BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani is exploring whether Netanyahu could be ARRESTED if he lands in New York!
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says his administration is actively examining whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be arrested if he comes to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly this September.
Asked in a NYT exclusive if he would order the NYPD to detain Netanyahu, Mamdani said the city is in “an active conversation” with its Law Department and would do “whatever the law allows.”
The explosive comments come after Mamdani spent much of last year’s mayoral campaign arguing that Netanyahu should face consequences under international law for the war in Gaza.
“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague,” Mamdani told the Times’ Lulu Garcia-Navarro.. “He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court.”
Many politicians make dramatic promises on the campaign trail and quietly abandon them once they take office, but Mamdani is following up on his earlier pledge by examining what potential authority New York City may have if and when Netanyahu arrives for the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN.
During his campaign, Mamdani argued that New York should honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court if Netanyahu entered the city.
For his part, Bibi has dismissed the idea and recently attacked Mamdani in a radio interview, accusing him of supporting Hamas and even claiming that the mayor “secretly hates America.”
Just imagine the scene of one of the world’s most powerful leaders was arrested arriving in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. Talk about all hell breaking loose.
Whether such a move is legally possible remains an open question, it’s becoming clearer what kind of politician Mamdani intends to be.
Even when the issue involves one of the world’s most powerful leaders and a potential international firestorm, he appears willing to stand by the principles he campaigned on.
Love him or not, New Yorkers are discovering that Zohran Mamdani is not the sort of politician who arrives in office looking for an exit ramp from his own promises.