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Residents urge Cincinnati council to pass Gaza ceasefire resolution and divestment

Cincinnati City Council · December 18, 2024
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Dozens of public commenters at the meeting called on the council to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an arms embargo on Israel and divestment of city funds; multiple speakers framed the issue as both moral and fiscal and cited reports and statistics as evidence.

A substantial portion of the public-comment period at Cincinnati City Council’s final meeting of the year centered on calls for the council to pass a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an arms embargo on Israel and divestment of city funds from entities tied to the conflict.

Several speakers invoked international humanitarian concerns and cited…

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