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‘Not welcome in New York’: Mamdani takes stand against Netanyahu 73%
By Oliver Willis93%
7/22/2026, 5:00:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Biased Writer Voice, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 29.1% saturation with 182 hits. Analysis detected 1,017 faulty-reasoning hits from 626 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 65.9% and a BS Rank of 73% (5,482 of 20,313 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.00% of the article peer group.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday that federal authorities should arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes, rebuking President Donald Trump’s recent defense of the unpopular leader.
In a video posted to social media, Mamdani called Netanyahu a “war criminal.”
“He is responsible for the killing of more than 73,000 people, for the maiming of tens of thousands of children, as those who survive undergo amputation without anesthesia,” Mamdani said, referencing Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza region.
Mamdani also accused Netanyahu of targeting civilian hospitals, blocking food deliveries, and killing aid workers and journalists.
The mayor said that New York City did not have the authority to arrest Netanyahu if he visited the city, even with an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
He called on federal authorities—whom he said did have that authority—to arrest the Israeli leader and others facing international charges.
“Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large,” he concluded.
Mamdani’s statement stands in stark contrast with Trump’s blanket defense of Netanyahu, a long-time political ally of his.
“Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.
“He is fighting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which recently killed 52,000 innocent protestors, and has spent the last 47 years killing American Soldiers, and others.”
Mamdani’s proclamation follows a promise he made during his 2025 mayoral campaign that he would attempt to arrest Netanyahu if he visited New York while Mamdani was mayor.
A 2025 report from the United Nations’ independent international commission of inquiry determined that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
The report criticized Israel’s “scorched-earth military strategy,” pointing out that thousands of deaths have been caused by bombing raids and deliberately limiting food aid.
A new report from the same commission, released in June, found that Israel’s genocidal policies in Gaza have continued.
During a Wednesday appearance on Fox News, Republican Sen.
Tom Cotton of Arkansas complained that Mamdani’s statement could lead to “arresting Donald Trump and [Defense Secretary] Pete Hegseth and [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio in the future if they ever travel abroad.”
Cotton is seemingly admitting that the Trump administration is guilty of war crimes.
Of course, the administration has been accused of doing just that by bombing boats in the Atlantic Ocean on the unsubstantiated basis that the boats have been involved in narcotrafficking.
Trump has also threatened to attack Iranian civilian infrastructure as part of his war against that country, including targeting bridges and utilities.
Destroying that sort of infrastructure is generally recognized as a war crime.
The Trump administration has been trying to weaken and dismantle the International Criminal Court, which would inhibit the ability to prosecute Trump and his underlings in the future.
The Republican support for Netanyahu is out of touch with most Americans.
Since the beginning of the conflict and amid reports of mass killings of the civilian Palestinian population, support has fallen for the Israeli government.
Earlier this month, a poll released by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only 20% of Americans had a favorable opinion of Netanyahu, while 38% were unfavorable and 42% either said they didn’t know or skipped the question.
Similarly, a plurality of the public (40%) said the U.S. government has been too supportive of the Israeli government, while 18% said the support has not been high enough.
Support for Israel is even lower among Democrats, where a rising movement has called for a reassessment of the party’s historically solid backing of the Israeli government.
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