Dueling demonstrators faced off outside the Israeli consulate in downtown San Francisco Sunday following the Hamas attack on Israel.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Dueling demonstrators faced off outside the Israeli consulate in downtown San Francisco Sunday over violence in Israel.The Pro-Palestinian rally called 'All Out for Palestine' came a day after Hamas launched a surprise attack that killed hundreds in Israel.'I am Jewish and I am ashamed of what Israel is doing to the people of Palestine. I was in Palestine a month ago.
'Violence won't solve anything but, when our people are oppressed, when they're held in the conditions of Gaza like they're in prison, how can you blame them? Many of us have been saying that the Palestinians are going to rise up and you cannot expect them to sit on their hands,' Morrison said. San Francisco resident J Conr said he wanted to show support for his Jewish friends. 'It's abhorrent. It's terrible.
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