"More people are beginning to question, but they're not making the connection that their tax dollars are supporting it," she said.
Dan Burnstein, co-chair of the Vision of Peace with Justice in Israel/Palestine, a coalition group, said that a significant number of Jews are opposed to Israel's actions. The Israeli government should take the initiative for peace, he said.
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"They shouldn't be shooting," he said. "We all have the same DNA."
Members of the coalition protesting at the Park Street T stop asked a small contingent representing the Revolutionary Worker, a Palestinian group advocating violence against Israel, to distance themselves from the vigil.
"If we want peace, we need to be peaceful," Williams said.