{"id":2632781,"date":"2026-07-20T16:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-idea-of-arresting-netanyahu-during-un-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:53:43","slug":"trump-rejects-idea-of-arresting-netanyahu-during-un-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rejects-idea-of-arresting-netanyahu-during-un-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rejects idea of arresting Netanyahu during UN visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-rejects-idea-of-arresting-netanyahu-during-un-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2632781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump publicly defended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against potential arrest efforts during his UN visit in New York City.While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani suggested he might consider arresting Netanyahu under an ICC warrant for war crimes, Trump stated that Netanyahu would not be arrested in the U.S. and emphasized his support for him, citing Netanyahu\u2019s fight against Iran. Mamdani\u2019s stance followed the ICC\u2019s 2024 arrest warrant for Netanyahu, whom he believes belongs in The Hague, but Trump rejected this, criticizing Mamdani\u2019s threat and emphasizing that those responsible for Iran\u2019s actions should be held accountable instead.the article also covers broader tensions around the ICC, with U.S. officials like Marco Rubio advocating for its isolation, and describes the historically complex relationship between Trump and Netanyahu, marked by both alliance and disagreements. Netanyahu dismissed Mamdani\u2019s threats and accused him of hating America, while mamdani and others have criticized Netanyahu for his actions in Gaza. the piece highlights ongoing US-Israel relations,international legal debates,and political tensions surrounding Netanyahu\u2019s potential arrest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> shut down New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani\u2019s<\/a> floated prospect of arresting Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> during his visit to the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBenjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116953334292806992\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a> on Monday. \u201cHe is fighting against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which recently killed 52,000 innocent protestors, and has spent the last 47 years killing American Soldiers, and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4655639\/trump-executive-order-defense-supply-chain-contractors-peter-navarro\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump signs executive order aimed at tightening defense supply chains<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4655567\/trump-vows-iran-pay-killing-us-troops-what-comes-next\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump vows Iran will \u2018pay\u2019 for killing US troops. What comes next?<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4655503\/trump-rejects-mamdani-arrest-netanyahu-new-york-un-visit\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump rejects suggestion that Mamdani could arrest Netanyahu during UN visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s defense of Netanyahu comes two days after Mamdani cited the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/international-criminal-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4389\">International Criminal Court\u2019s<\/a> 2024 arrest warrant\u00a0for Netanyahu, saying he would consider <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4654579\/mamdani-arrest-netanyahu-new-york-city-visit\/\">arresting the foreign leader<\/a> if he came to New York City for the\u00a0U.N. General Assembly\u00a0in the fall. Mamdani told the <em>New York Times<\/em> in an interview that he believes Netanyahu \u201cbelongs in The Hague,\u201d referring to where the ICC is located.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not talking about a personal assessment of Benjamin Netanyahu,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about the International Criminal Court and the fact that they have a warrant out for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-say-meena-harris-social-media-posts-could-interfere-with-u-s-diplomacy-with-india\/\" title=\"Officials say Meena Harris social media posts could interfere with U.S. diplomacy with India\">prime minister\u2019<\/a>s arrest, and I think it\u2019s important to talk about the weight that that has as a charge, and that also, as the mayor of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"286\">New York City<\/a>, I\u2019ll be following the laws of New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Trump, a longtime Netanyahu ally, has recently publicly disagreed with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> prime minister over their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4641413\/trump-middle-east-allies-netanyahu-relationship\/\">policy aims<\/a> in the Middle East, he staunchly defended the leader against Mamdani\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe only ones that should be arrested are the people that led Iran into this unprecedented SPIRAL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, something that should have been dealt with years ago, by previous Presidents!\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a> outlined a plan to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4645956\/marco-rubio-isolate-international-criminal-court\/\">isolate the ICC<\/a> last week, saying it undermines the U.S.\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we speak, the ICC and its friends are waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes, compacts, and the force of so-called international law,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio said the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> would begin to dismantle the ICC \u201cbrick by brick, if necessary.\u201d Part of the administration\u2019s frustration with the international court reportedly stems from its arrest warrant for Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and Netanyahu have had a close relationship during each of their times in office, but it has also been mired with heat and disagreement at points, with <em>Axios<\/em> reporting in early June that Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call\">called his Israeli counterpart \u201ccrazy\u201d<\/a> on a phone call. The report brought a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4591817\/some-insiders-want-trump-to-go-public-netanyahu-beef\/\">spotlight to their relationship<\/a> in recent months, but Trump stood by his friend, with whom he went to war against Iran in February, against the New York City mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has also staunchly criticized the ICC throughout his term. The ICC\u2019s arrest warrant for Netanyahu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cpi.int\/defendant\/netanyahu\">charges<\/a> him with allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which Netanyahu strongly opposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4641413\/trump-middle-east-allies-netanyahu-relationship\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4641413\">TRUMP SHORES UP RELATIONS WITH OTHER REGIONAL ALLIES AS TIES WITH NETANYAHU SOUR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani has ridiculed Netanyahu throughout his campaign and time as mayor, calling him a \u201cwar criminal,\u201d as the mayor has stood vocally against Netanyahu\u2019s actions in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"217\">Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netanyahu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/18\/nyregion\/mamdani-netanyahu-interview.html\">dismissed Mamdani\u2019s threats<\/a> during a recent radio interview, saying he thinks the New York City mayor \u201chates America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blocks NYC mayor\u2019s plan to arrest Netanyahu at UN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2632782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26061855785359.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6524,36469,3634,82946],"class_list":["post-2632781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-netanyahu","tag-political-stance","tag-trump","tag-un-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26061855785359.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632789,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632781\/revisions\/2632789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2632781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2632781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}