New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told podcaster Theo Von on Thursday that he found it "strange" to be called out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his address to the United Nations General Assembly in late September."And he called you out too," Von recalled."Was that weird? Was that scary?""It was strange," Mamdani said.
"I mean, I was — I was having a meeting with the prime minister of the Netherlands at the LGBTQ center in downtown Manhattan," Mamdani recalled."Then I get back from that meeting, and it's like, ‘Oh, by the way, here's what he was saying at the UN.’"Netanyahu had criticized Mamdani directly during the speech, accusing him of spreading "lies" about Israel and trying to prevent him from speaking in the city.WATCH: MASS WALKOUT BEFORE NETANYAHU SPEECH PROMPTS FIERY RESPONSE FROM ISRAELI PRIME MINISTERA split image shows New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
(Getty Images)"So to all those spreading these lies about my country and about our brave soldiers, whether they sit in this hall or in the office of the antisemitic mayor of New York, I say this: Shame on you," Netanyahu said."Shame on you for distorting the facts.
Shame on you for inverting victim and aggressor.Shame on you for spitting in the face of truth, Mr.
Mamdani." Mamdani initially promised to have Netanyahu arrested during his mayoral campaign, and later called on the federal government to execute the arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Israeli leader visits New York.The ICC issued the warrant in November 2024 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.Netanyahu and the Israeli government have rejected the allegations and challenged the court's actions.Von asked the mayor, "But if you had your say, we would have arrested the guy, you think?""If I had my say, the U.S.
government would have joined the ICC, honored every single warrant that they've issued," Mamdani said.MAMDANI D...