Mamdani of New York is said to be watching for Netanyahu’s arrest during the city tour | Benjamin Netanyahu News

Mamdani promised to arrest Netanyahu during the mayoral campaign and is said to be in talks with the city’s legal advisers.

Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani He said that he is discussing with the city officials that they can arrest the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city to meet the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September.

In an interview with The New York Times (NYT) published on Saturday, Mamdani reiterated his opinion that Netanyahu, who is the head of The construction of the ICC because of the crimes related to the people in Gaza, it should be judged because of the actions of the Israeli army in Gaza.

“I believe Prime Minister Netanyahu is in The Hague,” Mamdani told The Interview, a show produced by the NYT.

He added: “He’s a war criminal and the International Criminal Court indicted him. And what you’ll find is that it’s a sentiment that many have, because of what he’s done over the years.”

Mamdani, a democrat who has come out as an open supporter of Because of Palestinehe promised to arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York City during his mayoral campaign. Some doubted that promise could be fulfilled.

The mayor said that he was “discussing” with the city’s legal department whether they have the power to arrest Netanyahu if he goes to New York.

He said: “Anything that the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we can do, but we won’t write our own laws to do that.”

Asked about Mamdani’s call for his arrest, Netanyahu told radio host Sid Rosenberg that he thinks Mamdani “secretly hates America.”

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, also insisted that Netanyahu will attend the UNGA meeting in New York in September, despite the threat of arrest.

During the mayoral campaign, Mamdani was very fond of them Islamophobic vitriol it’s rude. Rosenberg referred to the New York mayor and hopeful as a “cockroach”, before later apologizing.

Mamdani’s election as mayor and his continued calls for accountability on Netanyahu indicate a major shift among Democratic voters away from Israel.

A poll in May found that nearly three-thirds of Democratic voters opposition US aid to Israel, up from 45 percent three years ago.

Almost half of the respondents said that their party is closely aligned with Israel, whose war in Gaza has been ongoing it is called genocide and the number of human rights organizations, international authorities, and experts.

Although the change did not mean a change in the policy at the top of the party, which includes staunch supporters of Israel, many Democratic politicians have begun to gradually change their positions.

Almost half of the members of the Democratic House of Representatives in the US voted to end US aid to Israel earlier this week. political change A story that commentators believe would have been impossible a few years ago.