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Flores, Dora <br />From: <br />Flores, Gaston <br />Sent: <br />Monday, December 04, 2023 10:59 AM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />FW: Contact the City Council Submission <br />From: notify@proudcity.com <notify@proudcity.com> <br />Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 10:37 AM <br />To: Flores, Gaston <GFlores@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Contact the City Council Submission <br />Name <br />Dror Landau <br />Email <br /> <br />Address <br />Irvine, California <br />United States <br />Map It <br />Who is this message for? <br />• Councilmember Thai Viet Phan <br />Comments or questions <br />Dear Council -member Thai Viet Phan, <br />I read the ceasefire resolution submitted by Council -members Vazquez and Hernandez. I'm urging you to vote no on this <br />resolution. <br />I was in Israel visiting my family when Hamas declared a war on Israel on 10/7/2023 by committing atrocious attacks on innocent <br />Israeli civilians. <br />In the following days we were in fear that other terror organizations and countries around Israel would start a regional war. <br />Gladly so far, they "only" attack Israeli towns close to border with Lebanon. One of the main reasons for that is the strong <br />message of support by President Joe Biden. <br />Approving this resolution would send the wrong message to Hamas, ISIS like, terrorists and their supporters. It will not shorten <br />the war, just the opposite. <br />Moreover, the resolution blames Israel for the deaths of Palestinians that occurred because Hamas initiated a war. Israel is no <br />more morally responsible for those deaths than the Allies were for German casualties during World War II or for Syrian <br />casualties during the fight against ISIS. <br />No nation would agree to neighbor a quasi -state controlled by a terrorist organization committed to genocide, one that has <br />demonstrated its capabilities and reiterated its intent countless times, including after Israel and the Palestinians Authority signed <br />the Oslo Agreement in the WH. By making a demand for a ceasefire, people are effectively asking Israelis to suicidal consent to <br />mass murder. <br />The war could stop in five minutes: if Hamas, a fundamentalist organization that took control of Gaza in a coup d'etat, would lay <br />down its weapons, its leaders would receive safe passage, the PA would take over the Gaza Strip with international assurances, <br />and all hostages would be freed. A ceasefire would perpetuate the status quo, allowing Hamas to continue to control and <br />terrorize Gaza. Do not set a precedent that crimes against Israeli and Palestinian civilians pays off, by supporting this Ceasefire <br />Resolution. <br />Please vote no on the Ceasefire Resolution. <br />46 <br />