On the morning a sitting prime minister addressed the world's foremost body for international order, roughly a hundred people chose the street over silence — among them an Oscar-winning actor, an Emmy winner, and an elected official — arrested outside the United Nations in New York for refusing to move. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the protest gave form to a question that has grown louder across two years of war: what does legitimacy mean when an international arrest warrant shadows the speaker at the podium? Inside the chamber, delegates walked out; outside, protesters were loaded ont
NYC police arrest Susan Sarandon, 99 others protesting Netanyahu at UN
Netanyahu has no right to use the UN platform to justify these atrocities
Mark
So about a hundred people were arrested. That's a significant number. Were they all charged with the same thing?
Mimi
The reporting doesn't specify the charges. We know they were arrested after police ordered them to leave and they didn't, but the actual legal charges aren't detailed in what came out.
Luke
That's important. "Arrested" can mean a lot of things—it could be disorderly conduct, trespassing, blocking traffic, or something else entirely. We don't actually know what they're facing.
Mark
And the names—Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder, Chi Osse. Were they treated differently because they're public figures?
Mimi
The source doesn't say. They're all listed together as people who were arrested. There's no indication they received special treatment or faced different consequences.
Luke
And we should note: the source says "about 100" protesters. That's an estimate. It could have been ninety-five or one hundred and five. Police estimates of crowd size are notoriously imprecise.
Mark
What about the international warrant Melissa Zuniga mentioned? Is that confirmed?
Mimi
She raises it as a question—"when he has an international warrant for his arrest." But the source doesn't independently verify whether such a warrant actually exists or what its status is.
Luke
Right. That's a claim made by a protester. It's worth reporting that she said it, but readers should know it's not established fact in this piece. That's a separate story that would need its own reporting.
Mark
And the walkouts during his speech—how many delegates left?
Mimi
The source says "dozens" walked out. Again, not a precise number.
Luke
"Dozens" is vague. It could be thirty, it could be eighty. For a story about international isolation, that precision matters, and we don't have it.
El Pulso
- The arrival of Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly transformed Midtown Manhattan into a flashpoint, drawing hundreds of demonstrators who blocked traffic and refused police orders to disperse.
- Susan Sarandon, Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder, a congressional candidate, and a sitting city council member were among the roughly one hundred people handcuffed and loaded onto police buses.
- Inside the chamber, the speech Netanyahu intended as a defense against international isolation was met with a mass walkout by dozens of delegates — dissent mirroring the streets below.
- Protesters and a rabbi from Neturei Karta publicly invoked the international arrest warrant against Netanyahu, demanding the city and the UN answer why a wanted leader was given a global platform.
- The demonstrations are landing not as a single moment but as a pressure point — sharpening an unresolved question about accountability, sovereignty, and who gets to speak for justice on the world stage.
On the morning a sitting prime minister addressed the world's foremost body for international order, roughly a hundred people chose the street over silence — among them an Oscar-winning actor, an Emmy winner, and an elected official — arrested outside the United Nations in New York for refusing to move. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the protest gave form to a question that has grown louder across two years of war: what does legitimacy mean when an international arrest warrant shadows the speaker at the podium? Inside the chamber, delegates walked out; outside, protesters were loaded onto buses — two forms of dissent, one fractured morning.
On the morning Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly, roughly a hundred protesters were arrested on the streets surrounding UN headquarters in New York. The demonstration had been organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, which drew around two hundred people to the plaza. Among those taken into custody were actor Susan Sarandon, Emmy-winning actress Hannah Einbinder, a Democratic congressional candidate, and New York City Council member Chi Osse.
The protesters arrived in matching white T-shirts bearing slogans — "Fund people not bombs," "Free Palestine," "No war" — and blocked traffic around the building. When police ordered them to disperse, some moved to the sidewalks, but others sat down on the pavement and chanted. Officers encircled those who remained and eventually loaded them onto buses.
Manijeh Moradian, a university professor of Iranian and Jewish heritage, said she had come because the destruction in Gaza amounted to the erasure of an entire society — carried out, she argued, with American tax dollars. Netanyahu, in her view, had forfeited any right to the UN's platform.
Inside the General Assembly hall, Netanyahu defended Israel's military campaign as dozens of delegates rose and walked out. Elsewhere in Manhattan, protesters gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library, where Rabbi Yitzchok Deutsch of Neturei Karta accused Netanyahu of weaponizing Jewish identity and thanked the mayor for his stated willingness to arrest the prime minister — a pointed reference to the international warrant that has followed Netanyahu abroad.
The question protester Melissa Zuniga posed aloud — how a leader under international warrant could be permitted to address the United Nations — remained unanswered as the session continued inside and the arrested were processed outside, the day's two dramas unfolding in parallel.
About a hundred people were arrested outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on the morning Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly. Among them were Susan Sarandon, the Oscar-winning actor; Hannah Einbinder, an Emmy winner; Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic congressional candidate; and Chi Osse, a member of the New York City Council. The protest had been organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, an advocacy group that drew roughly two hundred demonstrators to the plaza.
The protesters wore identical white T-shirts printed with messages: "Fund people not bombs," "No war," "Free Palestine." They blocked traffic on the streets surrounding the UN building. Police used loudspeakers to order them to disperse. Some moved to the sidewalks, but others remained seated on the pavement, chanting "Netanyahu go to hell." Officers formed a perimeter around those who stayed, then loaded them onto buses.
Manijeh Moradian, a fifty-year-old university professor of Iranian and Jewish heritage, explained why she had come. The destruction unfolding in Gaza amounted to the obliteration of an entire society, she said, and it was happening with American tax dollars. Netanyahu, in her view, had no business using the United Nations platform to defend what she called atrocities.
Inside the General Assembly chamber, Netanyahu took the stage to defend Israel's military actions in the Middle East. He was trying to counter what observers saw as growing international isolation, particularly as Israel faced upcoming elections. As he spoke, dozens of delegates stood and walked out of the hall.
Elsewhere in Manhattan, pro-Palestine protesters gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library, waving Palestinian flags and holding banners that read "New York rejects Zionism" and "Palestine deserves freedom." Rabbi Yitzchok Deutsch, representing Neturei Karta International, said Netanyahu was weaponizing religion and Jewish identity to justify what he described as crimes. Deutsch publicly thanked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his willingness to arrest Netanyahu—a reference to the international warrant that has shadowed the prime minister's movements.
Protester Melissa Zuniga raised a question that echoed through the demonstrations: how could Netanyahu be permitted to address the United Nations when an international arrest warrant stood against him? The question hung in the air as police continued processing those who had been detained, and as the General Assembly session continued inside, fractured by walkouts and the weight of the conflict that had brought so many to the streets.
Citas Notables
What's being done to Gaza, the obliteration of an entire society, in our name, with our tax dollars, this is our responsibility to speak out against— Manijeh Moradian, university professor and protester
Netanyahu was using religion and Jewish identity to justify crimes— Rabbi Yitzchok Deutsch, Neturei Karta International
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