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Demonstrators called for a cease-fire in Gaza and the end of US aid to Israel as they marched from Boston Public Library to MIT on Sunday.

Boston Worker's Circle, a progressive Jewish group, resigned from the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston on Tuesday following backlash from the council after an Oct. 18 rally held in partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace.

Ayanna Pressley leads US lawmakers in calling for Biden to reject Israel’s blacklisting of human rights groups

Surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence prompts concern, calls for peace from New England By Jeremy C. Fox and Christine Mui Globe Correspondent,Updated May 12, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend More than 150 people held a rally Wednesday at Park Street Station.Matthew J Lee/Globe staff At dueling rallies in Boston, and in homes across the region, many called Wednesday for a peaceful end to deadly violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military and Palestinian militants have b...

Published date: 24 February 2021 15:04 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago US activist and philosopher Cornel West said he is confident that it is his criticism of Israel cost him tenure at Harvard. The Harvard Divinity School professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, who announced late last week that he might leave the university after being denied academic tenure, claimed he was being punished for his views on Israels occupation of...