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There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, and it was not clear what the target was. (Photo: PTI)
About 200 demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza were arrested during a sit-in in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, police said.
“Let Gaza live!” the protesters chanted, “Liberate up, Occupation down!” ” in front of the landmark building of the Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan.
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We are here to demonstrate and demand that the US government stop sending bombs to Israel and stop profiting from Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. said Beth Miller, political director of organizer Jewish Voice for Peace. Because what’s been happening over the past year is that while Israel is using American bombs to slaughter communities in the Gaza Strip, at the same time Wall Street weapons manufacturers are seeing their stock prices skyrocket. is.
A small number of counter-demonstrators waved Israeli flags and shouted pro-Palestinian chants in an attempt to calm them down.
None of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators entered the exchange, but at least 200 made it inside a security barrier on Broad Street and sat there waiting to be taken into custody.
A spokesperson for the exchange declined to comment on the protests.
Police arrested the protesters one by one, tied their hands behind their backs with plastic cords, and led them into a van. Some demonstrators limped and were carried by three or four police officers.
A police spokesperson said about 200 people had been arrested. She did not know the details of the charges they faced.
The protests came a week after the world marked the anniversary of Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on October 7 and the start of Israel’s retaliatory campaign in Gaza, which has since spread to Lebanon and other countries.
The Lebanese Red Cross said on Monday that an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment complex in northern Lebanon, killing at least 21 people.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, and it was not clear what the target was.
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First publication date: October 15, 2024 | 8:28 AM IST
