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Commission declines to add Israel-support resolution; public forum features heated accusations
Summary
A proposed add-on resolution expressing full support for Israel was not added to the agenda after legal counsel advised it substantially repeated a prior item; the citizens forum that followed included sharply worded public criticisms, accusations of antisemitism and defenses from multiple speakers.
A motion to add an on-the-fly resolution expressing full support for Israel and to prohibit city relationships with jurisdictions that support terrorist organizations failed on a 2–2 split after the city attorney advised the proposed language substantially duplicated a resolution considered at the prior meeting and city code bars reintroduction within a three-month period unless a formal reconsideration occurs.
City Attorney Alan told the commission the document before the dais was a memo, not a drafted resolution, and said the code limits reintroducing…
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