Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is ‘fomenting hate’ by calling him a war criminal who should be arrested over the war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly.

Netanyahu’s Response

Netanyahu said he intends to be in New York in September to address the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, despite the mayor’s suggestion that he is not welcome. Mamdani said last week that while New York City does not have legal authority to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world’s top war-crimes court, he encouraged the federal government to do so.

Netanyahu pointed to sexual misconduct allegations against the ICC’s top prosecutor, who was removed from that post on Friday, and said the warrant was an attempt to divert attention. He also warned against rising antisemitism in the U.S. and other Western countries, saying that when he talks to people in New York City, home to the second-largest Jewish population in the world, ‘Jews feel very uncomfortable.’

International Criminal Court Charges

The Hague-based court has accused Netanyahu, his former defense minister, and the late leader of Hamas of crimes against humanity. The Palestinian territory’s Health Ministry says over 73,000 people have been killed in Israel’s offensive — roughly half of them women and children.

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