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    With fake blood and screams, Gaza cease-fire protests are disrupting California tourist town

    The Ojai City Council was listening to public comments on a mundane short-term rental ordinance when a scream pierced the air. Cyrus Mayer burst into the room, wearing a keffiyeh head scarf and a white shawl soaked with faux blood. "Hellllp!" shouted Mayer, a pro-Palestinian activist, punctuating his words with agonized screams. "Cease-fire! Cease-fire!" Mayer collapsed onto the floor. He ...
    by Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times Feb 16, 2024 4 minutes

    The Ojai City Council was listening to public comments on a mundane short-term rental ordinance when a scream pierced the air.

    Cyrus Mayer burst into the room, wearing a keffiyeh head scarf and a white shawl soaked with faux blood.

    "Hellllp!" shouted Mayer, a pro-Palestinian activist, punctuating his words with agonized screams. "Cease-fire! Cease-fire!"

    Mayer collapsed onto the floor. He writhed. Then he went quiet, pretending to be dead.

    "Why doesn't anybody care? Why won't people help?" yelled a fellow protester in the crowd.

    "Oh, Jesus," muttered resident Larry Steingold, annoyed as he stepped away from the lectern where he had been asking for a crackdown on vacation rentals in the small California

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