{"id":2634774,"date":"2026-07-24T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-union-warns-mamdanis-call-for-netanyahu-protest-may-endanger-officers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:21:00","slug":"police-union-warns-mamdanis-call-for-netanyahu-protest-may-endanger-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-union-warns-mamdanis-call-for-netanyahu-protest-may-endanger-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Police union warns Mamdani&#8217;s call for Netanyahu protest may endanger officers"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpolice-union-warns-mamdanis-call-for-netanyahu-protest-may-endanger-officers%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=2634774&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>The New York Police Benevolent Association has warned Mayor Zohran Mamdani that encouraging protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s visit to the UN could jeopardize law enforcement officers&#8217; safety, especially given the NYPD&#8217;s recent restrictions on protest responses following a 2020 lawsuit. Mamdani, who has publicly labeled Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d and called for protests, has engaged in discussions with the city\u2019s law department about whether the police can enforce an ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu during his visit. Mamdani&#8217;s rhetoric has sparked backlash, with Israel\u2019s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, blaming Mamdani\u2019s anti-Israel statements for escalating threats against Jewish communities in New York. Mamdani has historically expressed strong opposition to Netanyahu, urging President Trump to enforce the ICC warrant, which charges Netanyahu with war crimes-though Mamdani admits he lacks authority to arrest him. The situation has heightened tensions, with concerns that protests could turn chaotic and endanger public safety.  <\/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\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"61\">New York <\/a>Police Benevolent Association warned Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a> that his urging of New Yorkers to protest Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"378\">Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s<\/a> visit to the United Nations annual summit later this year could pose a danger for the city\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"401\">law enforcement<\/a> officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NYPD Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry said the mayor\u2019s call for protests puts officers in a \u201cterrible position,\u201d particularly because protest response is limited following a lawsuit stemming from the department\u2019s response to the summer of 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.<\/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\/justice\/4662150\/police-association-warns-mamdani-attacks-netanyahu-raise-threats\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Police association warns Mamdani\u2019s attacks on Netanyahu raise threats for street police during UN summit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4662108\/colt-gray-pleads-guilty-55-counts-apalachee-high-school-shooting-georgia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Teenager pleads guilty to all 55 counts in 2024 fatal shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4660586\/florida-fishermen-government-limits-fish-catch\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Florida fishermen challenge severe government limits on the fish they can catch<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProtests during the UN General Assembly are nothing new, but when the mayor of the city is actively calling for demonstrations, violent agitators will assume they have permission to cause as much havoc as possible,\u201d Hendry said. \u201cThose same agitators know that the NYPD\u2019s protest response is already hamstrung by the dangerous lawsuit settlement the city signed over the PBA\u2019s opposition. The mayor\u2019s heated rhetoric could be enough to push demonstrations over the edge into chaos.\u201d<\/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\">Earlier this month, Mamdani <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/18\/magazine\/zohran-mamdani-interview.html\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/18\/magazine\/zohran-mamdani-interview.html\">told <em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a>  that he was in \u201can active conversation\u201d with the city\u2019s law department over whether the NYPD had the authority to carry out the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/international-criminal-court\/\">International Criminal Court\u2019s <\/a>warrant for Netanyahu\u2019s arrest during his visit to the Big Apple in September for the UN General Assembly. The socialist mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4658214\/mamdani-arrest-netanyahu-authority-icc-warrant\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4658214\/mamdani-arrest-netanyahu-authority-icc-warrant\/\">ultimately conceded that he did not have the power<\/a> to arrest the prime minister, but urged residents to protest Netanyahu when he is in the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani has called Netanyahu a \u201cwar criminal\u201d and an \u201carchitect of genocide,\u201d citing what he alleged were crimes committed by the Israeli prime minister in Gaza, including the killing of thousands of Palestinians, withholding humanitarian aid, and targeting hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, a man was arrested after two individuals were stabbed, one of whom was Jewish. Witnesses said the man yelled \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d while committing the attacks. Although police have not declared an official motive, Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon placed blame squarely on Mamdani\u2019s anti-Israel rhetoric.<\/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\">\u201cZohran Mamdani, your incitement is putting Jewish lives in danger in New York, home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel,\u201d Danon said. \u201cYou have spent months fueling hatred, demonizing Israel and legitimizing hostility toward Jews. Now take responsibility for the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani\u2019s public disdain for Netanyahu dates back long before he was in the mayor\u2019s office, and on the campaign trail, outside advisers told him to tone down the arrest-Netanyahu\u00a0rhetoric, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/24\/mamdani-was-urged-during-2025-campaign-to-stop-talking-about-arresting-netanyahu-01010922\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/24\/mamdani-was-urged-during-2025-campaign-to-stop-talking-about-arresting-netanyahu-01010922\"><em>Politico<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4657461\/why-mamdani-cant-arrest-benjamin-netanyahu\/\">HERE\u2019S WHY MAMDANI CAN\u2019T ARREST NETANYAHU DESPITE SUGGESTING OTHERWISE<\/a><\/strong><\/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\">Since admitting he lacks the power to carry out a campaign promise of arresting Netanyahu, Mamdani has turned to urging President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to carry out the ICC warrant. 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 rejects. Trump is not likely to comply with Mamdani\u2019s request nor the ICC\u2019s warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Mamdani\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYPA warns Mamdani protests risk police safety during UN visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2634775,"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\/04\/mamdaninyc.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56552,83137,37453],"class_list":["post-2634774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mamdani","tag-netanyahu-protest","tag-police-union"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mamdaninyc.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634774","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\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634778,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634774\/revisions\/2634778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2634775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}