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Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on Tuesday condemned New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s threat to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> during the U.N. General Assembly in September, saying that the mayor is the one whose arrest should be sought.<\/p>\n In a Hebrew post on X, Danon listed three reasons why Mamdani<\/a> \u201cneeds to stopped,\u201d including using \u201cdark, antisemitic rhetoric\u201d to refer to Jewish organizations, eulogizing Hamas terrorists and granting legitimacy to terrorism, and promoting meetings between Big Apple officials and representatives of the Iranian regime at the U.N.<\/p>\n In an accompanying English-language video statement delivered at the General Assembly, Danon vowed that the Israeli leader will travel to New York, speak from the U.N. podium and defend Israel\u2019s right to protect its citizens.<\/p>\n \u05d0\u05dd \u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05dc\u05e2\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05de\u05d9\u05e9\u05d4\u05d5, \u05d6\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05de\u05d3\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 – \u05d5\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e9 \u05e1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05de\u05d4:<\/p>\n 1. \u05de\u05db\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05f4\u05de\u05e4\u05dc\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05de\u05d6\u05d9\u05d6\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05e1\u05e3 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e4\u05dc \u05e9\u05dc\u05d4\u05df\u05f4 \u05d5\u05de\u05e9\u05ea\u05de\u05e9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d8\u05d9\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05ea \u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05db\u05d4. \u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05db\u05dd \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/6KVGNo5X0E<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Danny Danon \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 \u05d3\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d3\u05e0\u05d5\u05df (@dannydanon) July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Danon noted that the mayor has no jurisdiction because the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n His remarks came after Mamdani said he is in \u201cactive conversation\u201d with his legal department over whether the city could detain Netanyahu when he arrives for the annual gathering of world leaders.<\/p>\n
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