Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies were held in three Bay Area cities on Wednesday in response to the increasingly deadly violence in Israel and Gaza. In Redwood City and Walnut Creek, Israel supporters came together to condemn rocket attacks from Hamas into civilian areas and to mourn the loss of the seven people in Israel who…
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U.S.
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Israel
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U.S.
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Israel
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Israel
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Israel
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Bay Area
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