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Today at 12:30 p.m. faith leaders and social justice advocates will gather the Community Building urge Sen. Patty Murray to create jobs and fund social programs through ending the war in Afghanistan and reducing the Pentagon budget.

At a rally on Thursday night on Division and Main streets, both Palestinian supporters and Israeli supporters waved signs and flags in protest of the recent violence surrounding the Israel-Palestine Conflict.

The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane organized the rally in an attempt to urge citizens to "call on the Obama administration to exert diplomatic pressure on Israel to bring about an immediate cease-fire and to initiate an investigation of Israel's misuse of U.S. weapons against Palestinians in this and previous attacks."

Accrding to the Associated Press, Hamas leader and nearby civilians were killed today in one of at least 20 Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

The news report called it, "the worst barrage on the Palestinian territory in four years in retaliation for renewed rocket fire on southern Israel."

The Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane has teamed up with the Maia Water Project to buy a water filtration system for the thirsty children of Gaza.

To raise money for this system, the organizations will host a Bowling for Water Fun-draiser on Dec. 1 from 4-6 p.m. at North Bowl.

More than $625 billion of the federal budget fuels the U.S. Military; and now’s the time to start making cuts to that financial plan so tax payer money can be used more effectively. That was Quaker lobbyist Diane Randall’s message Saturday morning as she addressed about 40 Spokane residents at Salem Lutheran Church.

Faith leaders and community activists are coming together this weekend to discuss the economy, peace and military spending with Diane Randall, executive secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation.

She’ll be the keynote speaker at the Fall Advocacy Forum, co-hosted by Washington State’s Faith Action Network.

On Saturday at East Central Community Center a panel will lead, "Why Marriage Matters: Conversations with Communities of Color about the Freedom to Marry for All Loving Couples."