NYC Showdown: Mamdani Says City Will Follow International Law as Adams Refuses to Arrest Netanyahu
November 19, 2025
MAMDANI SAYS NYC SHOULD FOLLOW “INTERNATIONAL LAW” — ADAMS CLAPS BACK: “NYPD WILL NEVER ARREST NETANYAHU.”
Two visions. Two Americas. One truth: power protects power.
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English Script:
ABC presenter: You said you would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu based on the 2024 international court arrest warrant. Next UN General Assembly, as mayor, would you do that?
Zohran Mamdani: So I’ve said time and again that I believe this is a city of international law, and being a city of international law means looking to uphold international law. And that means upholding the warrants from the International Criminal Court, whether they’re for Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin. I think that’s critically important to showcase our values. And unlike Donald Trump, I’m someone who looks to exist within the confines of the laws that we have. So I will look to exhaust every legal possibility not to create my own laws to do so.
ABC presenter: On the other hand, this is also a world event. Does that not count a little bit?
Zohran Mamdani: Well, I think we are a global city, but I also think what New Yorkers are looking for is consistency in the way in which we talk about our values and follow through on them. And that’s why I think these warrants from the International Criminal Court, they are worth fully exploring every legal possibility to actually follow through on.
Eric Adams: There is no police officer in the city of New York that is going to carry out that directive from the mayor. And he knows that. So the mere fact that he continues to state that, it tells us that he’s more concerned about volatile rhetoric that feeds to his party, the DSA, Democratic Socialists of America. This is what they want to hear here and this is what they believe and their anti-Israel energy is misguided. Israel has been a real partner in the stability of public safety to neutralize Iran, neutralize Hezbollah, neutralize ISIS, neutralize Hamas. These are the same people that not only call for the destruction of Israel, they call for the destruction of America. And so he wants to embrace those who call for the destruction of America, and you want to be the mayor of America’s largest city? Something is abnormal about that.
