Mamdani admits he lacks authority to arrest PM Netanyahu, urges US to join ICC
Mamdani stated that he has “reviewed every avenue available” to determine whether the city could execute the ICC's arrest warrant if Netanyahu were to visit New York City.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani admitted on Wednesday that his administration lacks the legal authority to execute the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a video statement titled “Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal,” Mamdani accused Netanyahu of "genocide against the Palestinian people" and blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza, claiming he is responsible for "the killing of more than 73,000 people."
“It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant,”
Mamdani stated, urging the U.S. federal government to join the ICC and execute the warrant. He also declared Netanyahu "is not welcome in New York City." Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, condemned Mamdani's statement as "blood libel," accusing him of serving Hamas. U.S. President Donald Trump previously asserted that Netanyahu "will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America."
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