'Not getting into back-and-forth': Mamdani shrugs off Netanyahu's 'hate' charge as Israeli PM heads to White House

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday dismissed Benjamin Netanyahu 's accusation that he was "fomenting hate", saying he was "not interested in getting into a back-and-forth" with the Israeli prime minister over his past support for the International Criminal Court 's (ICC) arrest warrant against him.

Mamdani made the remarks while addressing reporters at a press conference in Brooklyn, a day before Netanyahu's scheduled White House meeting with US president Donald Trump .