New York Mayor Mamdani urges US to enforce ICC arrest warrant for 'war criminal' Netanyahu

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has urged the US federal government to enforce an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because New York City lacks the legal authority to do so.

In a video posted to social media on Tuesday, Mr Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" and "the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people".

"The federal government, however, does, and I call on them to join the ICC and execute this warrant," Mr Mamdani said.

The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, called Mr Mamdani "an ignorant bigot" and accused him of using the "genocide" term to "stoke Jew hate".