New Delhi, July 20 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Sunday (July 19) criticized Zohran Mamdani after the New York City Mayor said his administration was exploring whether it could legally arrest the Israeli leader if he visits New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September.

The Prime Minister's Office dismissed the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Netanyahu as "bogus" and described the ICC as a "kangaroo court" with no jurisdiction over Israel or the United States. It also accused former ICC prosecutor Karim Khan of issuing the warrant to divert attention from allegations of sexual misconduct that later emerged against him.

In a strongly worded statement posted on X,...