New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has urged the U.S. to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Manhattan to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has renewed his call for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he travels to New York City this week for the United Nations General Assembly. Mamdani, a Democratic socialist and Muslim immigrant, has repeatedly backed the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu and argued that the United States should enforce it, despite Washington not being a party to the Rome Statute that created the court. 📺 DETAIL: The ICC issued warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in 2024, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on the Jewish State. Netanyahu has rejected the allegations as false and absurd. Mamdani has previously shown support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, and used of the phrase “globalize the intifada.” More recently, controversy has surrounded Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, over social media activity involving posts celebrating Hamas’s October 7 attack. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “If the International Criminal Court deems someone worthy of an arrest because of a violation of those laws, then who are we to say that anyone should be above that?” – Zohran Mamdani 🎯 IMPACT: Mamdani’s renewed demand puts his opposition to Netanyahu and Israel’s Gaza campaign back at the center of New York’s political debate as the UN General Assembly begins, while highlighting the sharp divide between City Hall and the federal government over the ICC warrant. |
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