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During his campaign, Zohran Mamdani repeatedly claimed he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited New York, despite the fact that the United States does not recognize the ICC's authority over U.S. actions.
This is the same mayor who refuses to allow the NYPD to cooperate with ICE because, he argues, New York police should enforce New York law—not federal immigration law. Yet he had no problem promising to use the NYPD to enforce an international arrest warrant.
And it's not just Republicans speaking out against enforcing this warrant, Democrat Senators John Fetterman and Richard Blumenthal are also against it. In fact, even Joe Biden rallies against the ICC's actions.
Mamdani accusing Netanyahu of committing war crimes is not only inaccurate, his outrage appears highly selective. When Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited New York to address the United Nations, Mamdani did not call for his arrest, despite Raisi's long record of alleged human rights abuses and his reported role in the executions of thousands of political prisoners in Iran.
Likewise, when Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro visited New York, Mamdani said nothing, even though Maduro has faced allegations of torture, arbitrary detention, and sexual violence by international investigators. Instead, Mamdani criticized the Trump administration's actions against Maduro, calling them an act of war.
Why the double standard? If international justice should be applied consistently, why does Mamdani reserve his calls for arrest for some world leaders while remaining silent about others accused of serious human rights abuses?
Watch the evidence and decide for yourself.
