Fox News: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is accusing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of attacking the Jewish state to distract from his record in New York after calling Netanyahu a “war criminal.”

The prime minister’s office fired back Sunday after the Democratic mayor said his administration was exploring whether it could arrest the Israeli leader during an expected visit to the city under the International Criminal Court’s warrant. “The ICC is a kangaroo court that has no jurisdiction over Americans or Israelis,” Netanyahu’s office wrote in an X post Sunday, amid recent reports he is nearing a trip to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump.

New York Times: More on the response from Netanyahu: Mr. Netanyahu addressed Mr. Mamdani’s threat to arrest him during a recent radio appearance, saying he was not concerned, and he accused the mayor of supporting Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls a significant portion of Gaza.

“I think he should look at who he’s condemning, who he’s praising,” the prime minister said during an interview this week with Sid Rosenberg, a local radio personality and a frequent critic of Mr. Mamdani. “He’s condemning Israel, the one democracy that stands shoulder to shoulder with American values.” “Who does he champion? Hamas, that calls openly to massacre every Jew on earth, that conducted that horrible massacre, the worst massacre on Jews since the Holocaust,” Mr. Netanyahu added.

He also said Mamdani “doesn’t care” that “those who hate the Jews and Israel ultimately hate America.”

“And in fact, I think secretly, he hates America,” the prime minister said.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA):

Q: Thoughts on Mayor Mamdani vowing to arrest Netanyahu?

FETTERMAN: “Such a TOUGH GUY! He has no way to do that. America is not even part of that corrupt court! He’s just a CLOWN to even say that. So, he won’t try that. And just — SIT DOWN and focus on problems they have in New York. That’s not your purview. SIT DOWN.”

Mamdani is failing to govern New York. Instead of focusing on his responsibilities as mayor and confronting the rising wave of antisemitism in his city, he has chosen to incite hostility and generate headlines by attacking the State of Israel.

It will not change a thing. Israeli… pic.twitter.com/kyHW6Yz1CA

— Danny Danon 🇮🇱 דני דנון (@dannydanon) July 18, 2026

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