Key facts
- Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were detained by NYPD at an anti-Netanyahu protest in New York on Thursday.
- The protest took place near the UN headquarters ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly.
- Protesters held banners stating "Stop Arming Israel" and "End the Genocide."
- NYPD officers warned demonstrators blocking traffic that arrests were impending.
- Benjamin Netanyahu criticized "the antisemitic mayor of New York" and his wife during his UN speech.
Movie star Susan Sarandon and "Hacks" actress Hannah Einbinder were among dozens detained by police in New York on Thursday as officers moved to break up a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The demonstration occurred near the United Nations headquarters ahead of Netanyahu's address to the UN General Assembly. AFP footage showed NYPD officers cuffing Sarandon at the event, which was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace. Protesters carried banners with messages such as "Stop Arming Israel" and "End the Genocide." Before arrests were made, members of the department’s community affairs office warned demonstrators of impending arrests and gave them the opportunity to disperse, an NYPD spokesperson said. The spokesperson noted that if there are a large number of arrests, it is usually the Strategic Response Group (SRG) doing it. The protesters were blocking the street, and the NYPD warned them, with community affairs officers confirming individually that they wanted to be arrested. The SRG, which Mayor Eric Adams had vowed to disband as a mayoral candidate, came out in force, with several officers seen zip-tying protestors and loading them into NYPD buses. During his defiant speech to the UN General Assembly as protests raged outside, Netanyahu stated, "To all those that are spreading these lies about my country and about our brave soldiers, whether they sit in this hall or in the office of the antisemitic mayor of New York, I say this: Shame on you. Shame on you for distorting the facts." Netanyahu also criticized Netanyahu's wife, First Lady Rama Duwaji, for liking social media posts that celebrated Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack.