WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested when he visits the United States, after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was still considering the move. “Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America,” Trump wrote in a social media post that did not refer to the mayor’s comments. Trump did not mention Mamdani in his Truth Social post, but credited Israel with helping in the war against Iran.

Zohran Mamdani's latest remarks on Benjamin Netanyahu have drawn attention ahead of a key New York visit. Here's what happened.

"I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in The Hague," Mamdani told The New York Times. "He's a war criminal who has been...