Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud announced on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant would face arrest if they enter Dearborn, drawing sharp criticism and accusations of grandstanding.
In a social media post, Hammoud declared his city’s intent to enforce the controversial arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) last week. The ICC accused Netanyahu and Gallant of “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity,” charges Israel has dismissed as “antisemitic” and “absurd.” Netanyahu’s office blasted the warrants as politically motivated and baseless.
Hammoud’s statement goes far beyond the jurisdiction of a local mayor and is an explicit boast to break American law. The ICC has no enforcement power, relying instead on cooperation from member states—and neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member. Legal experts point out that Hammoud’s rhetoric is symbolic at best and inflammatory at worst, stirring division rather than fostering meaningful dialogue.
“Hammoud’s actions are a glaring example of antisemitic political theater,” a legal expert told YWN. “He’s exploiting international tensions to score points with a specific audience rather than addressing issues that actually impact Dearborn residents.”
While the ICC warrants may limit the travel of Netanyahu and Gallant within the 124 member states, Hammoud’s post is an overreach that ignores both international law and diplomacy.
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12 Responses
As expected from Dearborn…
Memo for Bibi: Don’t go to Dearbonistan.
Wow exactly as Israely Secular political figures call for the arrest of gedolim and bnei torah hashem has world political figures and leaders call for the arrest of Israel’s political figures and leaders.
@thinking torahdik
100% correct!
Why would Natanyahu or Galant want to go to the hole in the wall called Dearborn, Michigan.
Since when do jihadists and jihadist lovers care about laws?
Israel should issue an arrest warrant against this mayor. If he ever wanted to visit Israel or the Palestinian authority.
I would think Bibi would be grateful to the mayor
Without it if he would walk into Dearborn he would be killed ch”v
I appreciate this article. It explains what seems obvious that is outside the mayor’s authority to act independently and threaten. to make arrests.
He is a firecracker always causing trouble he said recently Trump and nott his president.
He really is like a jihad terrorist.
I trust the US authorities, though, that he will not cause a take over America by the Muslims.
Trump will likely pass legislation that would protect Israelis no matter where they are in this country.
January 20 cannot come soon enough. I just pray that Trump deports these savages pro Hamas monsters that he shuts down funding for all these higher education institutions that allow assault on Jewish students. We need more clarity and we need to the USA to take out the trash, leftist anti-Israel trash.
If he does that, this smelly anti American,anti semitic mayor in turn should be arrested on President Trump’s order, and thrown into the bin of people that need to be deported, and send them one way ticket to Gaza
And what will Dopey Jihadi do with the perpetrators of October7? I assume honor them?