00:00Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, the architect of a horrific genocide against
00:04the Palestinian people.
00:05He is responsible for the killing of more than 73,000 people, for the maiming of tens
00:12of thousands of children, as those who survive undergo amputation without anesthesia, for
00:18the targeting of neonatal hospitals and maternity care centers, denying newborns even the chance
00:23to live, for the countless people he starved as he blocked food and humanitarian aid from
00:27reaching them, for the gunning down of hundreds of aid workers and journalists.
00:32And just last month, the UN confirmed that Palestinian children continue to be deliberately
00:37targeted and killed by Israeli armed forces, more than eight months after the so-called
00:42ceasefire.
00:43The list goes on and on, all as we, as Americans, pay for the bombs that do the killing.
00:50There is a reason the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest.
00:53As human beings, we have spent generations building a shared understanding that there
00:58are crimes so grave they offend all of humanity.
01:02Anyone with their eyes, with their heart, with their conscience should recognize the devastation
01:08he has wrought and understand that he belongs before a court of law.
01:13As I've said, I agree with the ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested and tried for his
01:18crimes, as I do for anyone else charged by the ICC.
01:23My administration has reviewed every avenue available, under applicable law, to determine
01:28whether New York City could execute the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant if Benjamin Netanyahu
01:33came here.
01:34It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.
01:38The federal government, however, does.
01:40And I call on them to join the ICC and execute this warrant.
01:44And I want to be equally clear.
01:47Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large.
01:52While we cannot end the genocide on our own, we can decide whether our silence will become
01:57another weapon, and we can examine every tool we have to defend the humanity and dignity of all people.
02:03That is my commitment to you.
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