Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Friday echoed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) call for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of the foreign leader’s visit to the U.S. next week.

“The American president should arrest Netanyahu or [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in accordance with international law,” Khanna told MeidasTouch reporter Pablo Manriquez in a hallway interview on Capitol Hill.

“Full stop. America needs to cooperate with the ICC,” the Democratic lawmaker continued, referring to the International Criminal Court. “It’s a matter of human rights, and it’s a matter of a rules-based international order and he should order the marshals to arrest someone if they come to our jurisdiction.”

The international body issued an arrest warrant for the Israeli head of state in 2024, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to Israel’s actions during its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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