Actor Alec Baldwin argued with pro-Palestinian protesters while in New York City on Monday night. 

Videos on social media show the actor walking in the city through an anti-Israel demonstration starting at Grand Central Terminal to Penn Station. He was accused of supporting Israel throughout the ongoing war by protestors, which led to a heated argument. Baldwin was then escorted out by police officers. 

It is unclear why the confrontation started or why Baldwin was targeted. 

In the video, the protestor asks Baldwin, “You work for Hollywood, do you condemn Israel?”

To which Baldwin replied, “You’ve already made up your mind … every question you’ve got, right? I’m in Hollywood’s pockets, you said? You ask stupid questions. Ask me a smart question! Ask a smart question!”

As Baldwin was escorted away, the man yelled, “Go f— yourself” and “Why did you even come here?” Before he left, Baldwin can be heard shouting back, “Shut the f— up.”

In another video, Baldwin can be heard saying “I want peace for Gaza” to another activist. 

Protestors were seen holding Palestinian flags that read “Queers for a liberated Palestine,” “Support Palestinian Resistance” and “From Gaza to Jenin, Revolution until Victory.” Several people were arrested during the march. 

Baldwin has been in the news lately as prosecutors seek to recharge him in the shootings on the set of his film Rust, which resulted in the death of the film’s director of photography.

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