Tel Aviv Deputy Mayor Guy Avner knows that challenging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to a boxing match sounds unconventional. If boxing is too confrontational, he said, Mamdani can choose basketball, tennis or even chess. “I’m just against his statements versus the Jewish people and the Israeli people and the IDF.” Avner says he hopes a visit to Tel Aviv and neighboring Jaffa would expose Mamdani to a different picture of Israeli society. He called on Mamdani to retract previous statements, condemn calls to “globalize the intifada” and accept the invitation.