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ROCHESTER, N.Y. Tensions continue to escalate between Israel and Palestine, leading to increased violence in Jerusalem Wednesday.
About 100 demonstrators gathered outside the federal building in Rochester Wednesday afternoon, to protest recent violence against Palestinian civilians in Jerusalem.
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About 100 demonstrators gathered in Rochester to protest recent violence against Palestinian civilians in Jerusalem
President Biden has gone on record to say that Israel has a right to defend itself after Hamas and other Palestinian groups fired rockets into Israel, but a local Palestinian-American activist calls Israel the aggressors
Meredith Dragon, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester said she is saddened by the violence, but claims Hamas is a terrorist organization and Israel has a right to defend itself