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Jewish Peace Activists Demand California Senators End Support for Israel’s Assault on Gaza

HeadlineAug 28, 2025

In California, police arrested 138 peaceful protesters Wednesday as they occupied the lobby of Senator Alex Padilla’s offices in San Francisco to demand an end to U.S. arms shipments to Israel. Among those arrested were rabbis, spiritual leaders and descendants of Holocaust survivors. Elsewhere, Jewish Voice for Peace held protests in the lobby of a Sacramento hotel where Senator Padilla was attending a conference and outside Padilla’s offices in San Diego. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, dozens of Jewish peace activists held an hourslong sit-in protest in the offices of California’s other senator, Adam Schiff. Last month, Senators Padilla and Schiff voted against a resolution sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders — and backed by two dozen members of the Democratic caucus — that seeks to block arms sales to Israel.

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