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Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the United Nations, said on Saturday that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s threat to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested during the UN General Assembly is \u201cpure political theater.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMayor Mamdani. Here\u2019s why your threat to arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s in New York City during UN General Assembly is not going to happen,\u201d the US envoy stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States is not party to the Rome Statute that underlies the International Criminal Court. The UN Headquarters Agreement grants diplomatic protections to visiting heads of government. Head-of-state immunity applies, and federal authority trumps any local mayor\u2019s wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The General Assembly is scheduled for early September.<\/p>\n

Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations in New York, said that \u201cif anyone should be arrested, it is New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMamdani is failing to govern New York. Instead of focusing on his responsibilities as mayor and confronting the rising wave of antisemitism in his city, he has chosen to incite hostility and generate headlines by attacking the State of Israel,\u201d Danon stated.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt will not change a thing. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will come to New York, address the United Nations General Assembly with pride and stand before the world to state Israel\u2019s truth and its unwavering right to defend its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mark Treyger, CEO of JCRC-NY, stated that \u201cNew Yorkers elected a mayor to make our city safer, stronger and more affordable. Not to conduct foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor should be in active conversations about raising pay for New York City\u2019s paraprofessionals, early childhood educators, EMS workers and other essential city workers whose futures are directly within the city\u2019s responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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