California Assembly disrupted by Capitol protesters calling for Israel-Hamas war cease fire

Protesters calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday shut down the California Assembly on the Legislature’s first Capitol floor session of the new year. Hundreds of demonstrators from Jewish anti-war organizations packed the Rotunda and the Assembly gallery and began chanting and unveiling banners around 1:30 p.m., just as lawmakers reconvened in Sacramento after a months-long recess. The Assembly was conducting routine business and recessed during the protests. The protesters were from groups that included Jewish Voices for Peace, IfNotNow and the International Jewish Anti...