On the Ground, Literally, With the Celebrities Who Were Arrested Protesting Netanyahu

Film star Susan Sarandon and Hacks actress Hannah Einbinder were among a reported 100 people detained by police in New York on Thursday as they broke up a protest against the Israeli prime minister. Agence France-Presse footage showed NYPD (New York Police Department) officers leading away handcuffed Thelma & Louise star Sarandon at the demonstration in the city as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was readying to address the United Nations General Assembly. Actors detained at Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration against Israeli prime minister’s address to the UN general assemblyOscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder were among people detained by police in New York on Thursday as they moved in to break up a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu.Agence France-Presse footage shows NYPD officers cuffing Thelma & Louise star Sarandon at the demo in the city as the Israeli prime minister was readying to address the United Nations general assembly.

Activists take part in a rally across the street from the UN ahead of an address by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (EPA Images pic)NEW YORK: Movie star Susan Sarandon and "Hacks" actress Hannah Einbinder were among a reported 100 people detained by police in New York on Thursday as they broke up a protest against the Israeli prime minister.AFP footage showed NYPD officers leading away cuffed "Thelma & Louise" star Sarandon at the demo in the city as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was readying to address the UN General Assembly.The New York Post reported Einbinder had also been frog-marched from the demonstration organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, where protesters held banners that read "Stop Arming Israel" and "End the Genocide".A spokesman for the NYPD said officers had responded to reports of an "unscheduled demonstration" where people were blocking an intersection."Members of the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau issued... warnings, advising participants that they should leave," the spokesman said."They continued to block the intersection.

Multiple individuals who didn't comply were taken into custody," she said, without providing the number of people arrested.Jewish Voice for Peace said on social media that over 100 people had been arrested."Over 400 people held a mass sit-in outside the UN demanding an end to the genocide and an end to US military funding to Israel," the organisation said on X."We refuse to stand by while war criminals are given a platform to speak and while our government spends billions on war."Inside the General Assembly, dozens of envoys from across the world walked out as Netanyahu began his speech, in which he assailed both enemies and allies that have crossed him in recent months, including Britain and France, which have recently moved to recognize the state of Palestine."They accuse Israel, tiny Israel, of colonialism -- some colonialism. Among them are people in Britain and in France. For God's sakes, they invented the term," he told the assembly.Sarandon, whose movie hits also include "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Dead Man Walking" and "The Witches of Eastwick", is no stranger to protests over Israel's war in Gaza.The US actress told journalists at the Venice Film Festival this month that she was losing work because of her outspoken views."I've still had movies taken away recent…

Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder, and other big names demonstrated against the Israeli prime minister's speech at the UN