{"id":130078,"date":"2026-07-26T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=130078"},"modified":"2026-07-26T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:36:55","slug":"khanna-backs-mamdanis-call-for-netanyahus-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/130078\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanna backs Mamdani\u2019s call for Netanyahu\u2019s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON(National Times)- Cong\u00adress\u00adman Ro Khanna has endorsed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s call for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016505\">arrest<\/a>\u00a0of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, saying the United States should cooperate with the international tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe American president should arrest Netanyahu or [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in accordance with international law,\u201d Khanna, a Democratic lawmaker from California, told the&nbsp;<em>MeidasTouch<\/em>&nbsp;news network in a hallway interview on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica needs to cooperate with the ICC,\u201d he said, adding that the issue was \u201ca matter of human rights\u201d as well as \u201ca matter of a rules-based international order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf someone comes to our jurisdiction, [the president] should order the marshals to arrest them,\u201d Khanna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024, accusing him of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza following the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023. Israel has rejected the allegations and criticized the ICC\u2019s action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna\u2019s comments came weeks after he said he was briefly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014620\">detained<\/a>&nbsp;by Israeli settlers and Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) personnel while visiting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. The California congressman, who has been mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential contender in 2028, said the incident could influence his political future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFree advice to the Israelis: It\u2019s not a good idea to detain long-shot presidential candidates,\u201d Kha\u00adn\u00adna told&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cNot how you\u2019re going to build good will with the next American president, whoever that is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani, who has also been a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights, recently said he had explored whether New York City authorities could arrest Netanyahu when the Israeli leader visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly later this year. He later acknowledged that the city mayor does not have the legal authority to carry out such an arrest, but argued that federal authorities could act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI agree with the ICC that Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested and tried for his crimes, as I do for anyone else charged by the ICC,\u201d Mamdani said in a video shared on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump rejected the idea earlier this week, saying Netanyahu would&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2017066\">not<\/a>&nbsp;face arrest while visiting the United States. \u201cBenjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna conceded that it was unlikely the president would follow his call, accusing Trump of disregarding international law. \u201cHe\u2019s not a law-and-order president, and he doesn\u2019t really care about human rights or international law,\u201d Khanna said. \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing to the United States and to the world community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khanna also argued that enforcing the ICC warrant could give Trump leverage after Netanyahu allegedly defied US pressure by continuing military strikes in Lebanon despite a ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is about accountability,\u201d Khanna said. \u201cYou can\u2019t just kill women and children, have an ICC arrest warrant, and then walk into the United States of America and think nothing is going to happen to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Washington next week for talks with Trump, their first in-person meeting since the United States and Israel carried out joint strikes against Iran in late February. He is also expected to attend the funeral of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime supporter of Israel and an ally of the Israeli prime minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON(National Times)- Cong\u00adress\u00adman Ro Khanna has endorsed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s call for the\u00a0arrest\u00a0of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, saying the United States should cooperate with the international tribunal. \u201cThe American president should arrest Netanyahu or [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in accordance with international law,\u201d Khanna, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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