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Aldermen first attempted to call for a cease-fire in October. The sponsor of the resolution admits an early draft was “a little ignorant.”
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Washington University creative writing graduate Fatima Elkabti is writing a book to preserve her family’s history of displacement in historic Palestine — while drawing parallels to today.
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Linda Badran brought a child from Gaza to St. Louis for healing. Now she doesn’t know if she’s aliveSt. Louis resident Linda Badran wants to help the healing and recovery of the thousands of children being harmed.
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Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack shocked St. Louis’ Jewish community, leaving grief and tension over calls for cease-fire.
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Seven student groups at St. Louis-area universities are calling for their leaders to sever ties with Boeing because of the weapons manufacturer’s connections to Israel.
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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.
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The St. Louis County Democrat is facing an unexpected primary challenge from St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell and drawing criticism from some in St. Louis’ Jewish community.
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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.
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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.
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Missouri is one of 36 states with laws preventing large state contracts with companies that boycott, divest from or sanction Israel.