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Do not let them win.'","Netanyahu shared the billboard on his social media account on 16 August 2026, ahead of Israel’s 27 October election.","Mamdani has called for Netanyahu’s arrest if he visits New York for the United Nations General Assembly next month.","Israeli opposition parties created their own versions of the billboard, targeting Netanyahu’s allies and the Qatargate scandal."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party erected a billboard in Tel Aviv showing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem. The slogan reads: 'They want Netanyahu to lose. Do not let them win.' Netanyahu posted an image of the billboard on his social media account on 16 August 2026."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Mamdani, who took office as New York mayor in January 2026, has said Netanyahu would not be welcome in the city and called for his arrest if he attends the United Nations General Assembly in September. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2025 over war crimes charges related to the Gaza conflict. Erdogan has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and has been a vocal critic of its conduct in the war."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Israeli opposition parties responded by creating their own versions of the billboard. Yashar, led by former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, replaced the four figures with a slogan accusing Netanyahu of wanting the IDF to collapse. MK Naama Lazimi posted a version featuring figures linked to the Qatargate scandal, which alleges that Netanyahu’s aides were paid by Qatar during hostage negotiations with Hamas."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mention the opposition parties’ versions of the billboard or the Qatargate scandal. 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