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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…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 29, 2008 - If you allow yourself some perspective as you view the current Hamas-Israel…