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At least 206 Jewish anti-Israel protesters were arrested Monday after hundreds rushed the New York Stock Exchange and staged a sit-in outside the Manhattan landmark, police said.

Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters wearing red shirts stormed toward the building on Broad Street in Lower Manhattan — then chained themselves to the doors just before the stock market’s opening bell at 9:30 a.m., footage shows.

A handful of demonstrators, who hail from the Jewish Voices for Peace group, could be seen removing their jackets as they set up shop outside the building — jackets they wore in a possible bid to conceal their anti-Israel attire and thwart any attempt to stop them ahead of time.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Fuck Israel and the US. I recommend everyone to watch Democracy Now's piece on this

https://youtu.be/ztbvvcn0VNc?si=ZoxOgDAANqL4VJp7

Insane what our country is doing and has been repeatedly doing and still wants to do. If you somehow believe that the US is the "good guy" in any sort of circumstance you are completely and objectively incorrect.

You don't live in a democracy in the slightest.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 21 hours ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

If you browse a news aggregator site, you'll notice how few of the headlines provide any indication the protesters were Jewish rather than just "anti-Israel" or "pro-Palestine". While the latter is a more precise descriptor of their organizing cause, the former is also a very important aspect for this protest. It's just not in line with the narrative the corporate news organizations have been cultivating.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

They got arrested, but made hella of statement.

[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 day ago

Good for them and fuck the New York Post.

You can join JFVP for as little as $18 a year.

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/joinjvp/

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (40 children)

But someone told me they are sending weapons to Israel for Jewish voters.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago

It's less about Jewish voters and more about pro-Israel campaign dollars.

Folks just have no clue how powerful the pro-Israel lobby is here. Combined with the zionist Christians it's kind of a nightmare.

https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?ind=Q05

https://apnews.com/article/squad-aipac-progressives-congress-cori-bush-0de0a96929368db72145b033261415ca

And their organization against progressive causes wasn't limited to the national level either, they interfered in LOCAL elections too.

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/06/20/major-pro-israel-group-donation-oregon-3rd-district-congress-primary-dexter-jayapal/

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Demographic groups aren't monolithic, for what it's worth. There is definitely a large pro-Israel contingent of Jewish Americans, too. Not that they deserve to be pandered to, but just that no one is able to represent an entire demographic.

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