The war between Israel and Hamas is now in its fourth month.

Here in Kentucky, activists from Louisville to Covington are calling for an immediate cease fire in Gaza to offer respite for Palestinian citizens.

As Kentucky additions June Lefler reports, activists pleas grow even as city officials and Jewish leaders push back.

On a rainy day in Frankfort.

Chant Spring from the Capitol Steps Food and Water.

Israel.

Israel.

Stop the slaughter.

I mean, you know, we've seen over 30,000 people killed.

I mean, it's very obvious this is a war on children.

It's a war on women.

The bombing is indiscriminate.

This needs to come full stop.

And we have to realize violence and militarism is not going to be the solution to anything.

Most state lawmakers had already left the Capitol that day, but the rally connected activists like Muhammad Ahmad from Covington to his peers in Lexington and Louisville.

pro-Palestine activists have been petitioning their city governments to support a cease fire for over four months.

We have been educating you on the atrocities of a sovereign state that has committed genocide on innocent Palestinian civilians.

With U.S. military aid, these activists have found support in two Louisville council members who introduced a cease fire resolution.

Louisville Councilwoman Shamika Parrish Wright said in a statement, quote, Our struggles for liberation and safety are interlocked.

Whether Palestine or Louisville, we all deserve peace and safety.

The councilwoman notes that in 2022, Louisville formally stood in support of Ukraine in the war against Russia.

She and activists say Louisville could stand up for Palestinian now.

But so far, none of these city councils have signed off in support of a cease fire resolution.

Now, Hamas has invaded Israel in 2023 and Israel responded.

And it is an intractable mess.

We all want peace.

This board of commissioners, as the representative of the people of Covington, is not capable of picking sides.

When all we've heard in detail is one side of the argument.

So it is beyond our responsibility to handle this.

Some Jewish leaders condemned the calls for cease fire when they have a protest yelling from the river to the sea, which is a call for genocide of 7 million Jews.

What they want is media attention to spread their rhetoric and with the hopes, in my view, of intimidating the pro-Israel Jewish community.

For Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, he wants Israel to prevail in its war against Hamas.

The idea that anybody wants more war is silly.

However, the idea that peace at any cost, peace that the cost of abandoning women and children to rape and slaughter, peace at the cost of future war simply is untenable as well.

In Washington, D.C., the debate over billions of dollars to support the Israeli army continues.

Kentucky's senior senator consistently supports that funding, as well as money for Ukraine and other foreign allies.

Kentucky's junior senator opposes such spending.

But there is no money to give them.

We're out.

We are flat out of cash.

Not only are we flat out of cash, we're $34 trillion in the hole.

It's clear at this point, from Congress to Gaza and Kentucky, compromise is still in the distance.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm June.

Lovely.

Thank you, June.

Louisville Mayor Greenberg's office and Lexington Mayor Linda Gordon's office did not respond to a request for comment.