Israel supporters wave the flag of Israel at motorists during a candlelight vigil for Israel at the Temecula Duck Pond. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
The Hamas rocket attack and Israel’s Declaration of War in the Middle East rallied nearly 200 Temecula Valley Jews and Christians to support Israel in a candlelight ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Temecula Duck Pond.It was an evening of unity and solidarity for Israel in their war against the Hamas militants in Gaza Saturday, Oct. 7, who fired thousands of deadly rockets into Israel residential neighborhoods killing more than 1,500 men, women and children, slaughtering many at a music festival, kidnapping and torturing others including some Americans with threats to kill them. For the Jewish people, it was almost like experiencing multiple Sept. 11 attacks that years ago prompted the United States to declare a war on terror.Rabbis from different Jewish congregations around the
