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More than 100 arrested as New Yorkers protest Netanyahu’s UN visit

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 765 words · By Catherine Nouhan; Sonia Bhagat
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More than 100 arrested as New Yorkers protest Netanyahu’s UN visit Demonstrators blocked streets and marched towards the UN headquarters as Netanyahu addressed world leaders at UNGA.

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What happened

More than 100 arrested as New Yorkers protest Netanyahu’s UN visit Demonstrators blocked streets and marched towards the UN headquarters as Netanyahu addressed world leaders at UNGA.

Why it matters

Multiple protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took place in New York as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly, with more than 100 people arrested as demonstrators demanded accountability over Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and…

Common ground

“I’m born and raised in New York City, and it’s a total disrespect for Benjamin Netanyahu to be here,” Jose, a protest attendee who only gave his first name, told Al Jazeera.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The New York Police Department told Al Jazeera that 103 people were arrested for disorderly conduct, and all had been released.”
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The specific number of 103 arrests for disorderly conduct is reported by Al Jazeera citing the NYPD, but not corroborated by other independent news sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The New York Police Department told Al Jazeera that 103 people were arrested for disorderly conduct, and all had been released. Organisers said nine of those people were elected officials and candidat…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/more-than-100-arres…
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web search NEUTRAL — While it is unclear why the video began in the first place, the reason for a man being arrested and subsequently strangled is clear as day. When the video begins, a man filming is being counter-filmed…
https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=52008
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web search NEUTRAL — Two people were arrested for hazing and disorderly conduct after police found 30 males covered in food and condiments in the off-campus basement of an unrecognized Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity chapter …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n79cRIEvlfU
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Claim 2: “thousands of protesters marched towards UN headquarters in a separate demonstration against Netanyahu’s visit, organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement and The People’s Forum.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm a separate march organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement and The People's Forum involving thousands of people.
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Claim 3: “the prime minister remained the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.”
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Claim 4: “Netanyahu claimed that since Mamdani’s election, “many Jews no longer feel safe in New York”.”
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Claim 5: “The protest was led by JVP and NYC-Democratic Socialists of America.”
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Truthout and Middle East Eye both identify Jewish Voice for Peace and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) as leaders/organizers of the protest.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize is to be awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay. This international peace prize was established according to Alfred Nobel's will that was announced on 9 October 2026 by…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New Jewish Narrative is a progressive Zionist Jewish organization in the United States of America. It was formed in December 2024 as a merger of Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu, the US offshoot…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jewish Voice (TJV) is a conservative weekly newspaper based in Manhattan, New York, that was founded in 2003 as The Jewish Sephardic Voice. The Jewish Voice has a pro-Israel editorial outlook. It …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewish_Voice
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Claim 6: “NYC-DSA held a news conference at John F Kennedy international airport calling for an immediate halt to military and explosive cargo shipments through the airport”
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Only one specific web search result mentions the NYC-DSA rallying at JFK airport to protest weapons shipments; other results discuss the UN protest but not the JFK event specifically.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 22, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, immigrants detained in Delaney Hall, a private prison run by GEO Group used for holding immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), held a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York State Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026. Primary elections were held on June 23, 2026. It will be held alongside elections for governor, attorney general, comptroller,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In January 2026, widespread protests escalated throughout the United States in response to shootings by immigration agents in the second Trump administration, most notably the killing of Renée Good an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_U.S._immigration_enforcem…
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Claim 7: “More than 100 arrested as New Yorkers protest Netanyahu’s UN visit”
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Multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, and other web results) report that over 100 people were arrested during protests against Netanyahu's UN visit.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In July 2024, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu visited Washington, D.C. to hold meetings with senior officials and deliver a speech to the United States Congress. Due to Israel's handling o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visit_by_Benjamin_Netanya…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as prime minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when Palestinian milita…
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Claim 8: “Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 13th congressional district, was among those detained.”
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Multiple sources, including a YouTube report and a news article, confirm that Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for NY's 13th district, was detained.
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web search NEUTRAL — Avila Chevalier ran in the Democratic primary for New York's 13th congressional district, challenging incumbent Adriano Espaillat, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who has represented the d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darializa_Avila_Chevalier
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web search NEUTRAL — Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic socialist who beat a four-term incumbent to win the Democratic nomination for New York's 13th congressional district -- where an ICE shooting took place this we…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBhzj2DmWjU
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web search NEUTRAL — Avila Chevalier, the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th Congressional District, was among dozens of demonstrators taken into custody after protesters blocked a roadway near the United Nations Gene…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialist-ho…
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Claim 9: “The mayor had pledged during his campaign to have Netanyahu arrested if he came to New York.”
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Claim 10: “He also attacked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling him “anti-Semitic””
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Claim 11: “The sit-in blocked part of First Avenue ahead of Netanyahu’s UNGA address.”
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Al Jazeera and other reports confirm that the sit-in blocked part of First Avenue ahead of the UNGA address.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored red, since it uses the Interborough Rapid Transi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The section in…
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Claim 12: “Organisers said nine of those people were elected officials and candidates for office.”
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The claim that nine arrested individuals were elected officials or candidates is reported by Al Jazeera citing organizers, but not corroborated elsewhere.
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web search NEUTRAL — The risk of violence at a lockdown protest in Cork tomorrow is “infinitesimally small,” according to a spokesperson for the event. Gardaí have warned organisers that they could face criminal investiga…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4PT6EPlslk
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web search NEUTRAL — FBI arrests immigrant leader Alejandro Orellana and investigates protest funding in Los Angeles, targeting CHIRLA and CARECEN. Congressional scrutiny includes possible foreign influence by billionaire…
https://www.visaverge.com/immigration/immigrant-justice-advo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Individuals involved in organizing the recent protests-turned-riots in Dallas have produced a list demanding the adoption of Democratic policy goals that have little to do with police accountability a…
https://texasscorecard.com/local/do-dallas-protest-organizer…
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Claim 13: “More than 400 people, including celebrities, organisers and politicians, joined an action near the UN earlier on Thursday, according to Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).”
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Al Jazeera and other web results explicitly state that Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) reported over 400 people participated in the action near the UN.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New Jewish Agenda (NJA) was a multi-issue membership organization active in the United States between 1980 and 1992 and made up of about 50 local chapters. NJA's slogan was "a Jewish voice among progr…
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Claim 14: “During his speech on Thursday afternoon, Netanyahu rejected accusations that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific content of Netanyahu's speech on Thursday regarding genocide accusations.
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