While a few people may be looking to New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani to kiss their rear ends and magically fix everything, most Americans can spot an underqualified empty suit from a mile away. Mamdani\u2019s rise wasn\u2019t the result of competence or a proven record \u2014 it was the product of a perfect political storm and a laundry list of absurd promises, from solving the city\u2019s unaffordable housing crisis to lowering food prices to declaring free bus and subway travel by executive decree.<\/p>\n
On the surface, this is straight out of the Leftist Politics 101 playbook: promise free stuff to the masses and hope no one asks who\u2019s paying for it. But look closer, and it becomes painfully obvious we\u2019re dealing with someone who isn\u2019t just ideologically extreme \u2014 he\u2019s completely detached from reality.<\/p>\n
During the campaign, Mamdani pandered shamelessly to his pro-Hamas cheerleaders by vowing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he ever set foot in New York \u2014 a fantasy-line promise meant to thrill the radical fringe rather than address a single real-world problem facing the city:<\/p>\n
Which is why his repeated promise to order the Police Department to arrest the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, if he were to come to New York City while Mamdani was mayor, has confounded several of Mamdani\u2019s allies \u2014 and fed his enemies.<\/p>\n
Mamdani has said he would be honoring the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court charging Netanyahu with crimes against humanity in Gaza. But the United States does not recognize the authority of the I.C.C., and legal experts regard such an arrest as most likely illegal. More to the point, the act could prompt something like a constitutional crisis with the Police Department. Trump has already promised that he would intercede.<\/p>\n
What Mamdani is talking about are the International Criminal Court arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant \u2014 warrants pushed by the same globalist institutions that always seem to look the other way when terrorists spill innocent Israeli blood but spring into action the moment Israel defends itself. The charges stem from Israel\u2019s crushing response to Hamas after the barbaric October 7, 2023, massacre of Israeli civilians \u2014 an attack so depraved it shocked even war-hardened observers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Netanyahu has an open invitation to visit New York City from Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, and he\u2019s indicated he intends to make the trip:<\/p>\n
Netanyahu dismissed any threat of arrest in an interview on Thursday with pro-Israel Australian journalist Erin Molan, insisting he was \u201cnot afraid\u201d of travelling to New York.<\/p>\n
He used the interview to belittle Mamdani\u2019s political experience and activism, calling him \u201ca young, uneducated leader\u201d and attacking his Democratic Socialist views.<\/p>\n
Mamdani doubled down on his threat Friday in an interview on the \u201cPolitics Unusual\u201d show hosted by Morgan McKay:<\/p>\n
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MCKAY: Now, you and Mayor Eric Adams, your teams have met to discuss the transition. You two haven\u2019t met yet. When do you plan to meet?<\/p>\n
MAMDANI: He\u2019s currently abroad, when he returns we\u2019ll be having that meeting.<\/p>\n
MCKAY: So he\u2019s in Israel, he\u2019s in Israel today. He seems to be needling you a little bit in these final days. In certain policy moves that he\u2019s been making. He also invited the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to New York City on your first day, when you\u2019re being sworn in. You\u2019ve said in the past that you want to arrest Netanyahu for alleged war crimes. Do you plan to arrest Netanyahu on your first day?<\/p>\n
MAMDANI: So, my plan on my first day is to become sworn in as the next Mayor of New York City and deliver on the \u201caffordability agenda.\u201d I\u2019ve said time and again, this is a city of international law, a city that believes in those values and one that should honor the warrants that have been issued by the International Criminal Court, be it for Vladimir Putin or Benjamin Netanyahu. And I\u2019ve also said that, unlike Donald Trump, I\u2019m not going to create my own set of laws, and what that means is exhausting every single legal option. Now the Mayor is free to travel where he would like to spend the final weeks and months of his administration and he\u2019s free to speak to whomever he would like to. My focus is actually on delivering for New Yorkers; that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to be doing.<\/p>\n
Factually, the United States does not recognize the authority of the International Criminal Court, and anything the ICC issues \u2014 warrants, opinions, threats, whatever \u2014 carries zero legal weight here. New York City, contrary to Mamdani\u2019s fantasies, is governed by U.S. law, not whatever international tribunal his far-left base is swooning over.<\/p>\n
And Mamdani might want to catch up on recent history: back in February, President Trump signed an executive order slapping sanctions on ICC officials involved in targeting Netanyahu. In other words, the U.S. government has made it abundantly clear where it stands \u2014 and it\u2019s not with the Hague bureaucrats Mamdani is trying to impress.<\/p>\n
Once he\u2019s sworn in, he\u2019s going to learn quickly that his performative \u201cNetanyahu arrest\u201d talk is nothing more than bluster, completely detached from legal reality. That said, should he actually try to arrest Netanyahu, it\u2019s certainly going to be a popcorn-worthy moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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