Oscar-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. 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. The New York Post reported Einbinder had also been marched away from the demonstration organised by Jewish Voice for Peace, where protesters held banners that read “Stop Arming Israel” and “End the Genocide.” A spokesperson for the NYPD said officers had responded to reports of an “unscheduled demonstration” where people were blocking an intersection. Multiple individuals who didn’t comply were taken into custody,” she said, without providing the number of people arrested.
Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier and New York City council member Chi Ossé were also among those arrested. Inside the general assembly, dozens of envoys from across the world walked out as Netanyahu began his speech, where he assailed both enemies and allies that have crossed him in recent months, including Britain and France, which have recently moved to recognise the state of Palestine. 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 actor told journalists at the Venice film festival this month she was losing work because of her outspoken views.
But that’s the power structure,” she said. Einbinder has previously said the cost of not speaking up about Palestine is greater than losing her Hollywood career, citing industry backlash to actors such as Sarandon and Melissa Barrera. I am under no impression that my small career could ever measure up in comparison to even one human life.
It’s an obligation and I will always do it.” contributed to this report
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