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Pro-Palestinian protestors arrested at Pennsylvania capitol, call on state to stop buying Israeli bonds
Pennsylvania police arrested over 120 people at the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg on Monday, who were protesting the state’s investments in Israeli bonds, accusing the Israeli leaders of genocide.
Capitol Police falls under the Department of General Services, which said details including the number of arrests and charges, were still being gathered.
The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the Philly Palestine Coalition and the Pennsylvania Council on American-Islamic Relations, and organizers said some of those who were arrested were cited for failing to disperse, then released a short time later, The Associated Press reported.
Many of the protesters who first met outside the Capitol before moving to the Rotunda later in the day, were wearing T-shirts that read, “Divest from Genocide.”
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Police arrest some of about 200 people taken into custody on Monday, February 5, 2024, in the Rotunda of the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The arrests shut down a demonstration against the state Treasury Departments investment of about $56 million in Israel bonds. The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the Philly Palestine Coalition and the Pennsylvania Council on American-Islamic Relations. ((AP Photo/Mark Scolforo))
During the protests, the participants clapped and chanted, as they aimed their messages at the state Treasury Department for investing in Israeli bonds.
FOX 43 in York, Pennsylvania reported the protesters held signs such as “Divide from Genocide, Invest in Pennsylvania,” calling for the state to reinvest money put toward Israeli bonds into healthcare, housing, schools and climate initiatives.
The station also reported that 126 people were arrested for trespassing.
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who is a Republican, told Fox News Digital she supports Israel and Pennsylvania’s “long-standing tradition” of investing in Israeli bonds.
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Police arrest some of about 200 people taken into custody on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in the Rotunda of the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The arrests shut down a demonstration against the state Treasury Department’s investment of about $56 million in Israel bonds. The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the Philly Palestine Coalition and the Pennsylvania Council on American-Islamic Relations. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
“State Treasurers from both political parties have proudly invested in Israel Bonds for more than 30 years,” she said. “Israel is America’s greatest ally in the Middle East. After the horrific and deadly attacks perpetrated against Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas, I unequivocally stand in solidarity with our ally.
“Put simply: If Hamas stopped fighting today, there would be no more war,” Garrity added. “If Israel stopped fighting today, there would be no more Israel.”
According to Garrity’s office, Pennsylvania has $56.4 million invested in Israeli bonds, which includes $20 million that was invested after the deadly invasion of Israel by Hamas-led terrorists.
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Pennsylvania also has about $8 million in other securities based in Israel.
Combined, Garrity’s office added, the investments represent about 0.14% of the funds directly managed by the state treasurer.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Last year the Red Sox had a unique and enviable problem, which was that at full strength the club had more starting-caliber outfielders than it had available lineup spots.
Injuries kept that from being an issue most of the season, but for some stretches the only way the club could accommodate everyone was by playing Gold Glove center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela at second base.
With Roman Anthony, Jarren Duran, Wilyer Abreu, Masataka Yoshida and Rafaela all set to return for the 2026 campaign, the Red Sox could face a similar logjam, but both manager Alex Cora and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow signaled that they’d prefer not to move Rafaela to the infield again.
“We’ll talk about that one, but probably not,” Cora said.
“Ceddanne is an incredibly gifted athlete and can impact a game in so many ways, and it makes it really easy when you can put him at second base or play shortstop for a long time for us like in ’24 when Trevor (Story) was hurt, but he is game-changing in center field,” Breslow said. “We saw that this year, and giving him the consistency of playing the same position every day also has benefits for his offense.”
Rafaela delivered a breakout season in the outfield last year, ranking second in MLB across all positions in defensive runs saved at center (plus-20) en route to his first career Gold Glove.
His impact defensively at second, however, was much more modest. In 24 games at the position he was just plus-one defensive runs saved.
Recognizing Rafaela’s value in the outfield, it was widely expected that the Red Sox would clear a spot by trading one of their incumbent players, most likely Duran or Abreu. But up to this point that hasn’t happened, and Breslow said it was never something he considered an urgent priority.
“It was never likely in my mind,” Breslow said. “We’ve got really talented outfielders and when teams call that’s what other executives point to. They’re young, they’re controllable, they’re dynamic, they’re talented, they can impact games in multiple ways. It’s really nice to be able to say they’re also members of the Boston Red Sox.”
So how will the Red Sox accommodate everyone if Rafaela isn’t going to play second? Cora said he expects to rotate players through more regularly, though he added that Rafaela and Abreu — both Gold Glove winners — will likely play more often than not.
“I think keeping guys healthy is something we always talk about,” Cora said. “They’re good outfielders, all of them, as a unit they’re the best in baseball. We just have to figure out the stadium, workload, and all that, but Willy and Ceddanne, they’re the best in the business, they probably will be playing the most in the outfield.”
A dog was found dead on the ice in the Willimantic River on Friday, according to the Willimantic Police Department.
The Windham Animal Control was notified after a report of a small dog lying motionless near the center of the river close to the waterfall.
Emergency personnel responded and found that the dog was already dead and had been laying on a cardboard box on unstable ice.
While the police and fire department worked to create a plan to rescue the dog, the ice broke apart, and the dog was carried downstream.
It is still unknown how the dog ended up in the river, and what the causes of death were.
Animal control and the Willimantic Police Department are currently investigating the incident and are looking to find out who was involved and how the dog entered the water.
Anyone with information can call the police department at 860-465-3135.
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