Jewish and Palestinian communities in the Bay Area seem to be agreeing on one thing. They both condemn attacks on innocent civilians.
"We demand one thing, that Palestinians are able to live a life free from violence, free from fear, and free from a military occupation that has now gone on for more than 75 years," Khoury said.which claimed hundreds of lives in the Gaza Strip, an attack Israel blamed on terrorists.Mshasha just recently retired from the United Nations where he worked to help refugees in Gaza.
"I just lost 14 of my colleagues, including a person that worked with me for several years in my own office," Mshasha said.His mother was also attacked."It’s sad. It’s horrendous and the reality is, it could’ve been a Jewish boy," Tyler Gregory, CEO of the Bay AreaThe tragedy prompted the JCRC to join 120 Jewish groups across the country in calling for an end to Islamaphobia and anti-Arab hate."We do not need this war to come here," Gregory said.
Jewish groups have offered an olive branch in hopes for peace and there seems to be at least some agreement.Palestinian-American demonstrators in the Bay Area are calling for the U.S. to stop funding Israel.DAILY NEWSLETTERto the
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