{"id":356346,"date":"2026-09-25T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356346\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T03:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T03:00:10","slug":"more-than-100-arrested-as-new-yorkers-protest-netanyahus-un-visit-united-nations-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356346\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 arrested as New Yorkers protest Netanyahu\u2019s UN visit | United Nations News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> took place in New York as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly<\/a>, with more than 100 people arrested as demonstrators demanded accountability over Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza and an end to United States military support.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m born and raised in New York City, and it\u2019s a total disrespect for Benjamin Netanyahu to be here,\u201d Jose, a protest attendee who only gave his first name, told Al Jazeera. \u201cHe\u2019s a war criminal, and we don\u2019t tolerate that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More than 400 people, including celebrities, organisers and politicians, joined an action near the UN earlier on Thursday, according to Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). The sit-in blocked part of First Avenue ahead of Netanyahu\u2019s UNGA address. The protest was led by JVP and NYC-Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n

\"ProtestersProtesters block a road outside UN headquarters during a Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 24, 2026, in New York [Andres Kudacki\/AP]<\/p>\n

\u201c\u200aWhat we\u2019re seeing this week is that Trump and Netanyahu are using the United Nations General Assembly as a bully pulpit to espouse their vision of the world, which is one ruled by brute force, by war crimes with impunity,\u201d Nas Issa, a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement and activist at the JVP demonstration, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n

Protesters sought to draw attention to New York\u2019s own role in US support for Israel. A day earlier, NYC-DSA held a news conference at John F Kennedy international airport calling for an immediate halt to military and explosive cargo shipments through the airport and for greater transparency over previous shipments of military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n

Police ordered demonstrators on Thursday to clear the road before making arrests. The New York Police Department told Al Jazeera that 103 people were arrested for disorderly conduct, and all had been released.<\/p>\n

Organisers said nine of those people were elected officials and candidates for office.<\/p>\n

Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for New York\u2019s 13th congressional district, was among those detained.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenjamin Netanyahu belongs at The Hague; not in the streets of New York City, and certainly not addressing the United Nations General Assembly,\u201d Avila Chevalier said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice arrest protesters as they block a road outside UN headquarters during a Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on September 24, 2026, in New York [Andres Kudacki\/AP]<\/p>\n

JVP organiser Jess Frankel Carrel told Al Jazeera that, as a Jewish New Yorker, she wanted US funding directed towards communities at home rather than Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want our tax dollars spent bombing children. We want them to fund schools here,\u201d Carrel said. \u201cMany of my comrades were arrested, and we will stay here. We will stay fighting until the genocide is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice arrest protesters as they block a road outside UN headquarters during a Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on September 24, 2026, in New York [Andres Kudacki\/AP]<\/p>\n

Hours later, thousands of protesters marched towards UN headquarters in a separate demonstration against Netanyahu\u2019s visit, organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement and The People\u2019s Forum.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u200aI think it\u2019s clear why Benjamin Netanyahu only wanted to spend 10 hours in this city,\u201d Taher Dahleh, a Palestinian Youth Movement organiser, told Al Jazeera. \u201cThis city will never be a safe haven for fugitives of international law or war criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DemonstratorsDemonstrators gather to protest following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s address at the 81st session of the UNGA, on September 24, 2026, in New York [Madison Swart\/AP]<\/p>\n

The demonstrations brought opposition to Netanyahu\u2019s presence in New York to the streets as the Israeli prime minister defended his government\u2019s conduct from the UNGA podium.<\/p>\n

During his speech on Thursday afternoon, Netanyahu rejected accusations that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, calling the allegation the \u201cgreatest lie of the century\u201d and saying Israel had taken steps to protect Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n

He also attacked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling him \u201canti-Semitic\u201d and accusing him of spreading lies about Israel. Netanyahu claimed that since Mamdani\u2019s election, \u201cmany Jews no longer feel safe in New York\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mamdani responded by accusing Netanyahu of repeating \u201cbaseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide of Palestinians\u201d, adding that the prime minister remained the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.<\/p>\n

The mayor had pledged during his campaign to have Netanyahu arrested if he came to New York. Mamdani has since acknowledged that he does not have the authority to carry out such an arrest.<\/p>\n

\"DemonstratorsDemonstrators gather to protest following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s address at the 81st session of the UNGA, on September 24, 2026, in New York [Madison Swart\/AP]<\/p>\n

For protesters on Thursday, Netanyahu\u2019s appearance offered an opportunity to carry their message beyond the UN chamber, calling on international leaders and the US government to act over Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United Nations has given Israel deadline after deadline and given Israel countless times, and still we haven\u2019t seen any change,\u201d Dahleh said. \u201c\u200aAll of this complicity has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took place in New York as he addressed the United…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3895,16028,9,12,56,63,65,64,2271,901,2272],"class_list":["post-356346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-icc","tag-new-york","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-united-nations","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}