NYC Mayor Mamdani calls on US govt to arrest Netanyahu | ABC NEWS
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on the US government to arrest Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video released on Tuesday.
The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024 over alleged war crimes committed during the war in Gaza. Israel rejects the court’s jurisdiction and denies committing war crimes.
Mamdani said his administration does not have the legal authority to enforce the warrant or arrest Netanyahu: “The federal government, however, does,” he said.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Netanyahu, who traditionally travels to New York every September for the United Nations General Assembly, won’t be arrested when he visits the US.
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