Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hit back at New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani after the latter said he was "not welcome" in the city and backed the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against him. Declaring that he would travel to New York in September to address the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu accused the mayor of "fomenting hate" and dismissed the war-crimes allegations against him.

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested if he visits the city.

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the International Criminal Court's war crimes charges against him as “bogus.”