{"id":238493,"date":"2025-09-19T08:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/238493\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:37:25","slug":"adams-says-hell-meet-israeli-pm-netanyahu-in-new-york-slams-mamdani-vow-to-arrest-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/238493\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams says he’ll meet Israeli PM Netanyahu in New York, slams Mamdani vow to arrest him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Adams said Thursday he plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> in New York next week, and slammed mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani\u2019s campaign promise to arrest him.<\/p>\n

The meeting, during next week\u2019s United Nations General Assembly, underscores the difference between Adams and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, who continues to say that as mayor he\u2019d direct the New York Police Department to arrest Netanyahu on an international warrant.<\/p>\n

Adams, who is pursuing a long-shot bid for re-election, has long been a strong supporter of Israel.\u00a0 While Israel is a strong ally of the United States, Netanyahu has drawn international ire<\/a> for Israel\u2019s continuing military campaign in Gaza, now approaching two years since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. Israel this week mounted a new ground offense<\/a> on Gaza City.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s several heads of states I\u2019m going to meet with,\u201d Adams said at a press conference Thursday morning. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting with the Prime Minister Netanyahu when he arrives in the city as well, he will be welcomed like our other dignitaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two leaders previously met<\/a> in 2023, when the mayor traveled to Israel. Netanyahu is also reportedly slated to meet with Trump next week.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York City Mayor Eric Adams meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on the second day of a 3-day visit to Israel on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. (Michael Appleton \/ Mayoral Photography Office)<\/p>\n

Mamdani, who has been sharply critical of Israel and has come under fire for refusing to condemn the phrase \u201cglobalize the intifada<\/a>,\u201d has pledged that were Netanyahu come to New York when he was mayor, he would honor a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for the leader\u2019s arrest. A United Nations commission this week called Israel\u2019s campaign in Gaza genocide.<\/a><\/p>\n

The United States does not recognize the authority of the ICC.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a right to come here and voice the positions from your country,\u201d Adams said of his opponent\u2019s plan on Thursday. \u201cAnd we respect the rule of law here. We don\u2019t react in a reckless manner of stating that we\u2019re going to arrest a dignitary that\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also running as an independent, is also a strong supporter of Israel though he has said in recent days that he believes the war in Gaza should end.<\/p>\n

Kayla Mamelak, the mayor\u2019s press secretary, declined to share when the meeting is or which other leaders Adams plans to meet with, saying his daily public schedule will reflect the meetings next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Adams said Thursday he plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York next…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":238494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,8988,1370,405,403,8989,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5341,80,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-238493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-election","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-politics","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-nyc-mayoral-election-2025","20":"tag-politics","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115230058050639091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}