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- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in New York City and was met by protests outside the UN.
- J Street, T’ruah and other activists rallied, while actors Hannah Einbinder, Susan Sarandon and Caleb Hearon were arrested.
- Hundreds of Jewish, Palestinian, Iranian and Lebanese New Yorkers blocked traffic for over an hour.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Netanyahu a war criminal, pledged his arrest, and detained Aber Kawas, York’s first Palestinian-American legislator.