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Jailing Netanyahu

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Liz Wolfe | 7.22.2026 9:30 AM

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Nabbing the "war criminal": Yesterday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged the federal government to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—whom Mamdani calls a "war criminal"—when he comes to Manhattan for diplomatic purposes in September.

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Mamdani has, per a video released yesterday and a New York Times podcast interview that went out this past weekend, spent his precious time exploring whether the New York City Police Department could legally arrest Netanyahu during his expected visit to the city in September. Apparently his lawyers said the city does not have "independent legal authority" to do so—much to his dismay. So now Mamdani is asking the feds to do it.

In 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu as well as his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant. They stand accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the........

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