Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer was arrested while protesting for Palestine with Jewish Voice for Peace on Monday. The Jewish-led anti-Zionist organization confirmed to Vulture that the actress was at 30 Rock on Monday afternoon to disrupt President Joe Biden’s appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers. Photos from the event show her wearing a shirt that calls for an immediate cease-fire. “Hunter was arrested at the protest, along with 50 other people,†a JVP spokesperson said in a statement. “We commend her commitment to Palestinian freedom and to a future of justice for everyone.†A spokesperson for the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of public information said that “a total of 30†demonstrators were taken into custody and issued summons for trespass in a statement to Vulture.
“Our Jewish tradition teaches us that life is precious,†said Jay Saper of JVP in a statement. “As Jewish New Yorkers we are absolutely outraged that President Biden is actively supporting a genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza.†Photos and videos posted on JVP’s Instagram show protesters chanting and holding up slogans criticizing Biden’s foreign policy in Gaza, with messages like “End Israel’s siege on Gaza†and “stop arming genocide†addressed from “Jews to Biden.†Vulture has reached out to representatives for Schafer for comment.
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