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Resident urges Cuyahoga County to fully divest from Israeli bonds
Summary
Danielle Murray, founder of For Gaza, told Cuyahoga County Council the county only partially divested $3 million and still holds about $8 million in Israeli bonds she described as funding violence in Gaza, and she urged full divestment.
Danielle Murray, founder of the nonprofit For Gaza, used her two-minute public-comment slot at the Cuyahoga County Council meeting on May 13 to urge the council to fully divest county investments she said support Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Murray said the county had recently declined to renew a $3 million investment in what she called "Israeli genocide bonds" but that about $8 million in county tax dollars remained invested.
Murray challenged Council President Miller’s cited reason for the partial divestment, saying the county’s stated rationale — that it had "run out of money" — is insufficient. "That should be the only reason you need to divest 100%," she said, adding that families in Gaza remain hungry and that she would not "celebrate" the partial action until the county had fully divested.
Council did not respond to the comment on the record during the meeting. There was no formal motion or vote tied to the comment; the public comment period concluded and the meeting proceeded to the consent and legislative agenda.
The public-comment exchange provides only the speaker’s assertions about county investments; the council did not provide a contemporaneous financial breakdown in response at the meeting. Murray named the specific dollar amounts she said were divested and still invested and tied her appeal to humanitarian concerns in Gaza.
