Demonstrators blocked New York City streets as the Israeli prime minister addressed the General Assembly<\/p>\n
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested near UN headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly, according to RT\u2019s Caleb Maupin, reporting from the scene.
\nDemonstrators blocked an intersection several blocks from the UN building in a planned act of civil disobedience timed to coincide with Netanyahu\u2019s speech, Maupin said.
\nRT footage showed protesters holding signs reading \u201cstop settler terror\u201d and \u201cstop arming Israel.\u201d Demonstrators also chanted \u201cNetanyahu you can\u2019t hide, we charge you with genocide\u201d and \u201cOne, two, three, four, Gaza\u2019s what we\u2019re fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe protesters are expecting to be arrested. This is a planned act of civil disobedience timed with the Israeli prime minister\u2019s upcoming speech,\u201d Maupin said.<\/p>\n
Another video showed detained protesters being loaded into an NYPD van. Some wore shirts bearing the slogan \u201cfund people not bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n
US attitudes toward Israel have grown more negative in recent years, according to opinion polls. Some 62% of American adults had an unfavorable view of the Israeli government in May 2026, up from 43% in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center survey published in July. The share with a favorable view of Israel fell by 15 percentage points over the same period.
\nIsrael\u2019s actions in Gaza and the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank have also drawn international criticism.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSettler violence has reached unprecedented levels,\u201d senior UN official Ramiz Alakbarov told the Security Council last month.
\nThe UN had documented more than 1,430 settler incidents resulting in casualties or property damage in the occupied West Bank this year as of August 10, affecting around 260 Palestinian communities, he said.
\nMore than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025, bringing the total death toll since October 2023 to nearly 74,000, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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