| The Times of Israel |
"You have to give New York City's "democratic socialist" (commie) Mayor Zohran Mamdani credit for one thing: He's consistent. Every time he opens his mouth, something stupid comes out.
"Case in point: The resident of Gracie Mansion, still apparently ignorant of the extent of his powers, is still making noises about arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should the PM come to New York.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration was still discussing whether to arrest the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, if he comes to New York City as expected for the U.N. General Assembly in September.
“I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague,” Mr. Mamdani told Lulu Garcia-Navarro this week on “The Interview,” a New York Times show, referring to the home of the United Nations’ International Court of Justice.
“He’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court,” Mr. Mamdani added. “And what you will find is that is an opinion that is held by many, purely because of what his actions have wrought over these last many years.”
"The United States isn't beholden to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has no jurisdiction in U.S. territory, and Mayor Mamdani has no legal grounds to order the Israeli PM's arrest. But that doesn't stop him from yapping about it." . . . More...
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. . "The United States isn't beholden to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has no jurisdiction in U.S. territory, and Mayor Mamdani has no legal grounds to order the Israeli PM's arrest. But that doesn't stop him from yapping about it." . . .
. . . " Here's the problem facing Democrats:
Mr. Mamdani’s views about Israel are no longer on the fringe of the Democratic Party. Nearly half of House Democrats voted this week to end U.S. aid to Israel, which was not enough for the measure to pass, but enough to demonstrate a shift in the party’s posture toward one of the country’s stalwart allies in the Middle East.
"This isn't about Israel being the only practicing democracy in the Middle East. This isn't about Israel, in fact, being the only non-apartheid state in the region. And this isn't about the International Criminal Court, which, within the borders of the United States, may as well not exist. This is, almost certainly, about Israel being the world's only Jewish-majority state.
It's not politics. It's antisemitism, that ancient scourge that's rearing its ugly head again.
As far as arresting the Israeli PM, Mayor Mamdani is once more producing nothing more than superheated gaseous emissions. But his comments are part of a larger, and more disturbing trend, one that has to be causing concern for American Jews; after all, they've seen this movie before." . . .
