On Monday, Arizonans gathered at the State Capitol to honor the dead in the war between Israel and Hamas, and demand a halt to the killing. Liz Hourican, one of the protest organizers, said the event was intended to call on Congress and policymakers to support a ceasefire, enable greater humanitarian access to Gaza and stop the use of American tax dollars for Israel to buy weapons that have killed more than 11,000 Palestinians, including over 4,500 children. Hourican said it s time to question what she calls the United States "blind support of Israel." "The security state that we the taxpayer have long been paying for - and they have a special exemption, with regards to weapons and military funding, etc," she said. .