Pro-Palestine protester waves terrorist flag in front of New York Stock Exchange

NEW YORK CITY (TND) — A protester waved a flag representing terrorist group Hezbollah during a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the New York Stock Exchange building in Manhattan Monday, according to videos shared online.

The demonstration came amid a multi-U.S. city effort to demand the Biden administration cease providing support to Israel during its war with Hamas. In honor of "Tax Day," pro-Palestine protesters in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities disrupted "economic logistical hubs" in hopes of sending a monetary message to the federal government.

"There is a sense in the streets in this recent and unprecedented movement for Palestine that escalation has become necessary: there is a need to shift from symbolic actions to those that cause pain to the economy," a notice by PopularResistance.Org reads. "As Yemen is bombed to secure global trade, and billions of dollars are sent to the Zionist war machine, we must recognize that the global economy is complicit in genocide and together we will coordinate to disrupt and blockade economic logistical hubs and the flow of capital."

Hundreds of protesters gathered on New York City's Wall Street, according to ABC7 New York. Videos of the Hezbollah flag waver shared to social media sparked outrage, with some arguing the actions prove the protesters "don't just hate Israel, they hate America too."

Hezbollah hasn’t just killed Israelis and Jews, they have killed hundreds of brave American soldiers," X account Eretz Israel said.

Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based militant group, was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. in 1997. The group has been involved in several anti-U.S. attacks, including the 1983 suicide truck bombings of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

"First, chants of ‘Death to America’ in Michigan and Illinois. Now, the waving of terrorist group Hezbollah’s flag in New York," Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., wrote on X. "This is Joe Biden’s America."

Protesters outside the New York Stock Exchange chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," according to videos on social media. Multiple protesters were arrested by the New York City Police Department after they took their efforts to the Brooklyn Bridge, disrupting traffic, according to ABC7 New York.

A protest in San Francisco Monday morning caused a shutdown of multiple lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge, according to California Highway Patrol. In Chicago, O'Hare International Airport officials warned that travel into the airport "may be substantially delayed" due to "protest activity" on the nearby interstate highway.