posted on X Sunday afternoon<\/a> in response to Mamdani\u2019s clip.<\/p>\nMilwaukee Bucks star Kyle Kuzma ripped NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a video regarding his campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. X\/@NYCMayor<\/p>\n
\u201cA mayor playing president. A founder playing operator. A content creator playing one-on-one thinking he\u2019s a pro. A 25yr old with a ring light playing economist. Everyone auditioning. Nobody building,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWere [sic] raising a generation that learning the reward isn\u2019t in doing the thing it\u2019s in looking like you did the thing. The clip is the career. The pose is the product. The soundbite is the substitute for a life\u2019s work,\u201d he said, concluding with \u201cDon\u2019t fall for distractions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mamdani posted a video on social media last week calling Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d for Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza \u2014 but admitted he has no authority to arrest the Israeli leader during his trip to the Big Apple for the UN General Assembly in September.<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony on July 12, 2026. REUTERS<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court [ICC], which the US does not recognize, issued a warrant for Netanyahu\u2019s arrest in 2024 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n
The socialist mayor said that despite his administration reviewing \u201cevery avenue available\u201d to find a legal loophole to take Netanyahu into custody, they don\u2019t have the authority.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I\u2019ve said, I agree with the ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested and tried for his crimes, as I do for anyone else charged by the ICC,\u201d Hizzoner said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBenjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large.\u201d<\/p>\n
NBA star Kyle Kuzma attends a Cannes gala in France on May 21, 2026. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The front page of the New York Post on July 23, 2026.<\/p>\n
Mamdani threatened to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he traveled to New York City. Debbie Hill\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
The video statement came a day after President Trump vowed that Netanyahu \u201cwill not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kuzma, 31, has emerged as one of the NBA\u2019s loudest critics of progressive politics, according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\nHis comments are a stark contrast from fellow league stars, Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving and the San Antonio Spurs seven-footer Victor Wembanyama, who both liked Mamdani\u2019s controversial video on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA star Kyle Kuzma blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for \u201ccosplaying\u201d as president over his empty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3895,75837,57,1268,9,24,55,54,56,63,319,58,82],"class_list":["post-306505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-kyle-kuzma","tag-metro","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}