Meeting Time: November 27, 2023 at 4:00pm PST
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1 23-0935 Subject: Affirming Oakland's Support For The Congressional And Worldwide Calls For Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza From: Councilmember Fife Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Affirming Oakland's Love Life Commitment And Support For The Congressional And Worldwide Calls For An Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza

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    Jessica Ar about 1 year ago

    We need to stay out of other countries’ business.

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    Seonghee Lim about 1 year ago

    I am an Oakland resident and I urge the city council to pass the resolution!

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    Ramzi Ali about 1 year ago

    Hello. I am an Oakland resident and I call to pass this resolution without amendment. We must stand with the Palestinian people. It is an Oakland issue - because our government is funding a genocide with our tax dollars. It is a Racial Justice issue. It is an environmental issue. The Israeli state is an apartheid state and are actively killing and ethnic cleansing an entire people. We must fall for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. It is not a anti-Semitic and it is simply ignorant to call it such. Ceasefire now and free Palestine. Palestine has been subjected to extreme violence and displacement for the last 75 years. We must commit to standing with Palestine, now.

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    Tamara LEIDER about 1 year ago

    Your job is not to pass resolutions related to conflicts around the world over which you have no influence. Please reject this misguided resolution.

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    Miriam Gonzalez about 1 year ago

    Hello. I am an Oakland resident and I call to pass this resolution without amendment. We must stand with the Palestinian people. It is an Oakland issue - because our government is funding a genocide with our tax dollars. It is a Racial Justice issue. It is an environmental issue. The Israeli state is an apartheid state and are actively killing and ethnic cleansing an entire people. We must fall for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. It is not a anti-Semitic and it is simply ignorant to call it such. Ceasefire now and free Palestine. Palestine has been subjected to extreme violence and displacement for the last 75 years. We must commit to standing with Palestine, now.

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    Gauthami Pen about 1 year ago

    I am an Oakland resident of District 1. I urge Dan Kalb to pass this resolution without amendment. As you currently campaign for State Senate District 7 on a platform of environmental protection, climate justice, clean energy, housing affordability, and homelessness, these issues are not limited to Oakland. I do not wish my tax funds to support genocide and war. Please pass this resolution immediately.

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    Phil Connors about 1 year ago

    I am an Oakland resident of District 1. I strongly urge Oakland City Council to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Palestine and condemning the Israeli government for the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. It is imperative as elected representatives of the city of Oakland you show the state and US government that we will not allow our taxpayer dollars to be used to fund a genocide. Please call for a special meeting to pass this resolution immediately.

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    Nidhi C about 1 year ago

    My name is Nidhi and I am an Oakland resident of District 1. I strongly urge Oakland City Council to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Palestine and condemning the Israeli government for the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. It is imperative as elected representatives of the city of Oakland you show the state and US government that we will not allow our taxpayer dollars to be used to fund a genocide. Please call for a special meeting to pass this resolution immediately.

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    chinasa porter about 1 year ago

    My name is Chinasa and I am a birth worker from Oakland committed to the revolutionary struggle for reproductive justice and body autonomy. The sadistic occupation of Palestine by the settler colonial state of Isreal is in direct opposition to reproductive justice and body autonomy. Human beings cannot thrive under settler colonial occupation. Colonial terror DENIES LIFE. It must be dismantled.

    i am here demanding that the city of oakland and the council members here pass the resolution AS SOON AS POSSIBLE in support of the indigenous people of Palestine. Specifically in support of both Palestinian freedom and self determination. it is our duty to do everything that we possibly can in order to ensure that the terror state of isreal ceases its incessant colonial terrorist project and CURRENT genocide against Palestinian people.

    It is our duty. As people. A system of colonialism anywhere, committing genocide against an Indigenous population is a threat to all life on earth. It is not an opinion. It is not a theory. It is a fact. I call on all members of the council to join us all in standing firmly on the side of the Indigenous people of Palestine, to condemn the terrorist colonial project of Isreal for their 75 years of colonial terror and genocide. AND DEMAND A CEASEFIRE, AN END to the violent occupation of Palestinian people AND A COMPLETE AND TOTAL STOP TO THE FUNDING AND SHIPMENT OF U.S WEAPONRY AIDING IN THE MASS MURDER OF PALESTINIAN LIFE.

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    Alia Sky about 1 year ago

    I am a proud anti-Zionist Jew who has worked for the liberation of Palestine for the past few years, once I was educated about the truth of the Israeli state as a racist, apartheid, genocidal, ethno-state designed by British & American imperialists through ethnic studies classes in college. I urge the council to pass this resolution & to go further by fully divesting all Oakland tax dollars that go towards the genocide & over 75 year long occupation, & over 100 years of colonialism & neo-colonialism.

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    Louis Bonnet about 1 year ago

    I cannot overstate my support for this resolution calling for a ceasefire to end Israel's siege and killings in Gaza. Our country is complicit in these war crimes and we must make a stand to condemn this ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. Please sign this resolution to prevent the loses of more innocent lives and stop the oppression of Palestine.

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    Sophia Elkin about 1 year ago

    Oakland resident here calling for an immediate and permanent cease fire!!!
    20,000 people have been murdered by the Israeli occupation settlers, thousands unaccounted for. This has to END. Permanent ceasefire and nothing less, NOW!!!

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    Kahjal Merchant about 1 year ago

    I’m an Oakland resident and I strongly support the passing of this resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the end of US military aid to Israel.

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    Rana Halpern about 1 year ago

    I strongly support this critical resolution for Oakland’s support of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end the genocide and violence against the Palestinian people. It’s absolutely necessary for Oakland to stand on the side of Justice and support and protect our Arab and Muslim communities.

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    Ashleigh Richelle about 1 year ago

    I emphatically support the resolution for an immediate and permanente ceasefire in Gaza. As the birth place of the Black Panther Party, for Oakland to not support this resolution is completely antithetical to our history and future. We must stand on the right side of history and lead by example. Otherwise, we risk the community’s trust and our legacy for social justice in this nation.

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    Amelia Horning about 1 year ago

    I emphatically support the resolution to demand a PERMANENT ceasefire in Gaza and our collective continued fight for a FREE PALESTINE! This is simple- Israel is (and has been) committing genocide. The city of Oakland should condemn genocide.

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    Yulian Zhang about 1 year ago

    I fully support this resolution to call for an immediate and ceasefire.

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    Fabiha Han about 1 year ago

    Absolute support for this resolution. We need a ceasefire. Oakland residents know we need a ceasefire. The city of Oakland stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine since the beginning, now, and forever. The radical history of Oakland is intertwined with that of Palestine and we understand that until Palestine is free, none of us can be free. We support the resistance of the people and their irrefutable right to human rights, their land, clean water, food, electricity, basic necessities, hygiene, safety and refuge, and so on. Just as the people of Oakland also deserve and fight for these very same basic rights and necessities. PASS THE RESOLUTION & FREE PALESTINE! Thank you.

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    Grace Sullivan about 1 year ago

    Free Palestine from a globally sanctioned genocide enacted by the terrorist state of Israel! I support the passing of this resolution and a fully free and liberated Palestinian state.

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    Mirella Rangel about 1 year ago

    Dear Oakland City Counsel,
    I am a long time Oakland resident and mother and I am in support of the resolution to call for a ceasefire. We are living in an historical times and can not be neutral when a genocide is occurring.