City leaders utterly failed to condemn rampant disinformation and antisemitic rhetoric
"After being shouted down in Oakland City Hall, I headed back to my seat. The next speaker scowled at me, called me a b—h, and stepped up to the podium.
"She then firmly proclaimed that it was Israel, not Hamas, who carried out the atrocities in southern Israel.
"On Monday night, I headed to the Oakland City Council meeting to deliver a one-minute public comment asking for an amendment to a resolution calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Along with other members of our Jewish community, I urged the councilmembers to include a condemnation of Hamas alongside their call for a cease-fire.
"The start to the afternoon set the stage for an evening that grew increasingly polarized, vitriolic and seething with hatred. I suspected this would be an uphill battle, but little did I know that I would be in for a night of hateful conspiracy theories and antisemitism run amok." . . .
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