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Flores, Dora <br />From: Brian Mandel, Esq. <brian@brianmandellaw.com> <br />Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2023 2:10 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: Anti -Israel resolution <br />How dare the Santa Ana city council even consider a vile, hateful, divisive resolution that supports the Hamas terrorist <br />organization! <br />First, what business is it of the Santa Ana city council? Every citizen in Santa Ana can petition his or her US <br />representative or Senator to express views on what is going in in Israel; the resolution before the Santa Ana city council <br />is little more that an effort to mobilize anti Semitic elements in the community. International events are clearly not a <br />legitimate the domain of a small, local city council. <br />Second, the resolution charges Israel with "ethnic cleansing" and war crimes. Both are ludicrous positions, which <br />demonstrate either the outright ignorance or willful hatred of Israel by their proponents. There are many times as many <br />inhabitants of Gaza now than when Israel initially took control; Israel must be the worst ethnic cleanser in <br />history. Unfortunately, Arab states such as Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen, Morocco, etc. have been <br />quite good at ethnic cleansing of Jews, since there are hardly any significant Jewish populations in those countries as <br />they were all forcibly expelled in 1948. <br />Nor is it a war crime for a country to defend itself from murderous, viscous attacks by hateful barbarians. On October 7, <br />2023 it was Hamas that committed not only war crimes but crimes against humanity! Israel takes great pains to <br />minimize civilian casualties, unlike Hames that targets Israeli civilians and then uses its own citizens as human <br />shields. And lets not forget that Hamas kidnaps infants, children, and old ladies to use as hostages, also a war crime. <br />The Santa Ana city council did not introduce a resolution condemning Syria during their ongoing civil war, which has <br />killed over 500,000 civilians. Nor have they accused Russia of "ethnic cleansing" for bombing civilian targets in <br />Ukraine. The list of worthy transgressors is long, but it seems that Santa Ana is only concerned with how the only Jewish <br />state, tiny Israel, defends itself. What a bunch of hypocrites! <br />The resolution must fail. <br />Sincerely, <br />Brian S. Mandel <br />Certified Specialist in Estate Planning„ Trust, and Probate Law* <br />The Law Offices of Brian S. Mandel, Inc. <br />NEW OFFICE LOCATION: <br />24031 El Toro Road, Suite 210 <br />Laguna Hills, CA 92653 <br />Telephone (949) 660-0007 <br />Facsimile (949) 660-0009 <br />Email: Brian@Brianmandellaw.com <br />Web: www.Briamnandefaw.com <br />* The California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization <br />61 <br />