Now that Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, should Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu test the 34-year-old’s pledge to arrest him by visiting the five boroughs?

Inna Vernikov, a Ukraine-born Jewish Republican councilwoman from Brooklyn, N.Y., clearly thinks that he should. Last week, Vernikov – an outspoken supporter of the Jewish state and one of the most visible opponents of the pro-Hamas demonstrations that have blighted this city – issued an invitation to Netanyahu to visit on Jan. 1, the day Mamdani takes office.

“In recent months, there have been irresponsible and frankly absurd statements made by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who has campaigned on the promise of ‘arresting’ you upon setting foot in our city,” she wrote. “Your visit would stand as a powerf

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