Activists who support Palestine staged a protest in front of the “Flushing Meadows Corona” courts in the Queens area of New York City, yesterday, Sunday, to coincide with the start of the US Open tennis tournament which was supposed to start today, Monday. To protest the investments of the companies that support the competition in Israeli settlement projects and others, and Israel’s funding of weapons that contribute to “genocide” in Gaza.
Protesters taking part in the protest hung Palestinian flags and banners above a building, reading “Free Palestine,” and chanting “Over 40,000 killed with your money” and “Stop the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
The movement that organized the protest explained that the most important reason for this was that Chase Bank, which financed the competition, benefited from the Israeli war machine, while the JP Morgan Bank expanded in Israel and financed the genocide through investments in the technology and military sector, and other companies that provide technological and information services to the profession and others It supports “illegal” settlement activities and the systematic theft of Palestinian land.
2024-08-27 16:33:48
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