Let the games begin (come January):
Yes, even when Mamdani takes office on the first of the year, Benjamin Netanyahu will visit New York City. If you'll remember, Mamdani vowed to have Bibi arrested under an International Criminal Court warrant for war crimes.
"Being a city of international law means looking to uphold international law," Mamdani has said, according to PM. "And that means upholding the warrants from the International Criminal Court, whether they're for Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin."
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Legal experts have cast doubt on whether Mamdani could actually carry out an arrest. The United States does not recognize the ICC, and Washington, along with Israel, has long slammed the court's attempts to claim jurisdiction in their cases.
The Trump administration-imposed sanctions on ICC officials earlier this year.Syracuse University law professor Cora True-Frost said the mayor-elect's vow is 'politically very significant' but would be nearly impossible to enforce. She noted that foreign policy authority belongs to the federal government and that the administration would likely assert head-of-state immunity on Netanyahu's behalf.
Bibi would also be protected when he visits the UN in New York under "diplomatic immunity rules."
Bibi when Mamdani & Co. try to arrest him:
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