New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech to mark the 250th anniversary of america at Metropolis Corridor on Friday July 3, 2026 in New York.
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NEW YORK — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani mentioned late Tuesday that town wouldn’t be capable of execute an arrest warrant issued by the world’s prime war-crimes court docket for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, however urged the federal authorities to take action.
Within the video Mamdani described the Israeli prime minister as a “battle legal” and mentioned he’s not welcome in New York Metropolis.
“It’s clear that we wouldn’t have the unbiased authorized authority to implement this warrant,” he mentioned in a video posted on X. “The federal authorities nevertheless does and I name on them to hitch the ICC and execute this warrant,” he added, referring to the Worldwide Prison Courtroom.
Mamdani had advised the New York Occasions earlier this month that he and town’s authorized division had been discussing arresting Netanyahu if he involves New York Metropolis for the U.N. Normal Meeting in September.
President Donald Trump on Monday advised Netanyahu in a social media put up that he “is not going to be arrested, in any approach, form, or type, whereas in america of America.” The put up didn’t immediately point out Mamdani.
Mamdani had mentioned all through his mayoral election marketing campaign final yr that he would search to order town’s police to arrest Netanyahu below the legal court docket’s warrant over Netanyahu’s position within the battle in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on the state memorial for Ze’ev Jabotinsky, at Mount Herzl Army Cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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In his video message Tuesday, Mamdani mentioned his administration has reviewed all avenues out there and decided town cannot execute the arrest warrant.
“I need to be equally clear, Benjamin Netanyahu just isn’t welcome in New York Metropolis, neither is every other battle legal at massive,” he mentioned.
Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the U.N., responded by telling the mayor “sufficient.”
“You had been elected to serve New Yorkers, not Hamas’ propaganda,” he mentioned in an announcement on social media. “Do your job!”
The world’s prime war-crimes court docket issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others in 2024, accusing them of crimes in opposition to humanity in reference to the battle in Gaza.
They mentioned there was cause to imagine Netanyahu and former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant have used “hunger as a technique of warfare” by proscribing humanitarian help and have deliberately focused civilians in Israel’s marketing campaign in opposition to Hamas in Gaza — fees Israeli officers deny.
