New York mayor candidate pledges to order arrest of Binyamin Netanyahu if elected
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/09/13/new-york-mayor-candidate-pledges-to-order-arrest-of-binyamin-netanyahu-if-elected/
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Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 325d
It’s a good idea because maybe more cities and states will follow suit and order arrest warrants. That man should be a prisoner of his own country. This is grassroots this is how change happens
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 325d
I support the guy for mayor, but holy crap bud, stay in your lane.
hypna@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 326d
As much as I would love to see Netanyahu in ICC custody, this is a mistake. It is not any mayor's place to be arresting foreign leaders granted visas by the state department.
ProvableGecko@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 326d
He won't be arresting him for a visa violation, that's ICE.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 325d
He can just put on a mask and drive an unmarked vehicle and he should be fine!
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 325d
Visiting foreign leaders are issued a diplomatic visa by the State Department, which comes with diplomatic immunity. A mayor of a city doing this would just be a pointless publicity stunt as someone with diplomatic immunity would be released as soon as it came before a Judge.
NYC is the location of the UN so going down this path would erode the effectiveness of the UN at it's primary purpose (diplomacy) more than it already has been.