The Sacramento City Council passed a resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling for humanitarian aid and the release of Palestinians held without charge or trial. The resolution faced opposition from protesters and some council members.
The resolution also calls for President Biden to send humanitarian aid to and for the “immediate unconditional release of all Palestinians held without charge or trial in Israeli prisons.” Protesters in the crowd repeatedly disrupted the proceedings, and Mayor Darrell Steinberg called for the room to be cleared just after 9 p.m. Some people remained. After more police arrived and admonished the throng at 10:40 p.m., all but 12 left.
The police arrested them for unlawful assembly and failing to disperse. Almost 80 people spoke before the council, most of whom took umbrage with the text of the resolution. Some were pro-Palestinian protesters who preferred a resolution drafted by Council members Mai Vang and Katie Valenzuela, according to the Sacramento Bee. The resolution passed 6-1, with Council member Lisa Kaplan voting no and Ms. Vang being absent according to the newspaper. “Words matter and while I have deep concerns and disagree with several of the whereas clauses, the most important aspect about this resolution clearly articulates the demand for a permanent ceasefire to preserve human life and end the genocidal killing of Palestinians,” Ms. Vang wrote on X. Ms. Kaplan, a former president of the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region that also opposed the resolution, said, “It is best when we … focus on issues that we can control and not on conflict in the Middle East for which this resolution will have no impac
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