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Apartheid and Genocide: I do not know whether the proposed resolution uses these terms. If it does, then please be advised that Israel is not doing either of these things. I can provide detailed legal explanations if anyone is interested. ONE-SIDED, HYPOCRITICAL RESOLUTION I understand the proposed resolution (1) fails to condemn Hamas for its October 7th atrocities; (2) refuses to recognize that a civilized, moral society cannot ever permit intentional and gruesome crimes committed against innocent civilians, e.g., murder, torture, rape, mayhem, and public desecration of victims' bodies; (3) neglects to demand the immediate return of Israeli hostages; (4) does not insist upon an immediate surrender by Hamas wrongdoers; and (5) declines to plead for peace negotiations. In other words, the resolution expresses concern about innocent Gazan civilians (which is fine) but [i] refuses express corresponding concern about innocent Israeli citizens (which is an appalling double -standard) and [ii] indicates no desire to see a viable long-term resolution to the ongoing conflict. So, the council's proposed resolution is the quintessence of hypocrisy. A moral, ethical person would express concern about all the innocent victims and would seek a solution. Such one-sidedness reflects prejudice and discrimination by this council. Is this council really that depraved and immoral? Does this council truly reject fundamental notions of DEI? By adopting this resolution, this council will be telling the world that Santa Ana is an ugly place that approves of bigotry and unfairness. The proposed resolution is sadly consistent with the local school district's misstep in illegally adopting a discriminatory ethnic studies curriculum geared to indoctrinate the next generation of Jew -haters. I cannot speak for the school district's legal counsel, but if I were that attorney, I would be begging the council to drop the resolution. It just makes Santa Ana look like a hotbed of Jew -hate and would give the plaintiffs' attorneys more evidence. CONTEXT & HARM Jews worldwide are still reeling from the October 7th Hamas atrocities - the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. It's personal for us: every Jew knows someone who was massacred or kidnapped. If that weren't enough, many of us have experienced and/or witnessed recent acts of antisemitism, and we live in fear of increasingly violent and unlawful protest activity. Indeed, Nazi Germany has been reincarnated here in 21st Century Southern California. Resolutions like yours encourage Jew -haters to do more to harass and harm local Jews ... and why? We American Jews have no control over events that in Israel. None, whatsoever. So, your efforts would increase Jew - hate and Jew harm but with no corresponding benefit (as if there ever could be a benefit from bigotry). CONTEXT & INEFFECTUALITY Ceasefire resolutions might be a trendy far -left public gesture, but they affect nothing in the Middle East. Backstory and context: on a nearly -nonstop basis since 2007, Hamas has been lobbing rockets toward civilian areas in Israel. On October 7th, Hamas took its civilian death campaign to a diabolical new level. It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Like any nation, Israel has a fiduciary and ethical obligation to protect its diverse citizenship. Given the heinous new heights of the most recent Hamas offensive, Israel has understandably determined that Hamas must be wiped out. Accordingly, Israel has important military objectives: (1) destroy Hamas' war machine; (2) neutralize Hamas personnel; (3) rescue hostages; (4) minimize civilian casualties (notwithstanding Hamas' dedicated human shield tactics). In the context of Israel's