Pakistan, July 19 -- New York City (NYC) Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he was in an "active conversation" with the city's Law Department over whether he had the legal authority to order Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest if he visits the city.

Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes - including starvation as a method of warfare - in Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

"I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague," Mamdani said this week on The New York Times' 'The Interview', referring to the United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ).

In his interview, which was published on Saturday, the NYC mayor highlighted that Netan...