{"id":307003,"date":"2026-07-27T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/307003\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:55:10","slug":"netanyahu-blasts-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-for-fomenting-hate-over-bogus-gaza-war-crimes-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/307003\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu blasts NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for ‘fomenting hate’ over ‘bogus’ Gaza war crimes charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel\u2019s Benjamin Netanyahu said he intends to be in New York in September to address the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, despite the mayor\u2019s suggestion that he is not welcome. Mamdani\u00a0said last week<\/a>\u00a0that while New York City does not have legal authority to execute an\u00a0arrest warrant issued<\/a>\u00a0by the world\u2019s top war-crimes court, he encouraged the federal government to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers \u2014 Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,\u201d Netanyahu said on Fox<\/a> News<\/a> Channel\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d with Maria Bartiromo. \u201cBut he\u2019s trying to turn one group against the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prime minister has become an increasingly polarizing figure over Israel\u2019s war in Gaza, which was ignited by the Oct. 7, 2023, deadly attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants. Israel also joined the U.S. in starting the\u00a0war against Iran<\/a>\u00a0on Feb. 28 before launching a\u00a0ground invasion in southern Lebanon<\/a>\u00a0in response to fire from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed the International Criminal Court\u2019s war crimes charges against him as \u201cbogus.\u201d He pointed to\u00a0sexual misconduct allegations<\/a>\u00a0against the ICC\u2019s top prosecutor, who was\u00a0removed from that post<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, and said the warrant was an attempt to divert attention.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.<\/p>\n

Bipartisan U.S. support for Israel at risk, Netanyahu says<\/p>\n

Netanyahu said he was concerned that once-bipartisan\u00a0political support<\/a>\u00a0for Israel in the U.S. is at risk, particularly as progressive and far-left Democrats aligned with the Mamdani wing of the party splinter.<\/p>\n

He also warned against\u00a0rising antisemitism in the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0and other Western countries, saying that when he talks to people in New York City, home to the second-largest Jewish population in the world, \u201cJews feel very uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s wrong. The whole thing is wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Throughout his mayoral election campaign last year, Mamdani said he would seek to order the city\u2019s police to execute the ICC\u2019s arrest warrant over Netanyahu\u2019s role in the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

But Mamdani acknowledged last week that his city did not have the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu and called on federal authorities to step in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be equally clear, Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large,\u201d he said in a video message.<\/p>\n

He told New Yorkers that he understood their frustration and that expressions of protest is something the city would \u201calways respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hague-based court has accused Netanyahu, his former defense minister and the late leader of Hamas of crimes against humanity. The Palestinian territory\u2019s Health Ministry says over 73,000 people have been killed in Israel\u2019s offensive \u2014 roughly half of them women and children. Some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the initial Hamas attack on Israel.<\/p>\n

Trump has assured Netanyahu he won\u2019t be arrested<\/p>\n

Trump told Netanyahu in a social media post Monday that he \u201cwill not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netanyahu is expected in Washington this week to meet with Trump and attend funeral services for the late\u00a0Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graham, a leading defense hawk and strong supporter of Israel, died suddenly two weeks ago of a likely torn aorta. The prime minster called him an \u201cextraordinary American patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press reporter Anthony Izaguirre in New York contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s\u00a0Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>\u00a0said Sunday that New York\u00a0Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u00a0is \u201cfomenting hate\u201d by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the\u00a0war in Gaza<\/a>\u00a0if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu said he intends to be in New York in September to address the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, despite the mayor\u2019s suggestion that he is not welcome. Mamdani\u00a0said last week<\/a>\u00a0that while New York City does not have legal authority to execute an\u00a0arrest warrant issued<\/a>\u00a0by the world\u2019s top war-crimes court, he encouraged the federal government to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers \u2014 Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,\u201d Netanyahu said on Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d with Maria Bartiromo. \u201cBut he\u2019s trying to turn one group against the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prime minister has become an increasingly polarizing figure over Israel\u2019s war in Gaza, which was ignited by the Oct. 7, 2023, deadly attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants. Israel also joined the U.S. in starting the\u00a0war against Iran<\/a>\u00a0on Feb. 28 before launching a\u00a0ground invasion in southern Lebanon<\/a>\u00a0in response to fire from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed the International Criminal Court\u2019s war crimes charges against him as \u201cbogus.\u201d He pointed to\u00a0sexual misconduct allegations<\/a>\u00a0against the ICC\u2019s top prosecutor, who was\u00a0removed from that post<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, and said the warrant was an attempt to divert attention.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.<\/p>\n

Bipartisan U.S. support for Israel at risk, Netanyahu says<\/p>\n

Netanyahu said he was concerned that once-bipartisan\u00a0political support<\/a>\u00a0for Israel in the U.S. is at risk, particularly as progressive and far-left Democrats aligned with the Mamdani wing of the party splinter.<\/p>\n

He also warned against\u00a0rising antisemitism in the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0and other Western countries, saying that when he talks to people in New York City, home to the second-largest Jewish population in the world, \u201cJews feel very uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s wrong. The whole thing is wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Throughout his mayoral election campaign last year, Mamdani said he would seek to order the city\u2019s police to execute the ICC\u2019s arrest warrant over Netanyahu\u2019s role in the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

But Mamdani acknowledged last week that his city did not have the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu and called on federal authorities to step in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be equally clear, Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large,\u201d he said in a video message.<\/p>\n

He told New Yorkers that he understood their frustration and that expressions of protest is something the city would \u201calways respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hague-based court has accused Netanyahu, his former defense minister and the late leader of Hamas of crimes against humanity. The Palestinian territory\u2019s Health Ministry says over 73,000 people have been killed in Israel\u2019s offensive \u2014 roughly half of them women and children. Some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the initial Hamas attack on Israel.<\/p>\n

Trump has assured Netanyahu he won\u2019t be arrested<\/p>\n

Trump told Netanyahu in a social media post Monday that he \u201cwill not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netanyahu is expected in Washington this week to meet with Trump and attend funeral services for the late\u00a0Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graham, a leading defense hawk and strong supporter of Israel, died suddenly two weeks ago of a likely torn aorta. The prime minster called him an \u201cextraordinary American patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press reporter Anthony Izaguirre in New York contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Benjamin Netanyahu said he intends to be in New York in September to address the annual U.N.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[60,9,56,63,65,64,82],"class_list":["post-307003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-israel","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307003","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=307003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}