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DALLAS — Sunday afternoon, a group gathered in a Dallas park for a Pro-Israeli rally, organized by several different organizations — including Dallas Jewish Conservatives.
The demonstration also honored the hostages still in Gaza and addressed the rise in antisemitism since the start of the war.
"When the Jews were in the concentration camp, the word was 'never again,'" demonstrator William Moalem told WFAA while holding up a poster with the words "never again."
"I refuse to accept a world that sugarcoats Jew hatred," Rabbi Jack Rubin told the crowd in his remarks from the stage.
The rally comes as college students across the country are protesting in support of Palestine and against Israel.
"This makes us uncomfortable, this makes us feel not included on campus," UTD student Ofer Turjeman told WFAA.
Turjeman, a Jewish student at UTD who was born and raised in Israel, spoke at the rally Sunday.
She told WFAA she believes many of the student protestors only have empathy for one side of this conflict.
"One of their rules was don’t talk to Zionists, don’t talk to Jews," she said. "We’re both hurt, we’re both struggling. My family is dead, some of the people who have family in Gaza must be struggling, there’s two sides to this coin but they won’t see that side."
Also among the speakers was Holocaust survivor Rosian Zerner.
Zerner told WFAA hearing antisemitic slogans, hearing people support Hamas has broken her heart so badly she’s had to hire a mental health counselor.
"Never in my wildest nightmares did I think I would be seeing that twice in my lifetime. It is so incredible that people have not learned."
In addressing the protests on college campuses, Zerner said, "nothing makes sense to me anymore and I hope the students realize they are misguided.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, more than 34,500 people have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, as of Friday. The Associated Press reports that militants still hold about 100 Israeli hostages.