Would Netanyahu be arrested if he travelled to Canada? 'Yes,' Carney says
Mark Carney says that Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he travelled to Canada.
The prime minister made the remark in an interview with British journalist Mishal Husain on her podcast released Friday. In the 37-minute episode, Carney touched on a wide range of topics. He talked about why he ran for office, what he learned from U.S. President Donald Trump and what his next steps were after recognizing Palestinian statehood.
The end goal “is a free and viable Palestinian state living side by side, peace and security, with the state of Israel,” said Carney.
The actions of the Netanyahu government, he said, “were explicitly designed to end any possibility of a state of Palestine in violation of the UN charter and going against Canadian government policy of whatever political stripe since 1947.”
Since 1947, the policy of the Canadian government has been to support a two-state solution, said Carney in September, when he officially recognized Palestinian statehood. Jewish groups condemned the choice and said it would reward and embolden Hamas terrorists. But, according to Carney, the recognition doesn’t compromise Canada’s support “for the State of Israel, its people, and their security,” — which can only “be guaranteed through the achievement of a comprehensive two-state solution.”
In the podcast, Carney said that although the U.S. disagreed with the recognition, the “common objective is the same.”
“You’re going to have to keep up the pressure on the Israeli government,” in order to achieve a Palestinian state “living side by side with a secure Israel,” Husain said to Carney. “Justin Trudeau said that Canada would honour the International Criminal Court arrest warrants i.e. Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Canada.”
She then asked: “Does that stand under your leadership?”
“Yes,” Carney replied.
“You’d be prepared to do that?” asked Husain.
“Yes,” said the prime minister.
“We’ve let terrorist organizations turn our country into an ATM, but the leader of the only Jewish state in the world isn’t welcome here. Make it make sense,” said Casey Babb, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, said @netanyahu would be arrested if he set foot in Canada. We've let terrorist organizations turn our country into an ATM, but the leader of the only Jewish state in the world isn't welcome here. Make it make sense. pic.twitter.com/aoUxRDqzJE
— Casey Babb (@DrCaseyBabb) October 17, 2025
“What? Hamas thanked Carney when he derailed a peace proposal on the eve of a trade deal deadline with the USA. Now Hamas is publicly executing competing Palestinian factions. But (Mark Carney) tells Bloomberg he would arrest PM Netanyahu? Astonishing!” said Conservative MP Roman Baber in a post on X.
What?Hamas thanked Carney when he derailed a peace proposal on the eve of a trade deal deadline with the USA. Now Hamas is publicly executing competing Palestinian factions.But @MarkJCarney tells Bloomberg he would arrest PM Netanyahu? Astonishing! pic.twitter.com/cKqs7DeRfl
— Roman Baber (@Roman_Baber) October 16, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in November 2024. It alleged that the Israeli prime minister was “responsible for the war crimes of starvation as a method of warfare and of intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population” in Gaza, starting on Oct. 8, 2023.
A day earlier, on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists murdered 1,200 people in Israel and took 251 hostages, sparking a war in the Middle East. Israel has denied claims of genocide and starvation. A BBC report found that Hamas “systematically commandeered humanitarian aid entering the Strip,” giving it to people loyal to terrorists, The Times of Israel said .
The ICC rejected Israel’s request to withdraw the arrest warrant.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, a Canadian advocacy group, called on the government to “unequivocally reject this perversion of justice” after the warrant was issued. It said that it has “given solace” to terrorist groups “in their war of extermination against Israel” and made a “mockery of international law.”
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