opposed Mamdani on some legislation but urged that the temperature be turned down in the debate.\n\nNetanyahu made the comments in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. According to The Times of Israel, some New York Jewish Democrats felt that Netanyahu's attacks went too far and were not helpful.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Netanyahu calls Al Jazeera a ‘toxic media outlet’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/netanyahu-calls-al-jazeera-a-toxic-media-outlet",
        "published": "2026-09-25T21:37:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "NY Jewish Democrats defend Mamdani after Netanyahu calls him a Hamas supporter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/ny-jewish-democrats-defend-mamdani-after-netanyahu-calls-him-a-hamas",
        "published": "2026-09-26T01:14:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}