WATCH: Tlaib tells Mamdani to 'call me' for help arresting Netanyahu as Democrats remain divided

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s abandoned promise to apprehension Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu divided House Democrats, pinch immoderate backing his connection while others said nan politician lacked nan ineligible authority to transportation it out.

"Arrest him," Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., told Fox News Digital. "He’s a warfare criminal."

Throughout Mamdani’s campaign, he many times insisted that he would bid nan New York Police Department (NYPD) to enforce nan warrant issued by nan International Criminal Court (ICC) and apprehension Netanyahu for his domiciled successful nan warfare successful Gaza.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s abandoned promise to apprehension Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu divided House Democrats. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

But Mamdani yet acknowledged his inability to do truthful arsenic nan metropolis lacks nan "independent ineligible authority" to do so. On Tuesday night, he took to societal media pinch a video calling connected nan national authorities to execute nan warrant by nan ICC to apprehension Netanyahu, besides stating to beryllium "equally clear" that nan premier curate is "not invited successful New York City."

"I deliberation that whether aliases not he has nan authority astir it, I don’t really person an sentiment on," Rep. Summer Lee, D-Penn., said. She continued, "But I do deliberation that Netanyahu is simply a warfare criminal."

"I wish that we had a state that didn’t excuse warfare criminals," Lee said.

Tlaib besides offered Mamdani thief pinch nan apprehension arsenic she wasn’t judge if he had nan authority to complete nan arrest.

"I don’t cognize if it applies to citizen’s arrest," she said. "If he needs help, show him to telephone me."

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., backed nan effort to prosecute arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to effort executing nan International Criminal Court's warrant against him while visiting New York. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Ronen Zvulul / POOL / AFP via Getty Images; Anna Connors - Pool/Getty Images)

Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., was 1 of nan fewer House Democrats that Fox News Digital said pinch who instantly unopen down nan thought that Mamdani would beryllium able to prosecute this apprehension nether immoderate avenue explored by nan city, arguing it would break a pact pinch nan United Nations.

He said, "There's a pact nether which nan U.N. is lodged successful nan United States. Pursuit to that treaty, immoderate diplomat tin travel to nan U.N. and beryllium immune from process."

The U.N. Headquarters Agreement is simply a 1947 pact betwixt nan United States and nan United Nations that governs nan ineligible position of nan U.N. office successful New York and provides protections for overseas officials attending U.N. meetings.

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The U.S. is not a personnel of nan ICC, nor is it a statement to nan Rome Statute, which requires personnel countries to apprehension individuals wanted nether ICC warrants.

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Mamdani’s telephone connected nan national authorities to arrest Netanyahu comes after President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social connected Monday that nan premier curate "will not beryllium arrested, successful immoderate way, shape, aliases form."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio besides precocious threatened to "dismantle" nan ICC arsenic he claims nan court’s unit of world rule is overreaching its powers and "threatens each facet of our governmental and ineligible system."