WATCH: Mamdani Complains That He Might Not Be Able To Arrest Netanyahu During Upcoming NYC Trip

The Pro-Palestine, Israel-hating, socialist pol said in an interview published Saturday that it’s unclear whether he has the authority to order the NYPD to arrest Netanyahu during the prime minister’s expected trip to the Big Apple for the U.N. General Assembly – but is in an “active conversation” with the city’s Law Department about the matter.

“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague,” Mamdani bluntly told The New York Times, referring to the United Nation’s International Court of Justice.

“He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court. And what you will find is that it is an opinion that is held by many purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.”

Mamdani – who has made accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza a focal point of a far-left ideology that his helped propel him into the national spotlight – vowed during last year’s campaign that, if elected mayoral, he’d have Netanyahu arrested if he ever set foot in NYC.

He cited the International Criminal Court’s 2024 arrest warrant for Netanyahu — which the U.S. doesn’t recognize.

However, Mamdani insisted during The Times interview that the city “won’t be writing our own laws” to lock up the prime minister, who is seeking re-election.

“Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do,” he said.

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We need to be in active conversations about getting this terrorist out of our country!

— Cappy (@Cappy21x) July 18, 2026

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if Mamdani goes beyond talk to directing the NYPD, coordinating with staff, or engaging in any actual planning to arrest Netanyahu, he risks federal conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. §1201, attempting or conspiring to seize a protected foreign official is treated as kidnapping

— Kenbrant (@Ken0zdyj) July 18, 2026

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I would love to see this communist idiot try to arrest Netanyahu. Nothing would make me happier to see Mamdani humiliated. This foreign traitor from Africa, his wife, and terrorist parents are all idiots and anti-America.

— David Payne (@Paynster51) July 18, 2026

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Netanyahu recently appeared on the radio show Sid & Friends in the Morning, where he addressed Mamdani’s threats. The prime minister said he is not concerned, going on to accuse the mayor of supporting Hamas after the October 7 massacre.

“Who does he champion? Hamas, that calls openly to massacre every Jew on Earth, that conducted that horrible massacre, the worst massacre on Jews since the Holocaust,” Netanyahu said during the interview.

“I think he should look at who he’s condemning, who he’s praising,” Netanyahu added. “He’s condemning Israel, the one democracy that stands shoulder to shoulder with American values.”

He then equated hating Israel to hating America, adding that “secretly, [Mamdani] hates America.”

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Mayor Mamdani Says He is Considering Arresting Bibi Netanyahu If He Visits NYC

“I believe that PM Netanyahu belongs in the Hague. He's a war criminal … There is an active conversation with our legal department in seeing what the prospects are we have here in our… pic.twitter.com/L9GI8hJLFp

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 18, 2026

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