New York’s newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has declared that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters the city, citing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Netanyahu, who faces allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the October 7, 2023 Gaza attacks, has dismissed the charges and confirmed his plan to visit New York for the New York Times DealBook Forum. Mamdani stated that any world leader under ICC warrant would face arrest upon entering New York. Netanyahu responded that he would only engage in dialogue with Mamdani if the mayor recognized Israel’s right to exist. Despite Mamdani’s statement, analysts consider Netanyahu’s arrest highly unlikely, given the U.S. government’s historical opposition to ICC actions against Israeli officials and previous sanctions imposed on ICC judges and prosecutors during Donald Trump’s administration.