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State Rep. Chris Rabb<\/a>, the Philadelphia progressive running as a Democrat for Congress, called Benjamin Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d at a protest in New York on Thursday, as the Israeli prime minister gave a speech to the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m here in solidarity with all these brave souls who want their country to be on the right side of history and who acknowledge that Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and should be in the Hague,\u201d Rabb said at the protest, captured in a video posted on social media<\/a>, referring to the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to make a decision about where our taxpayer dollar goes. We should not be funding atrocities overseas,\u201d said Rabb, who is running to replace U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans.<\/p>\n In his speech, Netanyahu called allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza not only false, but \u201cthe biggest lie of the century,\u201d the Associated Press reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n As he arrived for his speech, scores of delegates trooped out before he started speaking.<\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani, New York\u2019s first Muslim mayor and an outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights, has urged Netyanhau\u2019s arrest<\/a>, asserting that the U.S. should honor a war crimes warrant for Netanyahu issued by the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n Netanyahu released a video earlier this week directed against Mamdani, saying he was coming to the U.N. \u201cto tell the truth about our heroic soldiers\u201d and \u201cto tell the truth about you.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. is not a party to the International Criminal Court, and New York City does not have the authority to arrest the prime minister. Israel denies that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide, saying that they are a military response targeting Hamas for the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that killed about 1,200 Israelis, including hundreds at a music festival. More than 73,000 Palestinians have died in the war in Gaza, according to the Gaza health authority.<\/p>\n Among the other participants in the New York protest was Hannah Einbinder, the Emmy-winning actress whose father was born in Doylestown. She famously shouted<\/a> \u201cGo Birds, f\u2014 ICE, and free Palestine!\u201d during her Emmy acceptance speech last year.<\/p>\n Rabb was recorded standing next to two other Democratic congressional candidates, Adam Hamawy of New Jersey and Melat Kiros of Colorado.<\/p>\n Correction: This article has been updated to correctly reflect the year Einbinder made her Emmy acceptance speech.<\/p>\n Chris Rabb, Dr. Adam Hamawy, and Melat Kiros interviewed at @jvplive<\/a> NYC protest of Benjamin Netanyahu<\/p>\n Rabb: “Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and should be in the Hague. <\/p>\n We’re sending money to support a genocide, and bombing in Iran and Lebanon and so forth, when that\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/scJxs3ODQ7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Popstonox (@Popstonox) September 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n