‘He’s a war criminal’: Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest Netanyahu if he visits New York
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Key context: <p>NYC mayor says in Times interview that’s he’s in ‘active conversation’ with city’s law department about the matter</p><p>New York City mayor <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani">Zohran Mamdani</a> has said he was reviewing whether his administration could arrest <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> if as expected the Israeli prime minister visits the city for the UN general assembly in September.</p><p>Mamdani’s comments on Saturday’s episode of the New York Times’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/magazine/zohran-mamdani-interview.html">the Interview podcast</a> echoed ones he had made to the publication as he successfully ran for mayor last fall.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/mamdani-netanyahu">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
NYC mayor says in Times interview that’s he’s in ‘active conversation’ with city’s law department about the matterNew York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he was reviewing whether his administration could arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if as expected the Israeli prime minister visits the city for the UN general assembly in September.Mamdani’s comments on Saturday’s episode of the New York Times’s the Interview podcast echoed ones he had made to the publication as he successfully ran for mayor last fall. Continue reading...
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