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Araiza, Fatima <br />From: Flores, Gaston <br />Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 10:33 AM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: FW: Contact the City Council Submission <br />From: notify@proudcity.com <notify@proudcity.com> <br />Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 10:08 PM <br />To: Flores, Gaston <GFlores@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Contact the City Council Submission <br />Name <br />Yuval Domb <br />Email <br /> <br />Address <br />California <br />United States <br />Map It <br />Who is this message for? <br />• Mayor Valerie Amezcua <br />• Mayor Pro Tern Jessie Lopez <br />• Councilmember Thai Viet Phan <br />• Councilmember David Penaloza <br />• Councilmember Phil Bacerra <br />• Councilmember Johnathan Ryan Hernandez <br />• Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez <br />Comments or questions <br />As a Jewish resident of Orange County I was shocked horrified to read the proposed anti -Israel resolution slated for a vote at <br />Santa Ana's upcoming city council meeting. <br />This proposed resolution is completely one -side, using multiple false narratives to place all blame in the current war on the state <br />of Israel, as it struggles to repel Hamas terrorists who publicly strive to destroy it and commit genocide against all of its citizens, <br />as well as all Jews worldwide. <br />Yes — loss of life is tragic no matter where it occurs, but none of those lives would have been lost had Hamas not set upon <br />massacring, raping and kidnapping so many innocent civilians on October 7 who had done nothing but exist. <br />Nothing in this resolution will work towards promoting or ensuring a better life for the people in Gaza, who have been forcefully <br />ruled by Hamas for nearly 20 years, an organization that has used all of its resources to promote their destructive campaign <br />against Israel, at the expense of its own people. If Hamas chose to lay down their weapons tomorrow and urge its population to <br />live peacefully alongside Israel, Gaza could become a thriving and successful state. <br />Not only will this biased resolution do nothing to promote peace or tolerance, it will only serve to further inflame the hate and <br />antisemitic atmosphere now on open display against our Jewish community. How can our locally elected officials be so complicit <br />in furthering and even promoting this hate, when you are all sworn to fight against any bias and stand up to all kinds of hate? <br />Maybe that just doesn't apply to us Jews... <br />I urge you to think hard about your moral and social compass, and consider whether you want to stand with promoters of lies <br />and extreme hate by approving this resolution. <br />