Netanyahu fires back at NYC Mayor Mamdani's vow to enforce 'bogus arrest warrant'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office is accusing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of attacking the Jewish state to distract from his record in New York after calling Netanyahu a "war criminal."The prime minister's office fired back Sunday after the Democratic mayor said his administration was exploring whether it could arrest the Israeli leader during an expected visit to the city under the International Criminal Court's warrant."The ICC is a kangaroo court that has no jurisdiction over Americans or Israelis," Netanyahu's office wrote in an X post Sunday, amid recent reports he is nearing a trip to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump.POTENTIAL 2028 DEM CONTENDER UNLOADS ON NETANYAHU, ADMITS US-ISRAEL TIES AT 'CROSSROADS'New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has threatened to enforce the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.(Getty Images)"Its bogus arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu was issued by a disgraced former ICC Prosecutor, Karim Khan, a few days before allegations of sexual misconduct against him became public," Netanyahu's office said.

"It was a clear attempt by Khan to divert public attention and seek protection from scrutiny."Mamdani is following the same playbook, the office added."Instead of backing Khan's criminal behaviour, Mr.Mamdani should focus on fixing the damage his policies have caused New York," the post concluded.

"Like Karim Khan, Mamdani appears interested in diverting public attention from his follies and attacking the leader of the Jewish state and the only democracy in the Middle East."MAMDANI SPARKS FIERCE BACKLASH FOR WORLD CUP STUNT 'PALLING AROUND' WITH RIKERS ISLAND CONVICTSIsrael vowed to ignore the ICC warrant while it roots Hamas, "a genocidal terrorist organization ," out of Gaza.Under Prime Minister Netanyahu's leadership, Israel has taken unprecedented wartime measures to minimize harm to civilians while confronting Hamas, a genoci...