Meeks Warns Mamdani Not to Arrest Netanyahu Over 2024 ICC Warrants
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Meeks Warns Mamdani Not to Arrest Netanyahu Over 2024 ICC Warrants
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
Gregory Meeks said Mayor Zohran Mamdani should not try to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister visits New York for the September U.N. General Assembly.
CNN's interview followed Mamdani's remarks that his administration is in an "active conversation" with the city's Law Department and will do "whatever the law allows" after calling Netanyahu a war criminal.
Meeks argued the U.N. must remain open to all leaders and said protests are appropriate, but disrupting the body's work by detaining a visiting leader is not.
The legal backdrop is limited: the ICC issued warrants in November 2024 for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, but the U.S. is not a Rome Statute party and does not share member states' arrest obligation.
Mamdani's stance had already drawn Democratic criticism a day earlier, underscoring party divisions over Israel ahead of Netanyahu's expected September trip.