
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of “fomenting hate.” This was after Mamdani urged federal authorities to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant against Netanyahu. The exchange happened before a potential diplomatic flashpoint when world leaders gather in New York this September.
Netanyahu responded after Zohran Mamdani called for federal enforcement of the ICC warrant
The dispute started after Mamdani declared last week that Netanyahu would not be welcome in New York City. He described Netanyahu as a war criminal who should face arrest should he attend the United Nations General Assembly. While acknowledging that the city lacks independent authority to execute an ICC warrant, Mamdani pressed the federal government to act. “I want to be equally clear, Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large,” the mayor said, without singling out any religious or ethnic group.
Netanyahu, on Fox News Channel’s Sunday Morning Futures, rejected that framing entirely. “He’s supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers — Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,” he said. “But he’s trying to turn one group against the other,” Netanyahu added. He confirmed his intention to travel to New York in September regardless of the mayor’s stance.
The Israeli prime minister dismissed the ICC’s war crimes charges as “bogus,” pointing to sexual misconduct allegations against the court’s chief prosecutor, who was removed from that position on Friday. Netanyahu argued the warrant represented an effort to divert attention from that scandal. President Donald Trump had also weighed in with a Truth Social post assuring Netanyahu he “will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America.”
Israel remains entrenched in a multifront conflict. The country joined US-led strikes against Iran on February 28 and later launched ground operations in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah attacks.
Originally reported by Devanshi Basu for Mandatory.
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