Wall Street’s Monday began with Jewish protesters and anti-war advocates gathering outside the New York Stock Exchange in protest of U.S. funding for Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, some reportedly locking themselves to the gates of the building, in an action organized by Jewish Voice for Peace. Protesters laid out a banner reading “Gaza Bombed, Wall Street Booms” in front of themselves on the street in front of the Stock Exchange.
In a press release, Jewish Voice for Peace noted that the stock price of arms manufacturing companies Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have “skyrocketed” in the past year of warfare. “As Gaza is bombed, Wall Street booms,” Emma Seligman, writer and director of the film “Bottoms,” said in a statement to Teen Voguefrom the protest. “Right now, the Israeli military is dropping bombs on homes, schools, refugee camps, and hospitals in North Gaza. Meanwhile, the members of Congress who vote to send these weapons …