Netanyahu says he will attend UN meeting despite New York mayor's earlier arrest claim
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will travel to New York for the UN General Assembly, dismissing Mayor Zohran Mamdani's earlier statement that he would enforce an ICC arrest warrant against him.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York this autumn, saying he is not worried about a prior statement from the city’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, that he would enforce an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Israeli leader.
Netanyahu told Fox News that Mamdani was "fomenting hate" and accused the mayor of dividing New Yorkers along religious lines. > "He's supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers, Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone, but he's trying to turn one group against the other," he said.
Mamdani, who has expressed strong support for Palestinian rights, previously called Netanyahu a "war criminal" and pledged to act on a 2024 ICC warrant that accuses the prime minister of war crimes in Gaza. After media inquiries, his office clarified that the city lacks the legal authority to enforce such an international warrant.
Netanyahu referenced recent knife attacks in the city, in which a suspect allegedly shouted a religious phrase while stabbing a Jewish man and an Asian man. Both victims survived, and the suspect faces hate-crime charges. The mayor’s office did not respond to a request for comment.