Protesters outside Rep. Pete Stauber’s office call for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

HERMANTOWN, MN. (Northern News Now) - People gathered near Representative Pete Stauber’s Hermantown office on Sunday to protest the Israel-Hamas war.

Stauber recently voted to send $14.3 billion to Israel. The House approved that bill with a vote of 226 to 196.

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“People like Pete Stauber in his statements have said that if you stand up against what the Israeli state, the Israeli government is doing, then you are anti-Semitic,” said Jamey Sharp, a Jewish community member. “We, as Jewish people standing here today, are living proof that’s not true.”

Protesters placed stones in front of Stauber’s door, one by one.

The stones mirror a traditional Jewish practice in which rocks, rather than flowers, are placed on top of a person’s grave.

Attendees also joined together in song and prayer.

The goal was to honor the lives lost to the Israel-Hamas war and to inspire change in the U.S. support of Israel.

Northern News Now reached out to Representative Stauber’s office for a comment on the protest, but at the time of publication, we have not heard back.

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