Reporter: So my question is: If circumstances were different, would you have vowed to arrest the leaders of Hamas who perpetrated the October 7 attack if they were visiting New York? And if so, why not include something about that to show New Yorkers that, you know, you’re presenting a more balanced approach?

Mamdani: And in the video, I made very clear, as I have before, that my interest in executing that warrant is not specific to Benjamin Netanyahu, but to anyone who they put a warrant toward for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

“And part of that is a reflection of a universal politics. And it is from a universal politics that I can look at October 7 and describe it for what it is, which is a horrific war crime. And I can also look at Benjamin Netanyahu and see the way that he has orchestrated this genocide, and also deem him to similarly be a war criminal.”