Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday went after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for saying he couldn’t support Israel because the country “privileges” Jewish citizens over those of other religions.

“He conveniently forgets that the only democracy in the Middle East is Israel. Twenty percent of our citizens are in fact Muslims. … but they sit on the Supreme Court. They’re in the Knesset, our parliament. They share every walk of life,” Netanyahu told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “Inside Politics.”

Last month, Mamdani reiterated his position that he supports the existence of Israel “as a state with equal rights” for all, regardless of their religion.

“I think any state that privileges one religion over the other is one that I can’t tell you I support, whether it be Israel or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else,” Mamdani, who is Muslim, told Jonathan Karl on ABC News’s “This Week.”

As of 2020, Jews made up 77 percent of Israeli society, according to the Pew Research Center. Muslims accounted for 14.7 percent, while Christians made up 1.9 percent.

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