Israel's embattled leader lashed out at New York's mayor in a heated U.N. address, but a veteran analyst says his real targets were Israeli voters and President Trump.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tore into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his Thursday address to the UN, accusing the socialist leader of having made the city unsafe for Jews and falsely accusing his nation of “genocide.”

NYPD detained dozens of protesters ahead of Netanyahu’s UN General Assembly speech. Earlier, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urged the stalled Gaza peace plan to advance.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot offered competing claims to lead Israel after Tuesday's election, with Netanyahu calling for a right-wing government and Eisenkot saying voters had rejected the longtime Israeli leader,

Netanyahu's crypto contingency plan sparked warnings of economic collapse, while his own nuclear imagery showed how both sides are stoking election fears. In the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin