September plans took center stage as Benjamin Netanyahu said he will still travel to New York for the U.N. General Assembly despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani saying he is not welcome.
Fox News remarks sharpened the clash: Netanyahu said Mamdani was "fomenting hate" by calling him a war criminal and urging federal authorities to enforce the ICC arrest warrant.
ICC charges remain central to the dispute. Netanyahu called them "bogus" and pointed to the Friday removal of the court's top prosecutor amid sexual misconduct allegations.
U.S. politics widened the fight as Netanyahu warned bipartisan support for Israel is fraying and said Jews in New York feel increasingly unsafe.
The warrant stems from the Gaza war, where the Palestinian Health Ministry says more than 73,000 people have been killed, after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed about 1,200 people.