Washington DC - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said he still plans to visit New York City in September despite strong opposition from Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

"First of all, I'm going to New York," Netanyahu told Sean Hannity during a Fox News appearance on Tuesday. "I'm definitely going there."

"I’m going to speak the truth in front of this, you know, hate-spewing elected official who's pitting one group of New Yorkers against the others," he said, in apparent reference to Mamdani.

"I mean, what are we in the 1930s? What is this? You know, so much hate, so many lies, and you know the big lie is about the [International Criminal Court]… that's a corrupt, evil organization."

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Netanyahu intends to make his visit to NYC in September, during that month's United Nations General Assembly meeting.

His comments came about a week after Mamdani condemned him as a "war criminal" and "the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people."

Such claims are backed up by strong evidence, including a ruling by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.

The same UN commission found in June that the genocide, which has seen well over 70,000 people killed by Israel, is still continuing.

"The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces," commission chair Srinivasan Muralidhar said in a statement.

During his statement, Mamdani confirmed that the office of the New York mayor does not have the authority or jurisdiction to execute the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant and arrest Netanyahu.

He did say, however, that Netanyahu "is not welcome in New York City."

"Anyone with their eyes, their heart, with their conscience, should recognize the devastation he has wrought and understand that he belongs before a court of law," Mamdani said.