"It's really important for me to stand up and say, 'not in my name,'" Eve Gordon, an Alameda resident said.
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Gordon says as Jewish American woman her voice needs to be heard.
"This is not the way forward for us as a Jewish people, it's not the way forward for our world, that we need to stand together," Gordon said.
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A local family from Bosnia was there with flowers in hand.
"I'm from Sarajevo so I know exactly how it looks to be without food, without electricity, without heating, without anything," Dzevahirs Ahmetsphahic, another Alameda resident said.
"I myself am a Bosnian war refugee...I was born in 1993 in the midst of a war into a besieged city," Lejla Ahmetspahic said as she fought back tears.
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And that personal experience, she says, is more than compelling enough to get out in support.
"I wanted to come out and show my support because we can't keep turning a blind eye to the atrocities that are happening," Lejla Ahmetspahic said.
Amina Hakim, one of the event organizers said that it's personal to her friends too.
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"Friends that I grew up with, have expressed to me directly the gruesome examples that they've lived through," Hakim said.
Hakim says it's heartwarming to see a large and diverse crowd coming out in support.
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"Just people from all walks of life come together for a common goal," she said. "That is, call for a cease-fire, join for justice, and plan for peace."
TARA CAMPBELL: "Is the four-day cease-fire giving you hope that there's going to be some peace soon."
EVE GORDON: "I mean, it's a start. Of course, that's my deep, deep and sincere hope that we will find a way forward."