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Mamdani acknowledges he doesn’t have authority to arrest Netanyahu

Mamdani said the city cannot enforce the ICC warrant and urged federal officials to arrest Netanyahu instead.

  • On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a video stating his administration lacks legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging federal officials to execute the International Criminal Court's warrant instead.
  • During his 2025 mayoral campaign, Mamdani pledged to arrest Netanyahu based on the ICC's 2024 warrant alleging war crimes, including "starvation as a method of warfare," during the Gaza conflict.
  • President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that Netanyahu "will not be arrested, in any way, shape or form, while in the United States of America," citing foreign-policy authority.
  • Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon denounced Mamdani's rhetoric as "blood libels," telling him to "do your job" and accusing him of amplifying "Hamas' propaganda."
  • Netanyahu is expected to visit New York City in September for the United Nations General Assembly, where diplomatic immunity protections remain a significant legal obstacle to any arrest.
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