New Delhi, July 27 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (July 26) accused New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani of "fomenting hate" after the mayor said Netanyahu should be arrested if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly.

Netanyahu said he plans to travel to New York in September to address the annual UN gathering of world leaders despite Mamdani's comments that the Israeli leader would not be welcome in the city.

Speaking to Fox News, Netanyahu criticised the mayor's stance, saying the role of a mayor was to represent all residents.

"He's supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers - Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone," Netanyahu said. "But he's trying to turn one group against the other."

Mamdani, w...