NYC pol trolls Mamdani by inviting Netanyahu to Big Apple on mayor-elects inauguration day
A trolling Brooklyn pol has invited Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to the city Jan.1 — the day of the swearing-in of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has vowed to try to arrest Bibi when he visits next.City Councilwoman and fierce Zionist Inna Vernikov said she issued a formal invitation to the prime minister to come to the Big Apple in January to “reaffirm the deep and enduring bond” between the city, US and the Jewish state.“Despite the vile rhetoric of unashamed Marxist radicals like Mayor-elect Mamdani, your visit would serve as a powerful reminder that this city stands with Israel, the Jewish people, and with the principles that unite our two great nations,” she wrote to Netanyahu.Mamdani, a socialist Muslim immigrant, vowed during his campaign to use the NYPD to arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot in the city again, citing the International Criminal Court’s 2024 arrest warrant for the leader’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, which the US doesn’t recognize.The Republican firebrand Vernikov chided the “irresponsible and frankly absurd statements” made by Mamdani, who has dogged relentless accusations of antisemitism.
She wrote to Netanyahu, “Whether individuals agree or disagree with your policies, you are the duly elected Prime Minister of the State of Israel: a democratic nation that stands as a beacon of hope, freedom, western values, resilience, and strength in a region surrounded by tyranny and terror.” In late 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants to Netanhayu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, alleging that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe the two men “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival.”But neither the US nor Israel recognize the ICC, having opted not to ratify the 1998 Rome Statute that created the tribunal.Mamdani still has doubled down on his vow in December 2024 to arrest the Israeli PM in recent interviews.Morning Rep...