Netanyahu is war criminal, belongs in The Hague, says Mamdani

[David__77]

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says Netanyahu belongs “in the Hague” and is “a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court”.

Netanyahu is expected to visit New York City for the UN General Assembly in September.

The mayor told a US media outlet that he was unclear on whether he had the legal authority to order the New York Police Department, which he oversees, to arrest a foreign leader like Netanyahu. He said he was in “an active conversation” with the city’s Law Department over the matter.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/18/iran-war-live-us-and-iran-exchange-attacks-for-7th-consecutive-night?update=4782818

[Kid Berwyn]

1. He's right.

Per the ICC and my own two eyes.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/netanyahu

[FakeNoose]

10. Mamdani is talking about arresting Netanyahu when he sets foot in NYC

[republianmushroom]

2. So is trump, a war criminal.

That is why this administration is trying to do away with the ICC.

[ChicagoTeamster]

7. Yes, but the US has been against the ICC since early 2000s because of Bush ad Iraq and of course, Israel

[erronis]

8. I'll bet that most of the literate US is pro-ICC. Parts of the US government are afraid of it

and isolationists and other RW/maga don't want foreign interference in our crimes - except when putine does it.

[paleotn]

12. Much of the argument against signing on is it ties the government's hands on matters of foreign policy...

Particularly military intervention. My response is.....So the US wants to be free to do things the rest of the civilized world considers crimes? Oh, that's just great. We were acting like a damn rogue state even before Trump.

[ck4829]

3. K&R

[dalton99a]

4. 100%.

[Prairie Gates]

5. He's absolutely correct - and drag half the cabinet ministers there with him

[Chasstev365]

6. He is saying what many know is the truth, but lack the courage to say it.

[efhmc]

9. He is the pedopres' perfect partner.

[paleotn]

11. Absolutely he does.

Will be interesting to see what the city's lawyers come up with.

[DFW]

13. The law is rather specific

A sitting head of state, unless the ICC has issued an arrest warrant, enjoys immunity while in NYC on official government (UN , e.g.) business.

If I knew that, then so does Mamdani.

[Celerity]

16. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on November 21, 2024, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Gaza war.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/netanyahu

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendant/gallant

[sarisataka]

17. I think in addition to the immunity

it is very questionable if a municipal police force has the authority to enforce an ICC arrest warrant. Also, also, the US is not even an ICC member further weakening any justification to arrest him.

[Celerity]

19. There IS an ICC arrest warrant for Bibi, so the other poster's reply does not hold up as a valid blocking reason.

[sarisataka]

21. I never claim there wasn't

I am pointing out that the US is not a signatory to the ICC

[Celerity]

22. I did not say you claimed that, I said the other poster did.

[sarisataka]

25. I misunderstood your point

I don't believe any municipal police however, can claim authority to enforce an international warrant on their own

[WorseDayEver]

18. There are warrants already from ICC for that piece of shit

[malaise]

14. Duh!

Rec

[WorseDayEver]

15. Going to be a Great Mayor

[JBTaurus83]

20. Netanyahu is a piece of shit

Lock him up and throw away the key.

[Akakoji]

23. Didn't the US pull this with Arafat?

All the time?

[sarisataka]

26. It would be mentioned that Arafat should be arrested

When he went to the UN however, nothing ever came of it

[leftstreet]

24. DURec