Mamdani's Threat to Arrest Netanyahu Spotlights Deepening Democratic Divisions Dr. William C.
Mamdani, a Ugandan scholar and anti Zionist activist, recently sparked a diplomatic firestorm when he threatened to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his way through South Africa last month.
The comments, made in the context of an increasingly contentious global debate over Israel's treatment of Palestinians, have shed light on deepening divisions within the Democratic Party in the United States.