New York Democrat hopes Mamdani won't be 'arresting anyone' after recent Netanyahu comments

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., told CNN Monday that he hopes New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani does not make immoderate effort to apprehension Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contempt his past comments.

Meeks was asked by "The Situation Room" big Wolf Blitzer astir reports that Mamdani is looking into nan anticipation of arresting Netanyahu if he visits New York City for nan United Nations General Assembly successful September.

Stepping distant from Mamdani, Meeks emphasized that "all leaders" are invited to speak astatine nan United Nations and encouraged nan New York City politician to not effort to disrupt nan UN's purpose.

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Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., disagreed pinch nan thought of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he came to New York City. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"Look, nan United Nations is for each leaders to travel to nan United States, for them to person a chance to talk to nan corporate body, whether you work together pinch them aliases not," Meeks said. "I person had, connected different sides pinch different folks, to opportunity that they should person had nan correct to travel to nan UN, and they did, to speak to nan United Nations successful that regard. And group person nan correct to speak retired loudly against what they whitethorn opportunity and represent. That’s fine. But I deliberation nan politician has besides walked that backmost some."

He continued, "I saw a quote wherever he said that he does not intend to break national law, existing law, and looking for different laws, arsenic President [Donald] Trump sometimes does, you know, tries to spell astir nan law, and that he understands that nan UN’s functions request to proceed to move forward, and fto nan UN takes attraction of its business. And so, I deliberation that nan politician should make judge that he’s not arresting anyone astatine this point."

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Mamdani's agency for comment.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his management is exploring whether nan metropolis has ineligible authority to apprehension Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits for nan UN General Assembly. (Getty Images)

In remarks first reported by The New York Times, Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" who "belongs successful The Hague" and said his management is successful an "active conversation" pinch nan city's Law Department complete what ineligible authority New York City possesses should nan Israeli premier curate recreation to nan Big Apple.

"Whatever nan rule allows maine to do successful New York City, that’s what we will do," Mamdani said, adding that his management would not constitute caller laws for that purpose.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) primitively issued apprehension warrants against Netanyahu and erstwhile Defense Minister Yoav Gallant successful November 2024, complete alleged warfare crimes and crimes against humanity tied to Israel's subject campaign in Gaza.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said that he will do "whatever nan rule allows [him]" to do regarding Benjamin Netanyahu. (Angelina Katsanis / AP)

Israel has rejected nan allegations and disputes nan court's jurisdiction. In addition, nan U.S. is not a statement to nan Rome Statute, nan pact that established nan ICC, meaning it does not person nan aforesaid arrest-and-surrender responsibility that applies to ICC personnel states.

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Fox News' Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.