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 powerful re

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