{"id":16653,"date":"2026-07-25T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16653"},"modified":"2026-07-25T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:57:00","slug":"ro-khanna-calls-for-the-arrest-of-netanyahu-and-putin-you-cant-just-kill-women-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16653","title":{"rendered":"Ro Khanna Calls for the Arrest of Netanyahu and Putin: \u2018You Can\u2019t Just Kill Women and Children\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5674830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5674830\" class=\"wp-image-5674830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25282719626132-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5674830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call via AP Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. <strong>Ro Khanna<\/strong> (D-CA) called for President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> to arrest Israeli Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> and Russian President <strong>Vladimir Putin\u00a0<\/strong>if either were to set foot on U.S. soil, telling MeidasTouch on Friday, &#8220;You can&#8217;t just kill women and children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khanna&#8217;s comments come after New York City Mayor <strong>Zohran<\/strong> <strong>Mamdani<\/strong> released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/07\/22\/mamdani-says-us-authorities-should-arrest-netanyahu-architect-horrific-genocide\/\">statement<\/a> Tuesday acknowledging that although he doesn\u2019t have the authority to arrest Netanyahu himself \u2014 despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/trump-threatens-communist-mamdani-as-netanyahu-dismisses-candidates-silly-threat-to-arrest-him\/\">vowing<\/a> to do so during his mayoral campaign \u2014 the federal government does. He urged Washington to enforce the International Criminal Court\u2019s warrant and arrest Netanyahu during his expected September visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Asked for his thoughts on Mamdani, Khanna told MeidasTouch&#8217;s <strong>Pablo Manr\u00edquez<\/strong>, &#8220;He doesn&#8217;t have the authority, but let me be clear \u2014 the American president should arrest Netanyahu or Putin in accordance with international law. Full stop. America needs to cooperate with the ICC. It&#8217;s a matter of human rights, and it&#8217;s a matter of a rules-based international order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"50e7572d29d26544c68c1e7c7c5a4613\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f6a8.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udea8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Rep. Ro Khanna calls for the arrests of Netanyahu and Putin:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The American president should arrest Netanyahu or Putin in accordance with international law. Full stop&#8230;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If the ICC has an arrest warrant for someone, they should be arrested by America if they come into\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lHj51Vz4vG\">pic.twitter.com\/lHj51Vz4vG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MeidasTouch\/status\/2080784647248839036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What are the chances of Trump actually doing that, though?&#8221; Manr\u00edquez questioned. &#8220;He&#8217;s not exactly a law-and-order president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not a law-and-order president, and he doesn&#8217;t really care about human rights or international law,&#8221; Khanna declared. &#8220;It&#8217;s embarrassing to the United States and to the world community&#8230; It&#8217;s simple international law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t it, I guess, like a golden opportunity for Trump after Netanyahu kinda <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-war.html?eafs_enabled=false\">duped<\/a> him into getting into this quagmire of an endless war [with Iran]?&#8221; surmised MeidasTouch.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Well, there&#8217;d be some accountability. I mean, Netanyahu&#8217;s defying him. Netanyahu is continuing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crlwwwyy70do\">bomb<\/a> in Lebanon even though Trump is saying, &#8220;Stop it so I can end the war.&#8221; But this is about accountability. You can&#8217;t just kill women and children, have an ICC arrest warrant, and then walk into the United States of America and think nothing is gonna happen to you. If you come to our jurisdiction, America is a country that&#8217;s gonna enforce international law.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch above, via Meidas Touch. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/ro-khanna-calls-for-the-arrest-of-netanyahu-and-putin-you-cant-just-kill-women-and-children\/\">Ro Khanna Calls for the Arrest of Netanyahu and Putin: \u2018You Can\u2019t Just Kill Women and Children\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Rep. 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