Tensions are escalating between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani amid the war-crimes warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Netanyahu has audaciously challenged Mamdani: “Arrest me if you can.” Mamdani, a pro-Palestinian progressive, had pledged to act on the ICC warrant should Netanyahu visit New York. Meanwhile Netanyahu retaliated, deriding Mamdani as a “young, uneducated leader” and insisting he is unafraid to enter the city. The showdown captures a clash of international law, local politics and global activism—with both men staking symbolically charged positions.
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