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Police arrest actors, politicians protesting against Netanyahu outside UN
Jewish Voice for Peace led the demonstration, and police detained about 100 people as protesters blocked traffic and chanted against Israel’s war in Gaza.
- On Thursday, NYPD officers arrested approximately 100 protesters, including actress Susan Sarandon and actress Hannah Einbinder, for blocking traffic on First Avenue near the United Nations headquarters during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit.
- Jewish Voice for Peace organized the sit-in, drawing roughly 400 participants to demand an end to U.S. military support for Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
- Police used zip-ties to detain high-profile figures, including Sarandon, Einbinder, and Democratic congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier, alongside New York City Council Member Chi Osse.
- Inside the General Assembly, dozens of diplomats staged a mass walkout as Netanyahu began his address, and the Prime Minister later dismissed those who departed as 'moral cowards.'
- Chevalier's arrest underscores the movement's political stakes, while Netanyahu faces ongoing war crimes accusations from the International Criminal Court , which issued a warrant in 2024.
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The two actresses were among the protesters detained at the UN headquarters, where hundreds of people objected to the visit of the Israeli Prime Minister and demanded an end to the supply of weapons to Israel
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DSA Politicians, Celebrities Among More Than 100 Arrested at Protest During Netanyahu’s U.N. Speech
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to rebuke street demonstrators and diplomats who walked out of the chamber, as New York police arrested more than 100 people at an anti-Israel sit-in a few blocks from U.N. headquarters. The New York Police […]
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