NY mayor says still mulling Netanyahu arrest during UN meet

New York’s mayor said he is in “an active conversation” with city legal officials on whether he had the authority to arrest the Israeli leader – prompting a sharp rebuke from Jerusalem.

Give this man courage to do the right thing and arrest the war criminal – Peter

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani is in talks over whether to try to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an upcoming UN summit, he said in an interview – prompting a sharp rebuke from Mr Netanyahu’s camp.

“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague,” Mr Mamdani told The New York Times. “He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court.”

The leftist Mr Mamdani, who has called Israel an “apartheid regime,” added: “That is an opinion that is held by many, purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.”

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