City Councils stand against military aid to Israel

"More than 1,000 march in Dearborn as death toll ticks higher in Israeli-Palestinian crisis"  * See the Detroit Free Press article at: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2021/05/17/march-dearborn-support-palestine/5121968001/   "The streets of Dearborn were flooded with protesters for the second day in a row Sunday, joining demonstrations across the world demanding an end to violence against Palestinians amid the latest deadly attacks in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. Traffic was at a standstill on Michigan Avenue as nearly two thousand demonstrators marched east toward Schaefer Road, energized from a rally and chanting, 'Free, free Palestine.' "  "Three thousand protesters mobilize in downtown Ann Arbor, demand 'Free Palestine' "   * See the Arab American News article at: https://arabamericannews.com/2021/05/23/three-thousand-protesters-mobilize-in-downtown-ann-arbor-demand-free-palestine/    "A host of speakers

At the Marrch 21, 2023 meeting of Dearborn City Council.

  March 19, 2023 My letter to Ann Arbor City Council, including Mayor Pro Tem Travis Radina, Councilmember Ayesha Ghazi Edwin, Councilmember Jen Eyer, and Mayor Christopher Taylor: As I've done for many years, I urge you to adopt my 7-word human rights resolution --  "We are against military aid to Israel."   Since you won't listen, then you can look.  Look at my four attached political opinion cartoons -- and stop whoring for the apartheid state of Israel. There is nothing more filthy than a City Council which throws its weight into the service of racist mass murder by an apartheid state. You cannot avoid responsibility for the thousands of Palestinian and Lebanese people killed by the Israeli military. -- That is because you have spent over 20 years stonewalling every resolution against military aid to Israel. You have a lot of Palestinian blood on your hands. -- Additionally, the previous Mayor threw the City's weight behind Israel, while Israel was killing nea

 

"Hamtramck approves proclamation supporting Palestinians" by Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, March 2, 2023  On the web at: https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2023/03/02/hamtramck-city-council-approves-proclamation-supporting-palestinians/69956283007/ The article discusses how Hamtramck (Michigan) city council approved a proclamation expressing support for Palestinians and opposing military aid to all repressive governments.

 Video:  " Hamtramck City Council Meeting - February 28, 2023 - Part 2" These are the public comments regarding Hamtramck (Michigan) City Council's proclamation expressing support for Palestinians, opposing military aid to all repressive governments, and opposing occupation.  On YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQHzCz-xe7c The in-person speeches in favor of the proclamation for Palestinian rights begin at 10 minutes and 45 seconds into the video.

Speeches were made in favor of the historic Palestine proclamation at the   Hamtramck   City Council meeting,   starting a t 51 minutes and 30 seconds into the meeting, on  2/28/2023.  That proclamation is the first such proclamation by any City Council in the nation. This successful proclamation opposes military aid to repressive governments, it opposes occupation, and it voices the City's belief in Palestinian rights. A screenshot from the meeting is below. You can see the meeting on YouTube at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcOovxHZN0Y You can also see the Mayor of  Hamtramck  announce and read out the same  Hamtramck  Palestine Proclamation, at 38 minutes into the same meeting, on Feb. 28, 2023, followed by applause from the audience.  You can also see the proclamation projected up on the City Council's screen at the same time.