Mamdani says NYC should honor ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist candidate for mayor of New York, said the city should honor the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to visit the city.

“I said this is a city that believes in international law, and this is a city that wants to elevate and uphold those beliefs,” Mamdani told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on “The Story” Wednesday.

MacCallum then challenged Mamdani, saying, “The United States does not stand with the International Criminal Court.”

Mamdani acknowledged that the United States did not sign the treaty for the International Criminal Court.

Mamdani keeps his promise to arrest Netanyahu if he comes to New York.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks Wednesday during an interview on Fox News’ “The Story with Martha MacCallum,” where he discussed the Gaza ceasefire and said he would uphold an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Fox News)

“The Criminal Court, however, issued an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, as it did against Vladimir Putin,” he continued. “I said that I believed that we should enforce the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court and that we would only do so…by respecting all the laws before us.”

Mamdani said he would not make new laws to ensure Netanyahu could be arrested.

MacCallum then asked Mamdani if ​​he thought New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch would allow him to arrest Netanyahu in the city.

Mamdani refused to answer the question and, when asked again, said: “I can tell you that I will exhaust all legal options available to me, without making new laws to do so. »

Netanyahu faces an ICC arrest warrant linked to alleged war crimes in Gaza. The United States does not recognize the ICC.

The mayoral candidate also notably refused to give any credit to President Donald Trump during the interview regarding the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas obtained last week.

“Whether it’s credit or not, I think it’s too early to do it, too early to tell,” Mamdani said. “But if it turns out to be something lasting, something lasting, then I think that’s where you give credit.”

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President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House for a meeting April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Additionally, Mamdani did not respond to MacCallum’s direct questions about Hamas “secularists.”[ing] put down your weapons” in Gaza.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani defended New York Attorney General Letitia James during a press conference on October 10, 2025, after James was indicted by a grand jury in Virginia. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

“I don’t really have an opinion on the future of Hamas and Israel beyond the question of justice and security and the fact that everything must respect international law, and that applies to Hamas, that applies to the Israeli military, applies to anyone you might ask me about,” Mamdani said.

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Mamdani will debate Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa on Thursday evening in the campaign’s first face-off.