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Coral Gables commission agrees on banner, interfaith vigil and lighting instead of raising Israeli flag
Summary
After weeks of public comment and protest, the City Commission voted to display a remembrance banner, hold an interfaith vigil and light City Hall blue-and-white Oct. 7, rather than raise the Israeli national flag at City Hall.
The Coral Gables City Commission voted Sept. 25 to mark Oct. 7 with a citywide remembrance package — a banner on City Hall, an interfaith gathering and blue-and-white lighting of City Hall — after weeks of heated public comment about a mayoral proposal to raise the flag of Israel on that date.
The commission’s compromise came after public testimony from residents on both sides of the issue, several of whom said a single national flag would divide the city. The commission’s action directs staff to place a remembrance banner (design selected as “option 3”), organize an interfaith event at City Hall, and light City Hall blue-and-white beginning…
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