NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reiterated his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday, hours after outgoing Mayor Eric Adams met with the Israeli leader.
Speaking in a live appearance on ABC7, Mamdani said Adams’ meeting with Netanyahu underscored what he views as a disconnect between the city’s urgent concerns and symbolic foreign policy gestures, adding that New Yorkers “are desperate for an administration” focused on their immediate needs.
“New Yorkers are on the brink of being priced out of the city that they call home, and his actions have little to do with that affordability crisis,” Mamdani said. “What they show, in fact, is why New Yorkers are so desperate for a new administration, one that will focus on the needs of the city and will look to speak to working-class New Yorkers as to what those needs are, as opposed to war criminals.”
Mamdani has condemned the Israeli invasion of Gaza as an act of genocide and has vowed to have Netanyahu arrested should he set foot in New York, a threat he repeated in an interview with ABC on Monday.
“Being a city of international law means looking to uphold international law,” Mamdani said. “And that means upholding the warrants from the International Criminal Court, whether they’re for Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin.”
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And what’s wrong with that??!! THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO BIBI NETANYAHU ימ”ש!!
Shame on “Yossi”. How can a Yid write this on another Yid?
Shame on the moderator for allowing such a comment to be posted on a Frum Site.
This is just a politician telling people in a very activated state of mind like Yossi Name Edited what they want to hear and think, even though he knows he no chance or intention of doing it. Here are some more common examples. “We’re going to ignore the Supreme Court ruling…We will deport X group immediately…I’ll refuse to enforce federal gun laws…Blah, blah, blah.
The amount of federal laws that would be broken by Mamdani arresting Netanyahu during a UN visit would probably result in Mamdani’s own arrest within the hour if Trump is still president.
To name a few Obstruction of federal diplomatic functions (18 U.S.C. § 112)…Interference with foreign diplomatic personnel….Abuse of authority under color of law (18 U.S.C. § 242) Plus the the U.S. is legally obligated under the UN Headquarters Agreement to guarantee safe passage to any foreign leader attending an official conference there.
We are not a city of international law… We are governed by the law of united states constitution.
Beis Dovid – may I remind you of the slogan of the holy askonim of Neturei Karta שליט”א: “Jews are not Zionists, and ZIONISTS ARE NOT JEWS!” That should answer your question.
smerel – your idol Bibi ימ”ש would never go out of his way to defend you; why are you going out of your way for him? I’ll tell exactly why – because as my rebbi Rav Yaakov Shapiro שליט”א of Bayswater explains in the name of Reb Elchonon Wasserman זצוקללה”ה that the avodah zarah of Zionism is so strong that it blinds people to the truth and makes them do all sorts of irrational things that are not logical as long as it advances Zionism ר”ל, and YOU smerel is a perfect example of that. Rachmono litzlan!
First learn the law, and then maybe preach it. There’s no arrest warrant in the United States and the ICC has no jurisdiction here. You could arrest him for fun but he will have to be released quickly
This guy is unbelievable. He starts off saying the Mayor needs to focus only on city needs, and ends off saying he wants to meddle in ultra controversial international warrant.
david u want goyim to give hetarim to yiden to do aveiros like congratulate it then theyll do aveira to us and when they do aveirah of us u yell like muslim threatening to arrest bibi shocker his cousins mightv died its wheres ur humanity? idiout and talking about another yid u boss yossi around
forget about that slogan of askanim alot of rabbis regualre no more telling diffferncwe between zionist and jews even worese cuz zionist get yelled
first have such defense for the jews then preach it……reb Emes but point they wont anyway be arrested b able to so live in dreamland
they wont be arresstedSO Anyway have powere (BIBI) so stopping making bad guy in “troublE with power they dont have!
EXACTLY HOW DO U ARGUE RAV E;LCHONO WASSEERMAN ABND YOSSI BOTH DEFENDING PEOPLE WHO WOUL D DEFEND U???
JOSHUA A ACCORDING TO U U COPY GOYIM I SO MUSLIM THEY HAVE EQUAL RIGHT
Yossi Name Edited I actually agree with you with you that Zionism causes people to become terrible people. You and your master Yaakov Shapiro (someone I once greatly respected)are prime examples of the poison in anti-Zionist propaganda literature and what it does to people.
Even for a frothing at the mouth (Zionist) hater like yourself I’m clueless what your issue with my comment was because it was limited to a legal analysis of Mandeni’s ability to arrest Netanyahu according to US federal law.
I was once a part of your world. I used to have a Friday night seder In V’Yoel Moshe and go to a Chumash shuir that usually devolved into anti Zionist ranting and raving. My disillusionment with that world was when I saw the influence it had on the people around me who were drinking these bitter waters.
I will not respond to you further. Please have the last word. I’m confident you will only be able to respond in a way that further lack of willingness to engage and deepens my disgust for and with extreme anti-Zionists. Like all the other extreme anti-Zionists on The Yeshiva World never fail to do when they mouth off here.
I agree with Beis Dovid.
I am not surprised to see rotten comments here.
When we left Mitzraim, 80% of the Frum Yidden were left behind. Make no mistake, those 80% were super Frum, they wore a few pairs of Tzizis, some davened with the Netz, white shirts, black suits, hats Shtreimels Spodiks, Hamburg, Tzìzis on the
בגדים
Black socks white socks
They thought they were super Frum and today we don’t even know were they were buried. Somewhere in Egypt.
