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St. Louis-area residents are remembering the lives lost since the October 2023 attacks on Israelis while navigating fears and divisions sparked by the subsequent prolonged war in Gaza.

Vigils are taking worldwide to commemorate the approximately 1,200 killed in the Hamas attacks a year ago. The Jewish Federation of St. Louis is holding a one-year remembrance event Monday evening.

The protesters blocked the parade route for a little over an hour on Sunday. They were protesting the parade because Boeing, which supplies weapons to Israel, is a major sponsor of the event.

Wash U students, alumni and supporters protested the university’s relationship with Boeing at the university’s commencement ceremony and just outside the campus border.

Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack shocked St. Louis’ Jewish community, leaving grief and tension over calls for cease-fire.

In a meeting with constituents and faith leaders, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat from Kansas City, said he now supports a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war. He stopped short of saying he would sign the Ceasefire Now Resolution.

Nearly a month into the Israel-Hamas war, St. Louis-area events supporting Palestinians and Israelis killed or missing in the fighting continue to draw scores of demonstrators and prompt public outcry.

A St. Louis University graduate student is terrified that her family in Gaza will not survive the Israel-Hamas war. She said Gazans are familiar with death and destruction because of their decades-long struggle for an independent Palestinian state, but this war is more devastating than other recent conflicts.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 30, 2008 - I am an Israeli citizen living in America. For the past 10 years, I have watched…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 29, 2008 - When it comes to continued violence between Israel and the Palestinians, centuries of…