{"id":18270,"date":"2026-07-26T23:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T18:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18270"},"modified":"2026-07-26T23:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T18:15:47","slug":"netanyahu-accuses-mamdani-of-fomenting-hate-and-calls-icc-war-crimes-charges-bogus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18270","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of &#8216;fomenting hate&#8217; and calls ICC war-crimes charges &#8216;bogus&#8217;"},"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 data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">WASHINGTON &#8212; <\/span>Israel&#8217;s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/benjamin-netanyahu\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said Sunday that New York <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/zohran-mamdani\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> is \u201cfomenting hate\u201d by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">war in Gaza<\/a> if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Netanyahu said he intends to be in New York in September to address the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, despite the mayor&#8217;s suggestion that he is not welcome. Mamdani <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-mamdani-israel-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-5d2dc3bed6a30a2ee8b4e7fbaaa66603\">said last week<\/a> that while New York City does not have legal authority to execute an <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/icc-israel-hamas-warrants-netanyahu-palestinian-arrest-73c854d072e0a1a41b19b2cb2cdd07fa\">arrest warrant issued<\/a> by the world&#8217;s top war-crimes court, he encouraged the federal government to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cHe\u2019s supposed to be the mayor of all New Yorkers \u2014 Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone,\u201d Netanyahu said on Fox News Channel&#8217;s \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d with Maria Bartiromo. \u201cBut he\u2019s trying to turn one group against the other.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The prime minister has become an increasingly polarizing figure over Israel&#8217;s war in Gaza, which was ignited by the Oct. 7, 2023, deadly attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants. Israel also joined the U.S. in starting the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-diplomacy-netanyahu-d491158a4c9a1d3429a87a6ed58f2f72\">war against Iran<\/a> on Feb. 28 before launching a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-lebanon-invasion-attack-war-ap-style-2e22f39ce455f859483463550c0725f0\">ground invasion in southern Lebanon<\/a> in response to fire from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed the International Criminal Court&#8217;s war crimes charges against him as \u201cbogus.\u201d He pointed to <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/war-crimes-international-criminal-court-sexual-misconduct-metoo-7519d876decb945aafc2215756df19b2\">sexual misconduct allegations<\/a> against the ICC&#8217;s top prosecutor, who was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/icc-court-prosecutor-karim-khan-united-nations-5a9490e98b74f3bf13f5eae26fb3c3d7\">removed from that post<\/a> on Friday, and said the warrant was an attempt to divert attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The mayor\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Netanyahu said he was concerned that once-bipartisan <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-jewish-adults-democrat-republican-trump-netanyahu-9114d71c93fad1997ae224e8992b7988\">political support<\/a> for Israel in the U.S. is at risk, particularly as progressive and far-left Democrats aligned with the Mamdani wing of the party splinter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He also warned against <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-jewish-adults-antisemitism-israel-safety-82eba4bd6970145593bc8b77d5b8ad41\">rising antisemitism in the U.S.<\/a> and other Western countries, saying that when he talks to people in New York City, home to the second-largest Jewish population in the world, &#8220;Jews feel very uncomfortable.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cAnd I think it\u2019s wrong. The whole thing is wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Throughout his mayoral election campaign last year, Mamdani said he would seek to order the city\u2019s police to execute the ICC\u2019s arrest warrant over Netanyahu&#8217;s role in the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">But Mamdani acknowledged last week that his city did not have the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu and called on federal authorities to step in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cI want to be equally clear, Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large,\u201d he said in a video message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He told New Yorkers that he understood their frustration and that expressions of protest is something the city would \u201calways respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Hague-based court has accused Netanyahu, his former defense minister and the late leader of Hamas of crimes against humanity. The Palestinian territory\u2019s Health Ministry says over 73,000 people have been killed in Israel\u2019s offensive \u2014 roughly half of them women and children. Some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the initial Hamas attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trump told Netanyahu in a social media post Monday that he \u201cwill not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Netanyahu is expected in Washington this week to meet with Trump and attend funeral services for the late <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lindsey-graham-dies-south-carolina-bfa556e170f2df22ce9ffc7165da3dfa\">Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Graham, a leading defense hawk and strong supporter of Israel, died suddenly two weeks ago of a likely torn aorta. The prime minster called him an \u201cextraordinary American patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Associated Press reporter Anthony Izaguirre in New York contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; Israel&#8217;s Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is \u201cfomenting hate\u201d by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly. 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