Jewish Caucus condemns protestor storming of Democratic Convention in Sacramento
(FOX40.COM) — The California Legislative Jewish Caucus condemned protestors who called for a ceasefire in Gaza after they caused the Democratic Convention in Sacramento to shut down early amid safety concerns.
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“Today (Saturday), anti-Israel protesters stormed the Sacramento Convention Center and shut down the grassroots California Democratic Party Convention,” the Jewish Caucus said in a press release on Sunday.
“In doing so, they chanted, among other things, ‘from the river to the sea,’ which is a call for the eradication of the State of Israel. They also chanted ‘resistance is justified when people are occupied,’ an apparent reference to Hamas’s October 7 attack — the largest mass murder, rape, and kidnapping of Jews since the Holocaust.”
Pro-Palestine protests cause shutdown of California Democratic Convention in Sacramento
The Jewish Caucus is co-chaired by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco).
“A number of Jewish delegates — who were already very anxious attending the convention, given the spike in antisemitism since the October 7 massacre by Hamas — now believe it is unsafe to participate at all,” the Jewish caucus said. “We must never allow the Democratic Party to be unsafe for anyone.”
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They added they “support the right to protest loudly and vociferously, but storming through security and shutting down a democratic process — particularly with chants calling for the destruction of Israel and appearing to justify the Hamas attack — is completely unacceptable.”
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