Overview
- Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar told the New York Post he would not enter a legal debate and reiterated that Benjamin Netanyahu will come to New York.
- Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani campaigned on directing the NYPD to execute the International Criminal Court warrant for Netanyahu tied to the Gaza war.
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul said a city mayor has no authority to carry out an ICC arrest of a foreign leader.
- Since naming Jessica Tisch as police commissioner–designate, Mamdani has not said whether he will pursue the arrest vow, drawing attention to potential friction.
- Sa’ar expressed cautious openness to future dialogue with Mamdani as Israeli officials dismiss the threat as irrelevant to Netanyahu’s travel plans.