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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…

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