In a strong show of solidarity with Israel, some 5,000 members of Los Angeles\' Jewish community rallied yesterday to reaffirm their support in the face of ongoing violence and other difficulties faced by Israelis. The rally drew participants representing a cross-section of the Jewish community. Some supported an independent Palestinian state, others criticized the government for not taking stronger measures against terrorists, while still others simply called for peace. Congressman Brad Sherman told the crowd, \"We know that Israel is dedicated to peace. But we turn on our television set and we see a horrendous campaign of vilification as [the Palestinian] side sends its own children charging into barbed wire hoping for a tragic death of their own children so long as it appears in front of CNN cameras. We are not fooled!\" Rabbi Marvin Heir, head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, reminded the crowd that Israel had offered an unprecedented peace package to Yasser Arafat at Camp David last July and that Arafat had turned it down.