ByAMICHAI STEIN, ESTHER DAVISSEPTEMBER 14, 2026 15:42Updated: SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 16:03Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the United States on September 23 to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Prime Minister's Office announced Monday.The visit will take place on September 23-25, following Yom Kippur and ahead of the Sukkot holiday.Netanyahu is expected to address the General Assembly on Thursday, September 24.Netanyahu to visit New York after Mamdani retracts call for arrestThe announcement comes after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani admitted on July 22 that he did not have the authority to enforce the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.Since his 2025 campaign for Mayor of New York City, Mamdani has promised to order the New York Police Department to arrest Netanyahu if he entered the city.In a September 2025 interview with the New York Times, Mamdani called Netanyahu "a war criminal who was committing a genocide in Gaza," adding that he would have the prime minister arrested as soon as he landed in New York. He added that he "intended to fulfill" his promise.This is a developing story.Follow us on Google