SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL
Lee Heidhues 1.9.2024
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 7419 miles from Gaza City, have added its voice to legislative bodies partaking in foreign affairs.
Weighing in on the Israeli three month long murderous assault on Gaza.
Over 22,000 children, women and men have perished by Israeli firepower. Most of it supplied by America.
The ongoing Israeli military reaction.
Which the Israelis have no intention of slowing down or stopping.
Furious reprisal for the murderous Hamas attack on Israel last October 7 during which over 1200 children, women and men were slaughtered.
Excerpted from The Jewish Weekly 1.9.2024
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday adopted a shortened version of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war that represented a compromise among board members.
The resolution urges the Biden administration to do the same, denounces antisemitism and Islamophobia and condemns the “Netanyahu government’s attacks resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza.”
Aaron Peskin, who is Jewish and whose mother was born in Tel Aviv during the British Mandate period, said he was up at 3 a.m. Tuesday thinking about the measure. Preston and Ronen are also Jewish, as are Supervisors Myrna Melgar and Rafael Mandelman.
Citing angry public meetings and frequent disruptions leading up to Tuesday’s vote, Peskin said he was “saddened” that in San Francisco, “we have not succeeded — arguably we have failed — to use this as an opportunity to bring our people on both sides of this divide together.”
The contentious resolution was introduced in December by Supervisor Dean Preston and co-sponsored by Supervisor Hillary Ronen. Despite last-minute revisions, the measure failed to gain unanimous support and passed 8-3.
Several cities across the Bay Area have taken up measures calling for a cease-fire since the war began on Oct. 7, often leading to heartfelt pleas for an end to the violence, alongside vitriolic accusations against Israel and bizarre conspiracy theories during public comment periods. Oakland, Richmond and now San Francisco have passed cease-fire calls.
Top photo: Supervisor Dean Preston, co-sponsor of the cease-fire resolution with supporters.
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