In the long and tangled history of sovereignty, justice, and political theater, a sitting Israeli prime minister and a newly elected New York City mayor have drawn their lines in public view. Benjamin Netanyahu, facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant on war-crimes allegations, has declared he will address the United Nations General Assembly in September regardless of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's warning that he is unwelcome and should be detained. The confrontation distills a deeper fracture in how nations and cities reckon with international law, military accountability, and the mora
Netanyahu vows to visit NYC despite mayor's 'not welcome' warning
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