“If Mayor Mamdani wishes, we can do basketball, we can do chess, whichever sport he wants.” If Mayor Mamdani wishes, we can do basketball, we can do chess, whichever sport he wantsThe challenge followed a video in which Avner invited Mamdani into the ring for a one-on-one charity event and said Mamdani could choose the beneficiary. Avner framed the proposed match as an answer to statements he described as hostile to the Jewish people, Israel and the Israel Defense Forces. He said some had been drawn to what he characterized as socialist policies and predicted that many would not support Mamdani again. He said Mayor Ron Huldai appointed him vice mayor in June after he had served as a council member.