Mamdani Reiterates Vow to Arrest Netanyahu as Poll Shows Nyers Prefer Him Over Any Opponent on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

 

Zohran Mamdani said he would seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Mamdani is elected and Netanyahu comes to New York City.

“This is something that I intend to fulfill,” Mamdani, the Democratic candidate and frontrunner, told The New York Times in an interview released Friday.

Mamdani, a staunch and longtime critic of Israel and its government, had indicated during the primary that he would aim to carry out an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court last year against Netanyahu over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, where Israel has been fighting Hamas since October 2023.