Mamdani Reverses Threat to Arrest Netanyahu, Urges U.S. to Enforce ICC Warrant
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani walked back his pledge to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, conceding a mayor lacks the authority and instead calling on the federal government to enforce the ICC warrant. The reversal exposed deep divisions among Democrats, with Rep. Rashida Tlaib publicly offering to help while other House members rejected the effort as political theater. The episode underscores how the party's progressive wing is testing the limits of its anti-Israel posture against legal and political reality.
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