Melees erupted between pro-Palestine protesters and police on Thursday, September 26, in New York, ahead of a UN address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Netanyahu was expected to speak at the United Nations on Friday, as Israel’s military campaign against Hamas in Gaza approaches the one-year mark, following the attack on October 7.Footage filmed by Isabelle Leyva shows clashes taking place between the New York Police Department (NYPD) and protesters on Park Avenue, and police officers creating a human barrier in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as protesters face them.A young man shouting “no more genocide” is seen being apprehended by police officers.Leyva
said at least 10 people were arrested.The NYPD said multiple people were taken into custody, but did not have an exact number, the New York Post
reported. Credit: Isabelle Leyva via Storyful