Demonstrators filled Wilshire Boulevard on Saturday calling for Palestinian rights, a full week after the Hamas attack on Israel and as a full-scale Israeli attack on Hamas in Gaza loomed.
Demonstrators on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, marched from the Israeli Consulate to the Westwood Federal Building, demanding an end to the occupation of Gaza a full week after Hamas attacked Israeli civilians. Thousands marched from the Israeli Consulate in West Los Angeles to the Federal Building in Westwood on Saturday, Oct.
From the consulate, Saturday’s demonstration became a march to the Federal Building with thousands filling Wilshire Boulevard holding up Palestinian flags. I want to give you an idea of the sheer size of this crowd as it’s coming up Wilshire, a very trafficked street on a busy afternoon. It’s been months since there was a protest that approached this size, showing just how strongly people feel about this major conflict.In another encounter, a car waving an Israeli flag drove past and people threw objects at it, grabbed the flag and trampled it.
Jews also gathered at synagogues this weekend for Shabbat services held amid the ongoing war ignited by Hamas militants. Rabbis led prayers of peace and grieved with their congregations. At many synagogues security was tight.
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