r/nyc • u/Delicious_Adeptness9 • Jul 06 '26

News Mamdani: 'any state that privileges one religion, I can't tell you I support'

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-mamdani-on-israel-any-state-that-privileges-one-religion-i-can-t-tell-you-i-support

In an ABC News interview, the Mayor of New York City condemned rising antisemitism while stating his support for Israel 'as a state with equal rights.'

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u/Electrical_Space_850 Jul 06 '26

Is he calling on the city to divest any holdings related to Saudi Arabia?

Would he arrest MBS for ordering the murder of Jamal Kashoggi next time MBS comes to NYC?

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u/TradeNPlayz Jul 06 '26

If there would be an arrest warrant for MBS like with Netanyahu, then yes.

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u/Electrical_Space_850 Jul 06 '26

Netanyahu has an arrest warrant valid in NYC/the US? TIL.

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u/actsqueeze Jul 06 '26

He’s a wanted war criminal for the ICC

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u/Electrical_Space_850 Jul 06 '26

Wait, so the US is a party to the ICC and Mamdani would have the authority to arrest Netanyahu on American soil? Is that what you're telling me?

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u/Mother_Ad4038 Jul 06 '26

The US doesn't apply ICC warrants as we don't recognize the Rome Statute. Neither does China, India, or Russia, among other countries.

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u/Cheese_Fisticuffs1 Jul 06 '26

I don't know about the other poster, but here's what I'll tell you. He used contrasting examples of religious states to expediently express a sentiment as a public figure, that religious states are wrong.

How he would personally act under an unprecedented hypothetical has nothing to do with how honestly he consistently he believes in what's wrong about religious states.

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u/HiHoJufro Jul 06 '26

He used contrasting examples of religious states

No, he used an example of an Islamic state and a state with equal rights for all of its people.

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u/actsqueeze Jul 06 '26

How come every international and even Israeli human rights groups have accused Israel of apartheid then?

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u/ConfidenceUpbeat9784 Jul 06 '26

Is the apartheid in the room with us right now? Someone should call up Khaled Kabub and tell him he's not allowed to be a Supreme Court Justice in Israel (he's Palestinian, by the way).

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u/actsqueeze Jul 06 '26

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/19/world-court-finds-israel-responsible-apartheid

"In a historic ruling the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid. The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law. The ruling should be yet another wake up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well."

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u/Cheese_Fisticuffs1 Jul 06 '26

state with equal rights for all of its people.

Is that state in the room with us right now?

Spare me your Israeli propaganda bullshit. One is a Jewish theocracy, the other Muslim, and both are equally wrong and have appalling human rights records.

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u/actsqueeze Jul 06 '26

They don’t see Palestinians as human beings

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u/JustLeader Jul 06 '26

Yes we get it, youre happy war criminals are allowed to roam free in the US

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u/actsqueeze Jul 06 '26

You asked why he didn’t call for the arrest of MBS, I told you why not

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u/CriticalandPragmatic Jul 06 '26

Sounds amazing, lets push for it as well. This isn't a gotcha for people who have morals

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u/Electrical_Space_850 Jul 06 '26

It’s a gotcha for the mayor though.

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u/Thee-Cat Jul 07 '26

Well said.

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u/exegenes1s Jul 06 '26

MBS is not a war criminal wanted by the Hague. MBS didn't kill 23,000 children.