City Councils stand against military aid to Israel

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 Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani is campaigning for the Ann Arbor, Michigan City Council and against genocide:

"Will Biden’s Gaza Stance Hurt Him in 2024? Michigan Is the First Test." NEW YORK TIMES February 22, 2024 The article includes this, regarding Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani:  "...Her platform includes cleaning the city’s contaminated water, enacting a $15 municipal minimum wage — and telling Congress to 'stop funding Israeli wars.' "  See https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/politics/biden-michigan-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU0.anqx.KdtMLLzr2NLU&smid=url-share  The article also includes a photo and quote from Dr. Savabieasfahani. ------------------------------------- A later New York Times article features a different photo of Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani with a sign against military aid to Israel:  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/27/opinion/thepoint/biden-protest-uncommitted-michigan?smid=url-share

At its meeeting of February 20, 2024, the Ann Arbor (Michigan) City Council was again faced with the resolution against military aid to Israel -- -- As 100,000 Palestinians are dead, injured, or buried under rubble by the Israeli military. That Israeli military is still fueled by gigantic military and political support from the U.S. government. The entire City Council still refused to say one word about the resolution or about what Israel is doing to Gaza. City Councilmember Jen Eyer, who took campaign contributions from old Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, also said nothing about Gaza or about the resolution. And that is how genocides happen.  You can watch speeches from that meeting, for the resolution against military aid to Israel, right here: https://youtu.be/o0_pWdo2qrM

 

‘We’re not backing down’: Pro-Palestine protestors call for divestment amid police presence outside Regents meeting by   Sneha Dhandapani   and   Madison Hammond MICHIGAN DAILY (Ann Arbor, Michigan) February 16, 2024   At:  https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/were-not-backing-down-pro-palestine-protest-met-with-police-presence/ More than 150 University of Michigan students held Palestinian flags, makeshift babies and signs calling for divestment outside the Alexander G. Ruthven Building for three hours Thursday afternoon while the Board of Regents  met  inside. The protest was organized to demand the University pursue divestment from companies that support the Israeli military and cease the pursuit of criminal charges against the 40 students  arrested  at the Nov. 17 protests...

We demanded a resolution against military aid to Israel at Ann Arbor City Council tonight.  Video here:   https://youtu.be/sPm2e5acFOs You can also see the meeting photos here: The next Ann Arbor City Council meeting will be on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.

"UMich students stage walkout, teach-in to call for divestment" MICHIGAN DAILY (Ann Arbor, Michigan) by   Marissa Corsi February 8, 2024 https://www.michigandaily.com/campus-life/umich-students-stage-walkout-teach-in-to-call-for-divestment/ “...Speakers at the event compared current calls for divestment from Israel to the University’s divestment from  apartheid  in South Africa in 1983 and 1988. Derek Peterson, U-M Ali Mazrui collegiate professor of history and African studies and a member of the  Faculty Senate , criticized the University’s response to  recent   calls  for divestment in a speech at the event.   “ ‘There’s a lot to be learned from the anti-apartheid struggle today,’ Peterson said. ‘We can’t take eight years as a university to get on the right side of history…’ ”

"Minneapolis City Council overrides Frey's Israel-Hamas veto "Nine votes were needed to override Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's veto of a controversial City Council resolution." See the full Minneapolis Star Tribune article at:  https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-city-council-overrides-freys-israel-hamas-veto/600341994/ "...Last week,  Frey vetoed a City Council resolution calling for a ceasefire  in the conflict, as well as an end to U.S. military support for Israel. Frey said he could support a basic statement supporting a ceasefire and the creation of an independent Palestinian state, but he called  the wording approved by the council  'one-sided,' saying it 'uplifts the history of Palestinians, and all but erases that of Israeli Jews.' "Nine of the 13 council members voted in favor of the resolution — just enough to override a veto, so someone would have to change their vote to allow the veto to stand." Minneapolis is now o

At the February 5, 2024 meeting of the Ann Arbor City Council, in Michigan. Demands were made for a resolution against military aid to Israel, by two speakers. Starting at about 44 minutes into the video -- (1821) Ann Arbor City Council Meeting 2/5/24 - YouTube