Dozens of Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested Outside New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK:  About 200 demonstrators protesting Israel's war in Gaza were arrested in a sit-in outside New York Stock Exchange on Monday, police said.

protesters chanted “Let Gaza live!" and ”Up up with liberation, down down with occupation!" in front of stock exchange's landmark building in lower Manhattan.

“ reason we’re here is to demand that U.S. government stop sending bombs to Israel and stop profiting off of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” said Beth Miller, political director of Jewish Voice for Peace, group that organized demonstration. “Because what’s been happening for last year is that Israel is using U.S. bombs to massacre communities in Gaza while simultaneously weapons manufacturers on Wall Street are seeing ir stock prices skyrocket.”

A handful of counterprotesters waved Israeli flags and tried to shout down pro-Palestinian chants.

None of pro-Palestinian protesters got inside exchange, but at least 200 me it inside a security fence on Bro Street, where y sat down and waited to be taken into custody.

A spokesperson for exchange declined to comment on protest.

Police arrested protesters one by one, cuffing ir hands behind ir backs with plastic ties and leing m to vans. Some demonstrators went limp and were carried by three or four officers.

A police spokesperson said re were about 200 arrests. She did not have details on charges y faced.

protest happened a week after world marked anniversary of Hamas' surprise Oct. 7 attack on Israel and start of Israel's retaliatory campaign in Gaza, which has since spre to Lebanon and beyond.

Lebanese Red Cross said an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in norrn Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people.

re was no immediate comment from Israeli military and it was not clear what target was.