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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2026
Contact:
Sonya Meyerson-Knox | sonya@jvp.org | (510) 993-6526
Jay Saper | jaysaper@gmail.com | (517) 974-6436
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100 Arrested as 300 Anti-War Protesters Stage Sit-in at Senator Schumer and Gillibrand’s Offices Calling for Them to Vote to Block More Weapons to Israel
The NYPD arrested 100, including Chelsea Manning and Hari Nef, at protest with elected officials and celebrities, which comes ahead of a Senate vote this week to block weapons and bulldozer sales to the Israeli government
New York, NY (April 13, 2026) — The NYPD arrested Chelsea Manning and Hari Nef as over 300 anti-war protesters, including elected officials and celebrities, staged a sit-in at Senator Schumer and Gillibrand’s Manhattan offices and in the street outside of their offices on Monday. The protest was held ahead of a likely Senate vote to block weapons and bulldozer sales to Israel. The protesters also called for the Senators to block Trump’s reported $100 billion request for supplemental funding of the US-Israel war, which has historically low approval ratings of less than 25%.
“From personal experience I understand that the cruelties of war are not inevitable. Our actions matter in shaping the course of history. Senators Schumer and Gillibrand have repeatedly supported weapons sales to Israel that are being used to commit atrocities across Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran. We call on Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to follow the will of New Yorkers and vote to block weapons and bulldozer sales to Israel,” said whistleblower Chelsea Manning, whose revelations contributed toward the end of the US wars on Iraq and Afghanistan.
Over 300 hundred protesters from a broad multiracial coalition of community organizations wore shirts that read, “Fund People, Not Bombs,” as they protested outside the Midtown Manhattan office building. They unfurled banners that read “Fund Healthcare Not Warfare” and “Stop Arming Israel.” The NYPD arrested about 100 protesters, including descendants of survivors of the Holocaust, while they chanted “Schumer, Gillibrand, talk is cheap. You’re sending bombs, how can you sleep?”
“The Joint Resolutions of Disapproval is a crucial effort to stop the US from committing war crimes in Iran and aiding and abetting war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon. As an Iranian American with loved ones who have survived more than a month of aerial bombardment, I am profoundly grateful to everyone in the United States who takes a stand and refuses to normalize the logics and instruments of mass death,” said scholar Manijeh Moradian, a founding member of Raha Iranian Feminist Collective and a member of the Feminists For Jina Global Network.
Senator Sanders will be bringing Joint Resolutions of Disapproval for a vote this week that would block the transfer of bulldozers and hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons to the Israeli military that the Netanyahu government is dropping on Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza.
Last July, Senators Schumer and Gillibrand broke with the rest of Senate Democrats by voting in favor of sending bombs to the Israeli government. This led to 200 protesters taking over their office in dissent and the NYPD arresting 50, including New York State Assemblymember Claire Valdez and New York City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán. Now 300 New Yorkers are back again just days before a similar vote to demand that they change their votes and block weapons and bulldozers to Israel.
“As Jewish New Yorkers we are horrified that our Senators continue to send arms to the Israeli government while it carries on genocide in Gaza, enables an escalation in settler violence in the West Bank, bombs Iran, and destroys entire villages in southern Lebanon. We call on Senator Schumer and Gillibrand to support Senator Sanders’s common sense legislation to block the bombs,” said Beth Miller of Jewish Voice for Peace.
Since the tentative US-Iran ceasefire last week, Israel has continued to bombard Lebanon and expand its ground invasion, killing over 300 people on Wednesday alone, all the while violating the Gaza ceasefire daily and continuing its ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
Among those who joined the largest civil disobedience since the war on Iran began were Council Member Alexa Avilés, Council Member Sandy Nurse, Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder, Tony nominee Taylor Trensch, and Emmy winner Molly Crabapple, as well as MPower Change founder Linda Sarsour, actor Hari Nef, and human rights attorney Steven Donziger. Chelsea Manning, Hari Nef, Linda Sarsour, Alexa Avilés, and Darializa Avila Chevalier were all arrested.
In addition to elected officials, the protest included members from a wide coalition of community organizations including Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian Youth Movement, Feminists for Jina, Democratic Socialists of America, Sunrise Movement, About Face: Veterans Against the War, Adalah Justice Project, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, IfNotNow Movement, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities,Detention Watch Network, Christians for a Free Palestine, Gender Liberation Movement, ACT UP, Queer Art, and Indivisible Brooklyn.
“As a veteran who has seen and lived the fallout from the US’s ill-conceived and reckless wars, I am horrified by the unhinged warmongering of Trump and the Israeli government. The war on Iran has killed thousands of civilians and threatens to destabilize the region, while accomplishing nothing to advance the aspirations of Iranians who dream of freedom,” said Thomas Keppen a US Army Veteran (2011-2016) who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 and is a member of About Face: Veterans Against the War.
ACTION AND VISUALS: Photos and videos of the event can be found here. Additional photos and raw footage available upon request.
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