India, July 22 -- New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on the United States government to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Calling the Israeli PM a "war criminal", a reference he has made repeatedly, Mamdani said Netanyahu was the "architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people" in a video message posted to his official X handle.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November 2024, accusing the Israeli leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, given that the US is not a party to the ICC, it isn't legally bound to enforce its arrest warrants.

Mamdani had sparked international friction after he reportedly ...