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New York mayor candidate pledges to order arrest of Binyamin Netanyahu if elected (www.irishtimes.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [M] to c/news@lemmings.world
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[–] -4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

As much as I would love to see Netanyahu in ICC custody, this is a mistake. It is not any mayor's place to be arresting foreign leaders granted visas by the state department.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    He won't be arresting him for a visa violation, that's ICE.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Visiting foreign leaders are issued a diplomatic visa by the State Department, which comes with diplomatic immunity. A mayor of a city doing this would just be a pointless publicity stunt as someone with diplomatic immunity would be released as soon as it came before a Judge.

    NYC is the location of the UN so going down this path would erode the effectiveness of the UN at it's primary purpose (diplomacy) more than it already has been.

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