“There is no difference between Hamas and Al Quaeda,” said the flyer.

It also said the more than 75 percent of the U. S. aid to Israel was spent in the United State on supplies Israel needs.

Some of the signs carried by Jewish ralliers said: “160,000 dead in Syria, waiting for your protest,” “Free Gaza from Hamas” and “Build Schools not Terror Tunnels.”

Devorah and Shlomo Soroka of University City brought their six children and two of their children's friends.

“All we want is peace,” said Devorah Soroka. 33.

Shlomo Soroka said he was grateful “to our politicians and our government for supporting Israel at this critical time,” and lauded Blunt for supporting funds for Iron Dome technology protecting Israelis from incoming rockets.

Ron Golan, 52, who has lived in the St. Louis area for 17 years with his wife and children, said he grew up on a kibbutz next to Gaza. Today, the kibbutz much more dangerous with mortar fire falling nearby or in the kibbutz almost every day, he said. His parents still live there.