Sadiq Khan says Netanyahu perpetrating genocide and not welcome in London

Sadiq Khan says Netanyahu perpetrating genocide and not welcome in London Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 07/24/2026 - 11:16 London mayor says if Israeli PM visits city then he would lobby UK government to enforce ICC arrest warrant Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, speaks at the Guildhall in central London, on 23 June 2026 (AFP/Pool/Jordan Pettitt) Off Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has said that Benjamin Netanyahu is the perpetrator of genocide in Gaza, and that he would lobby the UK government to arrest the Israeli premier if he ever visited. Earlier this week, Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, said that Netanyahu was a war criminal and that the federal US government should arrest him on behalf of the International Criminal Court during a planned trip to America later this year. The London mayor was asked on Thursday by Channel 4 News if he would “follow suit”.