NYC braces for dueling protests as Netanyahu arrives for brief UN speech
Palestinian, Jewish, and Israeli groups plan separate demonstrations around Netanyahu's short UN General Assembly visit Thursday.
What to know
- Netanyahu will spend only a few hours in NYC Thursday for his UN General Assembly speech before flying out that evening.
- A coalition led by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace, and DSA plans a mass protest outside UN headquarters.
- Separately, NYC Jews, Israelis, and anti-Zionists are organizing their own rallies over antisemitism, Israeli domestic politics, and the war in Gaza.
- The visit occurs under the shadow of the ICC's 2024 arrest warrant for Netanyahu, which the Trump administration has moved to undermine, reportedly weighing sanctions against the court.
“three years of genocide and spiraling regional war which has hit countries from Lebanon to Iran, Yemen to Iraq, in addition to devastating the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza”
Taher Dahleh, Palestinian Youth Movement organizer · Truthout ↗ · Sep 21
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How it unfolded 4 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts
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Truthout's protest report spreads widely on Bluesky
The Truthout article detailing the planned mass protest circulates on Bluesky, drawing hundreds of shares as users amplify news of the demonstration ahead of Netanyahu's arrival.
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Netanyahu is set to arrive in NYC on Thursday for the UN General Assembly – where he is expected to defend his warmongering in Iran and Gaza. Activists led by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the Democratic Socialists of America, among others – have planned a mass protest.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in New York City on Thursday for the UN General Assembly — where he is expected to defend his warmongering in Iran and Gaza in a speech during the afternoon. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has presided over the nearly three-year-long genocide in Gaza while pursuing…
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In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, charging him with war crimes, including “starvation as a method of warfare” and crimes against humanity committed during the war on Gaza since October 2023.
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Times of Israel details fractured protest landscape
A follow-up report describes NYC Jews, Israelis, and anti-Zionists each planning distinct demonstrations reflecting the fraught politics surrounding Netanyahu's General Assembly appearance.
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first by Times of Israel, 1d ago · also The Times of Israel
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ICC warrant and Trump's shielding of Netanyahu draw scrutiny
Coverage notes the ICC's November 2024 arrest warrant against Netanyahu for war crimes including 'starvation as a method of warfare,' while the Trump administration has called the court 'illegitimate' and is reportedly preparing sanctions against the ICC itself.
“insult and demean the international system and the rest of the states of the world…”
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first by Truthout, 1d ago
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Coalition led by PYM, JVP, DSA plans mass protest at UN — Truthout reports Netanyahu will cut his U.S. trip to only a few hours around his afternoon UN speech, and that a coalition led by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the Democratic Socialists of America has organized a mass demonstration outside UN headquarters to confront him.
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Times of Israel reports NYC groups organizing protests
An early report describes NYC Jews, Israelis, and anti-Zionists preparing to rally during Netanyahu's General Assembly speech, driven by grievances over antisemitism, Israeli domestic politics, and the war in Gaza.
What people are saying 21 voices from 1 site · best of 47 · verbatim
- Yesterday
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Your second number is inaccurate. Hamas took hundreds of hostages more than the 240 you cite... And then Israeli helicopter guns killed them under the Hannibal Directive - to stop them being used in future hostage-swap negotiations. Hundreds of the 1,200 Israelis killed were killed BY ISRAELIS.
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The Ed Sheeran boycott is a real thing of people 40 and under feel about Isreal. It is a microcosm about Isreal. They have committed genocide to the Palestinians. About 74,000 have been killed and on October 7 there were 1,200 Israelis killed and 240 taken hostage by Hamas.
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Honestly, I cannot believe the United Nations is letting Natanyahu enter the building much less speak.
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A good opportunity to relax and Read the Balfour Declaration preserving the rights of the Arab population by the incoming newcomers in the 1940's. Got That BIBI-kins
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Mamdani acknowledged he had no legal authority to direct New York police to arrest Netanyahu. He has called on federal authorities to execute the International Criminal Court’s warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest.
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The root of all evil in the middle east, a political cancer on planet earth.
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Didn't Mamdani say he would attempt to arrest this POS if he ever visited NYC?
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As there should be, he’s a murderous genocidal maniac. #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #FreeJerusalemFascism #StopTheEpsteinWars
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He's going to be right at home. He basically has the full backing of both parties so... We'll see.
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That would be the plan from what the mayor said... We'll see.
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What happened to the @coalitionfortheicc.org arrest warrant for the genocidal murderous scumbag Netanyahu?
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Because he knows he is a pariah, loathed by the world. The officials who secured their positions through our votes are the ones guaranteeing Israel’s continuity and the security of its PM. Let us show these officials that anyone wishing to remain in office must abandon their support for Israel.
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He has outstanding warrants from the Hague.
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The ICC would dearly love to have a chat with him....something about war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Shame we don't have a president who gives a rat's ass about anyone other than himself.
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You think that would happen here in Trumpgahnistan? I mean, Trump is responsible for bombing a school. They should have adjoining cells.
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He needs to be locked up .! C'mon officials and 3 letter agencies....let's go!!! Enough is Enough!
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He should be arrested for his war crimes immediately. His buddy trump too while we’re at it.
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I don't understand why he is allowed at the United Nations.
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He should be arrested the instant he exits the plane.
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There’s a WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST !! Vone on NYC do your thing handcuff and book him detain him
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Taher Dahleh, an organizer from the Palestinian Youth Movement, told Truthout that Netanyahu is attempting to “insult and demean the international system and the rest of the states of the world” through his visit.