Netanyahu Could be Arrested if he Steps in New York

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July 18, 2026

CEOSSFIREARABIA – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may well arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he steps on the ground of New York City to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly in September. Presently Mamdani and his administration are examining whether they have the legal authority to arrest Netanyahu according to Anadolu quoting the New York Times. He told the Times “I believe that…Netanyahu belongs in The Hague” and that “he’s a war criminal who has been charged by the International Criminal Court.” He said he is presently in contact with the New York City Law Department to see whether he has the authority to direct the New York Police to arrest a foreign leader.

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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Welcome to Gaza: ‘We Are Not Leaving’

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September 4, 2026

Israeli minister still hope to force Palestinians out of Gaza through ‘voluntary migration’ but this might be a pipe-dream

CROSSFIREARABIA – In the last few days the issue of displacing the Palestinians out of Gaza displayed its head yet again in the echelons of the Israeli government. This is after Itamar Bin Gvir, Israeli ministry of national security, outlined a detailed plan to push 1.86 Palestinians out of Gaza in the next seven years, Wednesday. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also said there is a “ready plan” to do this but it is still waiting for a green light from the US administration in the White House. US President Donald Trump has so far put a “freeze” on the plan but it has not been removed off the table altogether Katz emphasizes. Bin Gvir said the plan as aimed at “voluntary displacement” seeks to push 250,000 Palestinians out of Gaza in the first year of its implementation and 1.11 million in the first three years. He stated that 1.86 Palestinians would be expected to leave in the seven-year-long plan, that is 80 percent of the population of Gaza estimated at around 2.2 million according to the Palestine Information Center. Ben Gvir wants to create an independent ministry called “Ministry of Voluntary Immigration” that would have a minister, a budget and a team for international negotiation.

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A Life After The War!

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September 4, 2026

By Ibrahim Isam

Somewhere in the heart, there remains a life that the war never reached. A life we never truly said goodbye to, even though we have drifted far from it. Sometimes we return to it without knowing the way, and find a small door still open within us, leading us back to something we thought was far away. There, we quietly find ourselves again, and feel that what was broken outside could not reach everything within us. For a moment, we become who we once were, before the world became heavier than we could bear. We let our souls rest for a little while, and listen to that quiet part of us that still remembers what peace means.