Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that he has no plans to cancel his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani's repeated calls for his arrest if he were to visit the Big Apple."I'm going to New York," Netanyahu said during an interview with "Hannity" following his White House meeting with President Donald Trump Tuesday."I'm going to speak the truth in front of this hate-spewing elected official who's pitting one group of New Yorkers against the others.He's turning them against New York Jews."NETANYAHU FIRES BACK AT NYC MAYOR MAMDANI'S VOW TO ENFORCE 'BOGUS ARREST WARRANT'Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15.; Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, right, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for 2 World Trade Center in New York on Thursday, July 9.
(RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images; Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Mamdani has long criticized Netanyahu over alleged atrocities committed by Israeli forces in military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon.He recently called Netanyahu a "war criminal" and "the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people." Tens of thousands of Gazans were killed in the war.While Mamdani acknowledged that city officials lack the legal authority to arrest him under the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant, the mayor urged federal officials to do so.MAMDANI GOES BACK ON CAMPAIGN PROMISE, SAYS NYC CAN'T ARREST NETANYAHUNetanyahu, in turn, has accused Mamdani of fomenting hate and denounced his rhetoric, saying he is purposefully attempting to turn the people of New York against its Jewish population.New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a still image taken from handout video released on July 21, 2026.(Reuters)"What are we in the 1930s? What is this? So much hate, so many lies," Netanyahu told host Sean Hann...