Mamdani says he is discussing Netanyahu’s potential arrest when he visits NYC

Mamdani says he is discussing Netanyahu’s potential arrest when he visits NYC

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New York City Mayor says he is still discussing with authorities whether he can arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits for the UN General Assembly in September.

“Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do, but we won’t be writing our own laws to that end,” Mamdani tells The New York Times, adding he is having “an active conversation” with New York City’s Law Department on the matter.

“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague, Mamdani says, referring to the location of the UN International Criminal Court, where the premier has been served with an arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

“He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court,” Mamdani says.

“And what you will find is that is an opinion that is held by many, purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years,” he says.