Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brushed aside New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's calls for his arrest, confirming he will address the United Nations General Assembly in September and setting up a standoff between a city and a foreign leader.
Netanyahu responded on Sunday by accusing Mamdani of 'fomenting hate' for branding him a war criminal. Defying the mayor's rhetoric, the Prime Minister insisted he will still travel to New York this September to 'speak the truth' for Israel directly from the UN podium.