United States (US) President Donald Trump has fired back at New York City (NYC) Mayor Zohran Mamdani after the latter announced that he may consider arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and executing the warrants of the International Criminal Court (ICC) when he visits the US.
Now the 47th POTUS has stepped in and, without referring to the mayor’s comments, Trump announced that Netanyahu will not be arrested in the US
Using his own Truth Social platform, the 80-year-old Republican leader wrote: “Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape or form, while in the United States.”
Trump credited the Israeli prime minister as someone who fought against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which spent the “last 47 years killing American soldiers and others.”
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This comes after Mamdani told that New York Times that the city was considering all possible legal options. In a video podcast The interviewsaid the 34-year-old socialist-democratic mayor: “I think Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague. He is a war criminal who has been indicted by the ICC.”
The Hague-based ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu in 2024 over his alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Earlier, Israel responded to Mamdani’s comments, describing the ICC as a “kangaroo court”.
Netanyahu is currently scheduled to visit the United States this week, with travel arrangements scheduled to begin on Saturday.
