New York City markets the Brooklyn Navy Yard as an economic hub for minority- and women-owned small businesses.

But the city-owned industrial park also leases space to two companies that provide drones and license camouflage technology allegedly used by the Israeli military.

Protesters have been pushing for the Navy Yard to evict the companies for over a year. New York state Sen. Jabari Brisport joined the protesters on Wednesday in calling for the companies’ eviction. “Mark my words: They will be removed,” he said outside the complex.

One company, Easy Aerial, produces small surveillance drone systems and drone controllers and is led by Ido Gur, a veteran of the Israeli air force. On a LinkedIn post last year, Easy Aerial shared a post from one of its investors, the Israeli fund

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