“I wouldn’t want others to tell me how to run [NYC],” the mayor said. “We should all watch history play out … not to interfere, but to learn. I think the people of Isr…
Mayor Eric Adams thrust himself into Israel’s political turmoil Tuesday by meeting with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders protesting the PM’s controversial judicial changes.
But Hizzoner — well-known for often going off-script during public appearances — appeared to walk the political tightrope by staying publicly neutral on the hot-button issue afterward. “I wouldn’t want others to tell me how to run [New York City],” the mayor said. “We should all watch history play out … not to interfere but to learn. I think the people of Israel should make the determination of how to move forward. is aimed at courting Jewish voters back home, comes as Adams faces his own crises, with 82% of New Yorkers recently polled by Siena College saying the influx of migrants in the state has become a “serious problem.
Netanyahu has been under heavy fire for pushing a new law limiting the power of Israel’s judicial oversight in the country, a move that anti-reforms say is a step toward a dictatorship, sparking widescale protests. that Adams and Netanyahu “discussed the unlimited possibilities for cooperation between New York City and the State of Israel in the fields of technology, innovation and tourism.”
“I listened, I didn’t weigh in,” the mayor said regarding his meetings with both Netanyahu and leaders protesting the PM’s controversial judicial changes.After the meeting, the two went to an exhibit for lab-grown meat that an Israeli company was developing.The mayor — who Tuesday also visited the Western Wall, a place he told reporters his mother always wanted to visit — praised the Israeli people for their “extremely warm” welcome.
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