Buck Brief - Mamdani Backs Off His Crazy Netanyahu Threat
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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🗓️ 23 July 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to visit New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, Zohran Mamdani is walking back one of the most controversial promises from his campaign. After previously suggesting he would have Netanyahu arrested if he came to New York, Mamdani is now softening his stance. Buck Sexton breaks down the political reversal, why the original promise was never realistic, and what it reveals about Mamdani's approach to Israel, the war against Hamas, and progressive politics. Buck also examines the ongoing debate over Israel's military campaign in Gaza, accusations of genocide, and why the issue has become a defining test for the modern left.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | Kami Mamdani says some mean things about Benjamin Netanyahu and then backs off. |
| 0:09.6 | A lot of countries would a mayor, Mamdani, welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to the city? |
| 0:12.6 | No, as mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 0:15.9 | This is a city that our values are in line with international law. |
| 0:19.5 | It's time that our actions are also. |
| 0:21.0 | My administration has reviewed every avenue available under applicable law to determine |
| 0:26.0 | whether New York City could execute the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant |
| 0:29.8 | if Benjamin Netanyahu came here. It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority |
| 0:34.7 | to enforce this warrant. Not a surprise there, but why would he do such a thing? |
| 0:39.9 | Why would Mamdani decide as a mayor of a city, a large city, an important one, New York, |
| 0:47.3 | but as the mayor of a city, he would pretend that he might be in a position to arrest a |
| 0:53.3 | visiting allied head of state, in this case, |
| 0:57.6 | Prime Minister Menjahou of Israel. It was crazy, but the whole thing is absurd. But it's |
| 1:04.6 | meant more to be degrading and nasty toward Israel and toward the Jewish people than it is about foreign policy |
| 1:14.5 | or anything else. Netanyahu is a controversial figure to people who believe that Israel has |
| 1:22.5 | a right to self-defense. And to other people, you just say, yeah, of course this is what he's doing. |
| 1:28.9 | I always want to ask people after October 7th, what do they think Israel was supposed to do? |
| 1:33.8 | The people who are so critical of the war against Hamas in Gaza, what do they think Israel was |
| 1:40.6 | supposed to do? They still had hostages. These terrorists took hostages who they, |
| 1:47.2 | who sexually abused, abused in the worst ways imaginable. Many of them died, almost all of them |
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