The rally, organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, marked the largest local showing of support since Hamas launched an unprecedented invasion Saturday.
More than 1,000 people, including Gov. Josh Shapiro, gathered at sunset Monday evening outside a Jewish community center in Wynnewood to mourn the victims of the assault on Israel this weekend and call for solidarity ahead of the deadliest attack on Israeli soil in over five decades.
”Right now we stand united, but we also stand in pain together,” Balaban said, choking up with emotion. “We are heartbroken, we are grieving, and we are angry.””This is not a moment to retreat from who we are, but to be proud of who we are,” Shapiro told the crowd, to applause. ”There is no moral equivalency between Hamas and Israel,” he said. “We are witnessing crimes against humanity; … we must call out what is right and what is so obviously wrong.”
Across the Delaware River on Monday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered flags throughout the state to fly at half-staff “in mourning of the lives lost in Israel and in the Mideast region.”
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