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Residents urge council to condemn recent Gaza bombings, call for divestment; others warn against local cooperation with ICE
Summary
Multiple citizens used the city’s public comment period to urge Cincinnati leaders to condemn Israeli attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment and political action; separately, a speaker warned local officials about cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.
Several residents used the city’s citizens forum to press Cincinnati City Council on international and immigration issues.
Eiko Kimura described repeated bombing in Gaza and graphic humanitarian consequences, calling the events “an atrocity” and urging the U.S. and local officials to divest from organizations supporting the violence. “This genocide must stop,” Kimura said, arguing that U.S. funding and political cover were enabling civilian casualties.
Jonathan Nortman recounted recent attacks and appealed for council members…
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