Anarchists say they projected video of soccer game using mock Netanyahu head as ball onto UN

An anarchist US activist group says it projected a video of a soccer game, using a mock severed head of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, onto the side of the UN Headquarters in New York City.

The INDECLINE group held the game earlier this month at a field near the UN in protest of the Gaza war.

Footage from the game showed the activists kicking Netanyahu’s head around a field, set to a punk rock soundtrack.

The group releases a follow-up video showing the footage projected onto the UN Headquarters. The footage couldn’t immediately be verified.

The head was made of silicone.

INDECLINE has pulled similar stunts using mock-ups of other figures’ heads, such as US President Donald Trump.

This is not the first time that guerrilla activists have projected an anti-Netanyahu message onto the UN Headquarters.

In September 2023, Israeli activists opposed to the government’s judicial overhaul projected a message onto the building that said, “Don’t believe crime minister Netanyahu.”

Weeks later, after the October 2023 invasion of Israel, the same activist group projected images of the Israeli hostages onto the building to demand the release of the captives.