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Mamdani, if Elected Mayor, Pledges to Order N.Y.P.D. to Arrest Netanyahu (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but there's the challenge of who gets to declare genocide formally. A city mayor no matter how large probably shouldn't be able to unilaterally do so when no authority recognized by his nation does so.

I agree Netanyahu should be arrested, but I just don't think a city mayor can reasonably unilaterally do so. Certainly from a practical standpoint it's a nightmare if your own federal government will be at odds over the arrest of a foreign leader.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah. I didn't mean that Mamdani will be able to do it just saying that the genocide convention is a valid legal reason for Netenyahu to be arrested