(WASHINGTON) — Thousands of demonstrators from across the country gathered in Washington on Tuesday to support Israel amid the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Amid security concerns, the National Guard assisted local police to ensure safety around the event. Tovah Feldshuh, an actress known […]
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Thousands of demonstrators from across the country gathered in Washington on Tuesday to support Israel amid the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Amid security concerns, the National Guard assisted local police to ensure safety around the event.
Tovah Feldshuh, an actress known for her portrayal of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, referenced the Jewish traditions surrounding death to express her grief over the Israelis killed in the fighting or taken hostage by Hamas terrorists.
"I stand here for the kidnapped babies and the Holocaust survivors abducted and hidden somewhere in Gaza. We stand here together as the yahrtzeit candles for over 1,400 slaughtered in the sovereign state of Israel only because they were Jews," she said. In the Jewish faith, a yahrtzeit candle is lit to mark the anniversary of a death.
A bipartisan slate of lawmakers who addressed the crowd also called for the release of hostages.
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Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Thousands of demonstrators from across the country gathered in Washington on Tuesday to support Israel amid the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Amid security concerns, the National Guard assisted local police to ensure safety around the event.
Tovah Feldshuh, an actress known for her portrayal of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, referenced the Jewish traditions surrounding death to express her grief over the Israelis killed in the fighting or taken hostage by Hamas terrorists.
"I stand here for the kidnapped babies and the Holocaust survivors abducted and hidden somewhere in Gaza. We stand here together as the yahrtzeit candles for over 1,400 slaughtered in the sovereign state of Israel only because they were Jews," she said. In the Jewish faith, a yahrtzeit candle is lit to mark the anniversary of a death.
A bipartisan slate of lawmakers who addressed the crowd also called for the release of hostages.
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