Zohran Mamdani called Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" in a video posted via X. Mamdani also urged the federal government to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu under an International Criminal Court warrant. The statement puts New York City at the center of a question about whether any federal authority would act on that request.
Zohran Mamdani and Benjamin Netanyahu
Mamdani, New York City Mayor, used the phrase "war criminal" in reference to Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister. The wording was direct, and it was paired with a call for arrest rather than a symbolic rebuke. For readers tracking how New York City officials speak about Zohran Mamdani and Benjamin Netanyahu, the point is not only the insult but the legal step he said should follow.
The reference to an International Criminal Court warrant matters because a warrant is the legal mechanism Mamdani invoked when asking for arrest. The warrant itself is tied to the International Criminal Court, not to New York City, which is why the request turns on federal action rather than a city decision. That distinction limits who could act and forces the issue into a federal lane.
International Criminal Court
The source says the video credited to @NYCMayor via X shows Mamdani making the call publicly, which means the statement was not a private remark or a background briefing. It was a recorded message meant for broad circulation. For anyone watching how quickly the claim moved, the practical reality is that the public record now contains both the accusation and the request for arrest in the same video.
The story also contains a built-in complication: Mamdani urged arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant, while the available material centers on a public statement rather than any arrest action. That leaves the next step with the federal government, which would have to decide whether to act on the request at all. The source does not add any further move beyond the video itself.
New York City
For New York City readers, the immediate takeaway is narrower than the rhetoric. Mamdani has made a public legal demand about Benjamin Netanyahu, and the request rests on a warrant from the International Criminal Court. The question now is not what Mamdani said, but whether any federal authority treats the call as a trigger for action.
identified the video credit in the source text, and the item carries no other article body beyond that attribution and the clip itself. That leaves the statement standing on its own: Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" and asked for arrest under an International Criminal Court warrant, with no further response or follow-up action included in the source.
