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Dozens Arrested Protesting Netanyahu UN Speech in New York

5 sources · updated 2026-09-25
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What happened

On Thursday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, protesters gathered near U.N. headquarters. The New York Police Department said it responded to an unscheduled demonstration that blocked an intersection at 39th Street and First Avenue, issued warnings to leave, and took into custody people who did not comply; police put arrests at about 100. Those detained included Democratic House nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier, City Council member Chi Ossé, and actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder. A separate march of more than 1,000 people moved through Midtown Manhattan. Inside the hall, dozens of diplomats walked out as Netanyahu began speaking.
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How it developed
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ONE-SIDED THIS WEEK. Only left-leaning outlets have covered this story in the last two days; Washington Examiner reported it on 2026-09-24.
Omitted — what each side leaves out

Unpacked

Right-leaning outlets had not covered this as of publication, so their readers miss that more than 100 people were arrested outside the United Nations while Netanyahu spoke. Left-leaning coverage reports that actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were cuffed at a Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in, along with congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier and city officials. The same reports say dozens of UN envoys walked out of the general assembly as the speech began. Left-leaning coverage uses genocide as the protesters' frame even as it quotes the NYPD calling the action an "unscheduled demonstration" that blocked an intersection. The first-person column presents the arrests as a refusal to host a man wanted in The Hague. The companion news reports add that many demonstrators remained after the order to disperse but did not appear to resist. Did police file charges against those they detained, or were they released without them?
Bottom line

The Guardian is the only coverage of the UN protest arrests, and it put more than 100 people in custody, including Susan Sarandon.

The receipts — 4 facts one side's coverage lacks
  • The NYPD did not provide a number of people taken into custody. official statementin The Guardian · absent from right-leaning coverage
  • Organizers said the sit-in had 400 participants. numberin The Guardian · absent from right-leaning coverage
  • The column states the ICC has a warrant for Netanyahu's arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity. legal rulingin The Guardian · absent from right-leaning coverage
  • An estimated few thousand people later marched from Bryant Park to the UN. numberin The Guardian · absent from right-leaning coverage
The Left View
The Hill, The Guardian, and The New York Times reported sit-ins and marches organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and allied groups, with protesters blocking streets, chanting against U.S. arms for Israel, and calling Netanyahu a war criminal under a 2024 International Criminal Court warrant. Outlets highlighted arrests of candidates, city officials, and celebrities, cited organizer estimates of more than 100 arrests among hundreds of participants, and quoted speakers linking the protest to Gaza casualty figures and a U.N. inquiry’s genocide finding. Coverage also noted diplomatic walkouts, Netanyahu’s criticism of Britain and France over Palestine recognition, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s earlier pledge to arrest Netanyahu, which city lawyers said the city lacked authority to carry out. Avila Chevalier published a Guardian essay arguing she was protesting U.S. funding of alleged genocide.
Our Take (balanced)
The core event is substantive: named people, a specific location, a police account of an intersection blockade after warnings, and a U.N. speech with observed walkouts. About 100 arrests and the identities of several public figures are established across multiple reports; organizer headcounts and some celebrity names rest on those groups and secondary outlets. Genocide, war-crimes guilt, and precise casualty totals remain alleged—they come from ICC filings, a U.N. commission, and activist figures, not from a completed U.S. criminal judgment or an executed arrest of Netanyahu. No right-leaning outlet has reported this. Watch for an official NYPD tally and charges, court records matching the named arrestees, and any city or federal statement on the ICC warrant.

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