I strongly support Zionism and the State of Israel because I do not agree with the Satmar that base their issues with Israel on a gemarah in Kesubos of “lo ya’aleh b’choma” because in general we do not base halacha on an agadata (where is this brought down in halacha?) and the Satmar position clearly contradicts the Ramban who holds that its a Torah mitzva to conquer and live in all land that is Eretz Yisroel. (Ramban uses the words “kibush” meaning to conquer). We may not hold like the Ramban, but he certainly rejected the gemara as halacha.
I also follow the interpretation of “lo ya’aleh b’choma” means that we should not establish a state based on military conquest and since Israel was established by international consensus in 1948, it is allowed. I follow this opinion because there was statement by the Chofetz Chaim at the time of the Balfor Declaration in 1917 where he proclaimed the shevuah in Ketubos to be nullified because there was a consensus among the nations to grant a state to the Jews. I also feel good about my decision because of what the Or Sameach said in a letter, that at the time of the shevua in Ketubos was made the nations of the world also swore that they would not persecute the Jews too much. And since after the holocaust there was no doubt that the nations persecuted us beyond our wildest dreams, that our shevua is no longer valid since the rest of the nations did not keep their promise. Therefore a state is allowed.
In real Torah judaism people have different points of views going back to bais Shamai and bais Hillel. You have a right to disagree with what I wrote (and I know all the arguements that people will counter with) but people here should stop proclaiming with certainty that the State Israel’s existence is contrary to Torah because that is your opinion and who says its the correct one? Aylu v’aylu
In my opinion the Neturei Karta have degenerated to something I do not recognize. Even Rabbi Blau (the founder of NK) who went out of his way not even to use a hospital or bus from the Jewish State cared about every Jew. He would never hit or hurt another Jew. Same with Satmar, because whether you agree with their positions
on issues or not, their chesed is “off the charts”
Antizionism should not be a contradiction to ahavat yisroel. The notion that the Neturei karta would take the side of Hamas or Iran that are true “soneh yisroel”or haters of Jews should be the farthest thing from what they should be doing. How do you support turning over the Jews to those who hate us (which would happen if Jews gave Israel over to others), as anything that is close to Torah even if you believe Zionism is wrong? Jews should be having a discussion and debate about Zionism and how you view it under halacha but why behave in a way that hurts other Jews?
Lastly, I would remind people about “al tifrosh min ha’tzibor” where there is no doubt that you can lose your portion in the world to come. I would encourage people to learn that Rambam who defines this as a Jew who is indifferent about another Jew’s suffering. The Neturei Karta have let this issue penetrate them to such a degree that they seem to be indifferent about how what they are doing hurts other Jews. And that is what upsets me about them.
Round and round this discussion goes forever. I don’t get what is so difficult to understand about this topic. Theodore herzl was basically the most anti-religious person of all time. His random idea of a Jewish homeland was not his idea at all because the Torah already said it a thousand times. But the people who founded the state of Israel adopted his idea and his concept of Zionism which completely excluded religion. On the other hand any religious person pretty much lives by the fact that Israel is the land of the Jewish people and that Hashem gave it to us, and it is our foundation as a nation. That is also the definition of Zionism and who Among Us isn’t that type of Zionist. So instead of arguing and yelling at each other all the time over the same stupidity, let’s just agree that the anti-religious communist founders version of Zionism is not something we want to strive for and it should be called out. But in our hearts we are all zionists because that’s where we want to live and practice holiness
New York is NOT a “city of international law”. The United States constitution says clearly that it and federal laws are “the supreme law of the land”. That means there is nothing higher than them.
The entire idea that there is such a thing as “international law” in the same sense as US law is stupid and ignorant. There is no such thing. There is no world government and no world legislature. When we speak of “international law” we mean merely the customs that nations usually choose to follow among themselves, but any nation has the right to ignore these customs if it finds it in its interest to do so.
We also mean by that term the treaties that nations have voluntarily agreed to, for as long as they continue to agree to them. A nation may abrogate a treaty at any time, if it no longer suits its interests. In the USA treaties have the force of federal law, but only until the president decides to abrogate them. And treaties to which the USA has not agreed have no force at all.
The USA is not a party to the Treaty of Rome, and therefore this so-called “International Criminal Court” has no more authority than a kindergarten class, and its “warrants” are exactly like the “artworks” that the kindergarten children bring home to put on the fridge.
Any policeman who tries to arrest anyone on the basis of such a “warrant” — not just Netanyahu, who has immunity, but anyone — is guilty of assault and false imprisonment, and will be arrested and go to prison, and will also be sued for everything he has, including his house and his pension. Kol shekein in the case of Netanyahu, who will be bringing his own bodyguards who will not allow any policeman to touch him, and who has full immunity.
And NYPD officers know this very well, so they know that any order from Mamdani to execute such a “warrant” is an unlawful order, which they are required by law to refuse. So they will do so.
Mr Mamdani has recommended, “Globalize the Intifada!” This slogan encourages “Open season” on Jews anywhere and everywhere. Where in international law is any random person licensed to physically attack any Jewish person or Jewish-owned asset? Hypothetically, if some deranged, hateful person openly encouraged others to “Globalize the Gazafada” (a hypothetical dog whistle to attack Muslims worldwide because any Muslim might support Hamas), would Mr Mamdani respect the right of this hypothetical encourager of violence to harm innocent Muslims like he respects the right of people to harm Jews and Jewish interests? Mr Mamdani is an example of how hate rots the brain and kills the heart.