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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged Tuesday that he can't person Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested, contempt promising to do truthful during his mayoral campaign, but called connected nan national authorities to execute nan International Criminal Court's apprehension warrant if nan Israeli leader visits New York.
In a video posted connected X, Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" while conceding that New York City could not enforce nan ICC warrant connected its own.
"As I've said, I work together pinch nan ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should beryllium arrested and tried for his crimes, arsenic I do for anyone other charged by nan ICC," Mamdani said.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said nan metropolis lacks nan ineligible authority to apprehension Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but urged nan national authorities to execute nan International Criminal Court's apprehension warrant. (Reuters/ Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani via X)
"My management has reviewed each avenue disposable nether applicable rule to find whether New York City could execute nan International Criminal Court's apprehension warrant if Benjamin Netanyahu came here," he continued. "It is clear that we do not person nan independent ineligible authority to enforce this warrant. The national government, however, does, and I telephone connected them to subordinate nan ICC and execute this warrant."
Mamdani's comments underscored that a New York City politician lacks nan authority to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant aliases create a New York apprehension warrant by executive order.
Mamdani nevertheless said Netanyahu would not beryllium invited successful New York City.
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"I want to beryllium arsenic clear: Benjamin Netanyahu is not invited successful New York City, nor is immoderate different warfare criminal astatine large," he said.
The remarks marked a reversal from Mamdani's 2025 run promise that New York City would apprehension Netanyahu if nan Israeli premier curate came to New York.
Mamdani's comments came 2 days aft he told The New York Times that nan city's Law Department was reviewing whether New York had nan legal authority to apprehension Netanyahu if he visited nan city.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his management is exploring whether nan metropolis has ineligible authority to apprehension Netanyahu if he visits for nan U.N. General Assembly. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Netanyahu is expected to recreation to New York successful September for nan United Nations General Assembly.
"I judge that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs successful The Hague," Mamdani told nan Times. "He's a warfare criminal who has been charged by nan International Criminal Court."
Netanyahu's agency dismissed nan comments Sunday, calling nan ICC a "kangaroo court" pinch "no jurisdiction complete Americans aliases Israelis."
"Instead of backing Khan's criminal behaviour, Mr. Mamdani should attraction connected fixing nan harm his policies person caused New York," Netanyahu's agency said.
The ICC issued apprehension warrants for Netanyahu and erstwhile Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant successful November 2024 complete alleged warfare crimes and crimes against humanity tied to Israel's subject run successful Gaza.
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A divided image shows New York City Democratic Socialist mayoral campaigner Zohran Mamdani, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital has reached retired to nan Justice Department and Netanyahu's agency for comment.
Fox News Digital's Ashley J. DiMella, Eric Mack and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
