Hannah Einbinder, Susan Sarandon and Others Detained by NYPD at Benjamin Netanyahu UN Protest

September 24, 2026 Abbie Thompson

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: Sarah Sherman, Hannah Einbinder and protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war in Gaza block a street next to the United Nations (U.N.) on September 24, 2026, in New York City. Netanyahu is expected to deliver an address at the U.N. today for the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting. Numerous protests against the Israeli leader are planned throughout Manhattan. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Protestors created a sit-in blockade outside of the UN to protest the Israeli Prime Minister’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly this afternoon.

Over 400 protestors gathered outside of the United Nations in an anti-war sit-in protest during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech. Hannah Einbinder, Susan Sarandon, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Elliot Page, Chelsea Manning, Caleb Hearon and others were among the protestors—Einbinder, Sarandon and Hearon later seen being cuffed with zip-ties and detained by NYPD officers.

Jewish actress Hannah Einbinder was arrested at pro Palestine protest for chanting arrest Netanyahu in NYC pic.twitter.com/eMGA71lrmV
— LPC (@landpalestine) September 24, 2026

Organized by groups Jewish Voice for Peace – New York City, Urgence Palestine, NYC Palestinian Youth Movement, NY Indivisible and Global Samud US, the protest occurred outside of the United Nations at Netanyahu was set to address the General Assembly of the United Nations.

“We are here to protest to presence of Benjamin Netanyahu who is an architect of genocide supported by funding from the United States of America. This is an American-Israeli genocide against Palestinians. We are saying no to wars on Iran and in Lebanon and we are saying no to the genocide in Palestine,” Einbinder said while at the protest.

Darializa was just arrested while peacefully protesting Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations. Our government has unlimited funds to arm a genocide against Palestinians but tells us there's nothing left to feed and house our own people. Stop arming Israel! https://t.co/pyAIyKGuTn pic.twitter.com/gpE0bf15n1
— Darializa for Congress (@DarializaforNY) September 24, 2026

New York politician Chi Ossé and Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier were also seen among those detained by the NYPD.

Inside the UN, delegates were seen walking out en masse as Netanyahu began his speech saying, “If there are any other moral cowards who haven’t yet left this hall, please do so now.” Netanyahu went on to criticize New York’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of antisemitism saying, “Shame on you for inverting victim and aggressor. Shame on you for spitting in the face of truth, Mr. Mamdani. Since you were elected mayor of this city, many Jews no longer feel safe in New York. They tell me this isn’t the city we remember.”

There has been no update regarding the status of those detained by the NYPD.