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Public commenters press Cincinnati to divest, cite Gaza humanitarian crisis; no council action recorded
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the city and pension funds to divest from companies tied to Israel or alleged human-rights violations and cited international law and past local divestment precedents; council did not take formal action on divestment during the meeting.
Several speakers during public comment urged Cincinnati City Council and city pension authorities to divest from companies they said are complicit in abuses in Gaza, invoking international law and past local divestment precedent.
A Zoom commenter, identified as Aiko Kamura, read the U.N. definition of genocide and said they had seen "a baby that had just been born. The top half of their skull was missing" and that "food hasn't entered Gaza in over 2 months." Bettina…
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