00:00Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, the architect of a horrific genocide against
00:04the Palestinian people.
00:06He 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.
00:43All as we, as Americans, pay for the bombs that do the killing.
00:47There is a reason the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest.
00:51As human beings, we have spent generations building a shared understanding that there
00:56are crimes so grave, they offend all of humanity.
00:59As I've said, I agree with the ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested and tried for
01:04his crimes.
01:05As I do for anyone else charged by the ICC.
01:08My administration has reviewed every avenue available, under applicable law, to determine
01:14whether New York City could execute the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant if Benjamin Netanyahu
01:19came here.
01:19It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.
01:24The federal government, however, does, and I call on them to join the ICC and execute this
01:29warrant.
01:30And I want to be equally clear.
01:32Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large.
01:37While we cannot end the genocide on our own, we can decide whether our silence will become
01:42another weapon, and we can examine every tool we have to defend the humanity and dignity of
01:48all people.
01:49That is my commitment to you.
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