New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani conceded late Tuesday that the city does not have the authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mamdani had vowed during his mayoral campaign last year that if Netanyahu visited New York City, his administration would enforce an International Criminal Court arrest warrant accusing the Israeli leader of committing war crimes during Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Mamdani did not back down in recent days, saying the city would “follow all applicable local laws” if Netanyahu visited for the United Nations General Assembly this fall.
But in a Tuesday evening social media
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