Netanyahu Can Sue Mamdani for His Smears
Netanyahu Can Sue Mamdani for His SmearsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025. (Joe Raedle via Getty Images)The mayor’s lies about Israel’s war in Gaza expose him to a libel suit. I wrote in these pages at the time that Netanyahu had no case. Kristof didn’t say Netanyahu was personally responsible, and American law doesn’t recognize libel against a government or nation.
- ▪Netanyahu Can Sue Mamdani for His SmearsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025. (Joe Raedle via Getty Images)The mayor’s lies about Israel’s war in Gaza expose him to a libel suit
- ▪I wrote in these pages at the time that Netanyahu had no case.
- ▪Kristof didn’t say Netanyahu was personally responsible, and American law doesn’t recognize libel against a government or nation.
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Netanyahu Can Sue Mamdani for His SmearsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025. (Joe Raedle via Getty Images)The mayor’s lies about Israel’s war in Gaza expose him to a libel suit. Here’s the case Netanyahu could make.By Jed Rubenfeld07.30.26 — New YorkFOLLOW COLUMN --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration13READ IN APPREAD IN APPEver since Zohran Mamdani’s recent televised speech accusing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a war criminal, there’s been little discussion about a pretty obvious legal move Netanyahu might make: suing Mamdani for libel.That may have to do with what happened—or rather, didn’t happen—in May, when Netanyahu threatened to sue The New York Times over columnist…
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