{"id":130653,"date":"2024-11-27T12:34:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130653"},"modified":"2024-11-27T12:34:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:34:47","slug":"said-to-be-mulling-nyc-mayor-run-andrew-cuomo-joins-dream-team-to-defend-netanyahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130653","title":{"rendered":"Said to be mulling NYC mayor run, Andrew Cuomo joins &#8216;dream team&#8217; to defend Netanyahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is part of a team of attorneys preparing a legal defense for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bolstering his long-standing pro-Israel credentials as he reportedly weighs a run for New York City mayor next year.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo, a Democrat, is one of at least 17 attorneys assembled by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz to defend Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as they face international charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The International Criminal Court in the Netherlands also brought similar charges against Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif.<\/p>\n<p>Dershowitz listed Cuomo among the members of his \u201clegal dream team\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/im-putting-together-a-legal-dream-team-to-defend-israel-icc-law-a3349ae8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Wall Street Journal op-ed<\/a> over the weekend. Dershowitz noted that the case will be tried in The Hague, but wrote that since neither the United States nor Israel recognizes the ICC\u2019s jurisdiction, his team is motivated by \u201cthe court of public opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo confirmed his participation at a fundraising event for the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education on Sunday in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a moment when true friends stand up, shoulder to shoulder, and fight for the state of Israel,\u201d Cuomo said, as heard in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacobkornbluh\/status\/1861128468865421717\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video of his remarks posted by The Forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 after a decade in office. Prior to that, he served a term as New York\u2019s attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation came amid sexual harassment allegations and criticism of his administration\u2019s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes \u2014 dual scandals that would continue to hound him should he make a new run for public office. The former governor denies the allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>While in office, Cuomo maintained a staunchly pro-Israel record, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/05\/nyregion\/governor-andrew-cuomo-israel-visit.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traveling to Jerusalem<\/a> and meeting with Netanyahu while regularly speaking out against antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s since remained in the public eye and is flirting with a return to electoral politics \u2013 all while continuing to bolster his pro-Israel credentials. He recently changed his voting address to an apartment in Manhattan ahead of next year\u2019s mayoral election, when Mayor Eric Adams \u2014 who is currently under indictment \u2014 is up for re-election.<\/p>\n<p>After large-scale college protests erupted against Israel\u2019s response to Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, Cuomo and his allies \u2014 including Steven M. Cohen, his former top aide \u2014 launched a nonprofit called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neveragain-now.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Never Again NOW!<\/a>, which crafted an advertisement blasting protesters and accusing them of being sympathetic to Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been widely rumored Cuomo is considering a run for mayor. On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2024\/11\/new-york-city-mayoral-race-moderate-candidate-democrats\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish Insider reported<\/a> that Cuomo is preparing to launch a mayoral bid soon, citing anonymous sources familiar with the effort. Gothamist has not confirmed the details of the rumored launch.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said speculation over a Cuomo mayoral run is \u201cpremature.\u201d Then he rattled off a list of the governor\u2019s accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers know it was Gov. Cuomo who raised wages for hundreds of thousands of workers, codified Roe v. Wade into state law before the Supreme Court overturned it, put the strongest gun protections and paid family leave laws in the nation on the books and built projects previously declared impossible, such as the Moynihan train station, the new LaGuardia and JFK airports, the Second Avenue subway and the Kosciuszko Bridge, all while cutting taxes and reining in spending,\u201d Azzopardi said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s potential opponents in a Democratic mayoral primary wasted little time criticizing him.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a Queens Democrat who is running for mayor, has been highly critical of Netanyahu and Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza. In an interview with Gothamist, he blasted Cuomo for working with Dershowitz to defend the Israeli prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s hard to imagine anything more sordid than our disgraced former governor teaming up with Donald Trump&#8217;s impeachment lawyer to defend a war criminal, but apparently this is the company Andrew Cuomo wants to keep,\u201d Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JvQlQH4Roj4\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has said<\/a> that if he were mayor, he would have Netanyahu arrested if he came to New York City, compliant with the International Criminal Court charges.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement responding to the Jewish Insider report, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander \u2014 another mayoral candidate \u2014 accused Cuomo of eyeing public office to fulfill his \u201cown personal revenge fantasies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing New Yorkers need right now is another agent of corruption and chaos,\u201d Lander said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/andrew-cuomo-benjamin-netanyahu-alan-dershowitz-israel\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Gov. 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