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Anonymous ID: d48f44 Nov. 4, 2025, 8:47 p.m. No.23813981   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3985 >>4005

>>23813971 kek

Israel must be perplexed

“what have we done.”

 

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Zohran Mamdani, a mayoral candidate in New York City, has stated he would direct the NYPD to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he entered the city, based on an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. However, legal experts consider this pledge unenforceable because the U.S. does not recognize the ICC and state or local authorities, like the NYPD, are subject to U.S. federal law, which prohibits such action. Congress has also introduced a bill to explicitly prevent Mamdani or any other official from taking such a step.

 

Mamdani's statement: Zohran Mamdani said he would act on an ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, calling him a "war criminal," The New York Times and that he would order the New York Police Department (NYPD) to make the arrest.

 

Legal barriers: Legal experts say such a plan is impossible to execute because of U.S. sovereignty.

The U.S. is not a member of the ICC and does not recognize its authority to issue warrants for U.S. soil.

The federal government has exclusive authority over foreign relations, and U.S. law does not empower state or local officials to enforce ICC warrants.

Congressional action: In response, Congress has moved to block such a possibility. Specifically, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik led a bill to prohibit any U.S. official from taking action to arrest Netanyahu based on an ICC warrant.