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Carlisle council adopts resolution opposing any U.S. takeover of Gaza Strip after public debate
Summary
After months of discussion and a lengthy public comment period, Carlisle Borough Council voted 4–2 with one abstention to approve a resolution condemning and opposing any proposal or action by the United States to take over the Gaza Strip.
Deputy Mayor Landis introduced and moved adoption of a resolution “condemning and opposing any proposal or action by The United States to take over the Gaza Strip,” and the Carlisle Borough Council approved it by roll call vote on June 4, 2025, after public comment and debate.
The resolution’s sponsor, Deputy Mayor Landis, told the council the item had been raised previously last fall but fell off the agenda and that the situation had become more urgent with ongoing developments. Landis said the text before the council was a version drafted in March and urged members to act now. “When I first brought it up… we did not take it and discuss it, publicly as we normally do,” Landis said.
The measure drew extended discussion from council members and from more than a dozen residents. Mayor Schaller and several council members said they opposed issuing foreign-policy…
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