Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu responds to NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest him as “silly” and teased plans to swing through New York City in defiance of the socialist’s warning.

“I’m not concerned about that,” Netanyahu told reporters in the Blue Room on Monday evening during his meeting with President Trump. “I’m going to come there with President Trump and we’ll see.”

Last year, Mamdani told Zeteo that he would not welcome Netanyahu to New York City in light of the International Criminal Court’s warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest.

“No. As mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. This is a city that our values are in line with international law. It’s time that our actions are also,” Mamdani told Zeteo’s editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan last December.

After Netanyahu shrugged off Mamdani’s threat, Trump then publicly assured the Israeli prime minister that he had nothing to worry about under his watch.

“We don’t know who the mayor is going to be yet, but this is a communist. He’s not a socialist. He’s a communist, and he’s said some really bad things about Jewish people,” Trump said.

“He’s going to behave,” Trump added, referring to Mamdani. “He’ll behave. He better behave. Otherwise, he’s going to have big problems.”