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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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[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

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.

[–] yankaremonsters@leminal.space 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 points 40 minutes ago (2 children)

To be fair Germany has a right to tread lightly here

[–] Lekip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 24 minutes ago

Given our history we should strive to do better in the face of atrocities, even more so. It really should not matter, that the state committing these crimes happens to be populated by many ancestors of people the Germans tried to exterminate. I would have thought our commitment to teaching about our historical failures would have taught that lesson to more of us. But apparently recognizing a genocide for what it is is hard still.

[–] yankaremonsters@leminal.space 2 points 31 minutes ago

Germany and the west should send peace keepers to contains the israelis to enforce the two-state solution in a fair way. Anything short of that is just antihuman.

And ffs stop them from using incendiaries on civilians.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 hours ago

They got arrested, but made hella of statement.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 15 points 10 hours 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.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 33 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours 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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 87 points 22 hours 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/

[–] small44@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, they disrupted a private business. They were absolutely trespassing. They knew they were trespassing. Forcing an arrest here is part of the civil disobedience and creating this headline.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

Oh no! Not a private business, whatever shall we do now?! Poor business has feelings too /s

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer the term managed democracy.

[–] shuzuko@midwest.social 9 points 14 hours ago

Ah yes, managed democracy! Every citizen of Super America enjoys the freedom to make the right choice.