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August 28, 2025

Jewish Peace Activists Demand California Senators End Support for Israel's Assault on Gaza
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In California, police arrested 138 peaceful protesters Wednesday as they
occupied the lobby of Senator Alex Padilla's offices in San Francisco to
demand an end to U.S. arms shipments to Israel. Among those arrested
were rabbis, spiritual leaders and descendants of Holocaust survivors.
Elsewhere, Jewish Voice for Peace held protests in the lobby of a
Sacramento hotel where Senator Padilla was attending a conference and
outside Padilla's offices in San Diego. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles,
dozens of Jewish peace activists held an hourslong sit-in protest in the
offices of California's other senator, Adam Schiff. Last month, Senators
Padilla and Schiff voted against a resolution sponsored by Senator
Bernie Sanders - and backed by two dozen members of the Democratic
caucus - that seeks to block arms sales to Israel.


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