Netanyahu doubles down on visiting New York, despite Mamdani's calls for his arrest

Middle East Eye · July 29, 2026 Politics

Netanyahu doubles down on visiting New York, despite Mamdani's calls for his arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he plans to head to New York for the UN General Assembly this September, despite the city's mayor Zohran Mamdani's calls to enforce an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Netanyahu asserted to Fox News that he is going to the city, saying: "I'm definitely going there. I'm going to speak the truth in front of this hate-spewing elected official.

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