Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among more than 100 detained during anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN

Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder were among dozens of protesters detained Thursday in New York during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he visited the United Nations.

NYPD said it took 103 people into custody as it tried to break up a group participating in a sit-in protest on First Avenue, just a few blocks from the UN headquarters, ahead of Netanyahu’s remarks to the UN General Assembly .

Video from the scene showed officers zip-tying Sarandon and Einbinder’s hands and directing them toward an NYPD bus.

Meanwhile, protesters can be heard chanting with many wearing shirts that say, “Fund people not bombs,” and holding signs that say “Stop arming Israel” and “End the genocide.”

Comedian Caleb Hearon, author Glennon Doyle, New York congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, and former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning were also among those detained, according to Jewish Voice for Peace, a human rights organization that advocates for Palestinian rights and held the protest.

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Other celebrities seen at the demonstration were actress and political activist Cynthia Nixon, playwright Tony Kushner, photographer Nan Goldin, and poet Eileen Myles. Congressional candidate Brad Lander also participated.

Jewish Voice for Peace said it held the sit-in outside the UN to “call on the world to stop arming Israel and to end the genocide in Gaza.”

A CNN team on the ground saw a heavy police presence with demonstrators remaining peaceful, but blocking traffic.

NYPD officers were seen arriving after 12 p.m. and warned demonstrators to clear the street. Around 30 people remained sitting and standing on the street, the CNN team saw.

After another warning, officers began detaining protesters at around 1 p.m.

During his address Thursday, Netanyahu’s remarks prompted polarized reaction, with a large number of diplomats walking out of the room. The Israeli leader defended Israel’s military actions in Gaza and responded to international criticism, claiming if he hadn’t attacked Iran, “We’d all be dead.”

Last year, an independent UN inquiry found that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023, when Hamas carried out deadly attacks on Israel and Israel launched its military campaign. The Israeli government has maintained it is conducting the war in Gaza in self-defense and in accordance with international law, firmly denying accusations of genocide.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Galland and a senior Hamas official, accusing them of war crimes. Netanyahu has dismissed the warrant as “absurd” and “antisemitic.” (The US is not a member of the ICC)

After Netanyahu’s remarks, hundreds of protesters also marched through the streets of New York with some chanting “Free Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “Netanyahu, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide.”

Sarandon has long-been a prominent supporter of Palestinian rights and has widely condemned Netanyahu and Israel’s war in Gaza. CNN has reached out to Sarandon’s team for comment.

In a story on Instagram , Hannah Einbinder acknowledged her detainment, writing, “If the pictures of my friends and me getting arrested in protest of Netanyahu’s shameful visit to New York draw attention to anything, let it be to the devastating genocidal war is waging against the people of Palestine and Southern Lebanon.”

Hearon also posted to Instagram , where he thanked the protest organizers and said he was out of jail.

CNN’s Jeff Winter and Brynn Gingras contributed reporting.

周四，在以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡访问联合国期间，纽约爆发了一场抗议活动，数十名抗议者被拘留，其中包括屡获殊荣的女演员苏珊·萨兰登和《黑客》主演汉娜·艾因宾德。

纽约警察局表示，在内塔尼亚胡向联合国大会发表讲话之前，他们试图驱散在第一大道上参与静坐抗议的一群人，并拘留了 103 人。该静坐抗议地点距离联合国总部仅几个街区。

现场视频显示，警员用扎带绑住萨兰登和艾因宾德的双手，并将他们押往一辆纽约警察局的巴士。

与此同时，可以听到抗议者高喊口号，许多人穿着印有“资助人民而不是炸弹”字样的衬衫，并举着写有“停止武装以色列”和“结束种族灭绝”的标语。

据倡导巴勒斯坦人权利并组织抗议活动的人权组织“犹太和平之声”称，被拘留者还包括喜剧演员卡莱布·赫伦、作家格伦农·多伊尔、纽约州国会候选人达里亚利扎·阿维拉·谢瓦利埃和前陆军情报分析员切尔西·曼宁。

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其他出现在示威活动中的名人包括演员兼政治活动家辛西娅·尼克松、剧作家托尼·库什纳、摄影师南·戈尔丁和诗人艾琳·迈尔斯。国会候选人布拉德·兰德也参加了活动。

犹太和平之声组织表示，他们在联合国总部外举行静坐示威，是为了“呼吁世界停止向以色列提供武器，并结束加沙的种族灭绝”。

CNN现场记者看到，现场警力部署严密，示威者保持和平，但阻碍了交通。

据CNN报道，纽约警察局警员于中午12点后抵达现场，并警告示威者离开街道。当时仍有约30人或坐或站地留在街上。

在再次发出警告后，警方于下午1点左右开始拘留抗议者。

内塔尼亚胡周四的讲话引发了截然不同的反应，许多外交官愤然离席。这位以色列领导人为以色列在加沙的军事行动辩护，并回应了国际社会的批评，声称如果他没有攻击伊朗，“我们都会死”。

去年，联合国一项独立调查认定，自2023年10月7日哈马斯对以色列发动致命袭击、以色列随即启动军事行动以来，以色列对加沙地带的巴勒斯坦人犯下了种族灭绝罪行。以色列政府坚称，其在加沙的战争是出于自卫，并符合国际法，坚决否认种族灭绝的指控。

国际刑事法院已对内塔尼亚胡、前国防部长约阿夫·加兰德和一名哈马斯高级官员发出逮捕令，指控他们犯有战争罪。内塔尼亚胡驳斥逮捕令“荒谬”且“反犹”。（美国并非国际刑事法院成员国）

内塔尼亚胡发表讲话后，数百名抗议者也走上纽约街头游行，一些人高喊“解放巴勒斯坦”、“加沙”和“内塔尼亚胡，你无处可藏。我们指控你犯有种族灭绝罪”。

萨兰登长期以来一直是巴勒斯坦权利的坚定支持者，并广泛谴责内塔尼亚胡和以色列在加沙的战争。CNN已联系萨兰登的团队寻求置评。

汉娜·艾因宾德在 Instagram 上发布了一则动态，承认自己被拘留，并写道：“如果我和我的朋友们因抗议内塔尼亚胡可耻的纽约之行而被捕的照片能够引起人们的注意，那就应该让人们关注正在对巴勒斯坦和黎巴嫩南部人民发动的毁灭性种族灭绝战争。”

赫伦还在 Instagram 上发帖，感谢抗议组织者，并表示他已经出狱。

CNN的杰夫·温特和布林·金格拉斯对此报道亦有贡献。