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Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at UN protest

comedySep 25, 2026301,140

Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were detained by New York police on Thursday during a Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in protesting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly. Agence France-Presse footage shows NYPD officers cuffing Sarandon as officers moved in after protesters blocked an intersection while holding banners reading “Stop Arming Israel” and “End the Genocide.” A police spokesperson said officers issued warnings through the Community Affairs Bureau and arrested multiple individuals who did not comply; the article says dozens were detained but gives no precise total. Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier and New York City council member Chi Ossé were also arrested. Inside the general assembly dozens of envoys walked out as Netanyahu began his speech, in which he attacked nations including Britain and France. Sarandon told journalists at the Venice film festival this month that she has lost work over her outspoken views, and Einbinder has said at Cannes that the cost of not speaking up about Palestine would be greater than losing her career.

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