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Mamdani admits he lacks authority to arrest PM Netanyahu, urges US to join ICC

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani admitted that his administration does not have the authority to execute the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video statement released by the mayor's office on Wednesday.

In the statement, titled "Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal," Mamdani reiterated accusations that Netanyahu was responsible for an alleged "genocide against the Palestinian people" and the blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

"It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant," he lamented.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon decried Mamdani's statement as blood libel, accusing the mayor of serving Hamas rather than the New Yorkers he was elected to represent.