Cuomo joins Netanyahu’s legal defense team against ICC warrants as he mulls 2025 NYC mayoral run

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineligible defence squad this week, arsenic the Jewish person and his erstwhile defence main Yoav Gallant look apprehension warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC) implicit their ongoing effect to the Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

Cuomo, a three-term Democrat who resigned successful 2021 amid harassment allegations, besides railed against antisemitism astatine a caller meal with leaders of New York’s Jewish community.

Cuomo condemned what helium characterized arsenic whitewashing Hamas kidnappings and murders successful Israel, telling the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education helium is arrogant to articulation Netanyahu’s defense.

He condemned the "denial" that excessively galore radical and "institutions" person astir the scourge of antisemitism.

Cuomo said 1 Jewish leader, Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who had been reported arsenic "missing" successful the United Arab Emirates was not so, and alternatively was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas. Cuomo suggested specified incorrect characterizations should beryllium considered antisemitic.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks successful Mount Vernon, New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

"This is the infinitesimal that is going to beryllium successful the past books. This is simply a pivotal infinitesimal and this is the infinitesimal erstwhile existent friends basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis and combat for the authorities of Israel," Cuomo said.

"I americium arrogant to beryllium connected the ineligible defence squad of the premier curate against the apprehension warrant astatine the ICC – and I’m arrogant to basal against antisemitism."

The ICC charged Netanyahu and Gallant with crimes against humanity and warfare crimes, mounting disconnected a planetary firestorm arsenic signatories to the court’s jurisdiction recovered themselves astatine likelihood with non-party allies similar the U.S.

In recognizing the ICC, subordinate nations person a sworn work to uphold its edicts. Netanyahu’s warrant truthful presented the swath of Western nations – including the full European Union – with a predicament that placed them antagonistic to the U.S. and Israel.

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Britain's GB News determination would beryllium "hell to wage for immoderate planetary person buying into this bulls---." That nation's leader, left-wing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, faces unit from immoderate members of his Labour Party who person cited an "obligation" to apprehension Netanyahu, according to the outlet.

The Macron medication successful France signaled Netanyahu volition beryllium treated arsenic immune to the ICC due to the fact that – portion the French are signatories – Israel is not. 

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Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Separately, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot was asked if France would apprehension Netanyahu, and responded that Paris is "very committed to planetary justness and volition use planetary law," according to the Jerusalem Post.

The warrants caused bipartisan outrage connected Capitol Hill arsenic Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., recovered uncommon agreement.

Graham told "Hannity" that helium and Cotton question to walk a instrumentality sanctioning immoderate state aiding the ICC successful arresting Netanyahu, portion the different listed lawmakers each condemned the warrant.

Cuomo is besides rumored to beryllium considering a 2025 mayoral tally successful New York City – which is location to the largest Jewish assemblage successful the U.S. 

During his remarks, helium cited the 1.6 cardinal Jews successful the Big Apple and said Hamas is demonstrating successful the streets with masks portion Jewish radical are acrophobic to deterioration yarmulkes oregon Stars of David successful public.

"That cannot hap successful the state of New York," helium said, adding a applicable instrumentality helium signed arsenic politician should beryllium decently enforced.

In 2019, Cuomo approved antisemitic-hate-crimes authorities sponsored by authorities Sen. Todd Kaminsky, D-Long Beach, and launched a "No Hate In Our State" run soon after.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images)

A Cuomo spokesperson directed Fox News Digital to video of the governor's code and said successful a connection the Democrat is arrogant to beryllium portion of a ineligible "dream team" for Netanyahu.

"As governor, Cuomo made warring antisemitism and supporting Israel a apical priority, passing landmark hatred transgression legislation, prioritizing information upgrades to spiritual institutions, creating a caller hatred crimes portion successful the State Police and starring a authorities delegation to Israel erstwhile it was nether attack," helium said.

The ideological potpourri of the U.S., Russia, Cuba, Turkey, Vatican City and Malaysia are immoderate of the much large nations who bash not admit the ICC.

Major U.S. allies Canada, Mexico, Australia and the United Kingdom admit the Holland-based bench.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Netanyahu medication for comment.