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Araiza, Fatima From: Flores, Gaston Sent: Monday, December 04, 2023 5:05 PM To: eComment Subject: FW: Contact the City Council Submission From: notify@proudcity.com <notify@proudcity.com> Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 5:02 PM To: Flores, Gaston <GFlores@santa-ana.org> Subject: Contact the City Council Submission Name elizabeth agredano Email Address Placentia, California 92870 United States Map It Phone ( Who is this message for? • Mayor Valerie Amezcua Comments or questions Dear Mayor Amezcua, I write in support of the Santa Ana (SA) Resolution in Solidarity with the Palestinian People in Support of a Ceasefire. As an Orange County (Placentia) resident who was born in SA and has many SA residents in my immediate family and friend's circle, I will always feel especially connected to SA. That SA is proposing this resolution is nothing short of visionary. I am proud of the City Council for taking the brave and difficult step of proposing this resolution and I hope that it passes. I have always been proud of being from SA and if this passes, I will have another reason to feel immense pride in my hometown, as it will prove that SA is a city of groundbreaking vision in support of human rights, justice, and sovereignty for all people, which is not easy, given the United States political incentives to support Israel despite its decades long history of displacement and recent war crimes. In writing to support the resolution I also write to support you through the backlash you might get, which follow common Zionist talking points or manipulate Jewish trauma in order to support Zionism. First, this resolution is not antisemitic, as it is not antisemitic to acknowledge human rights violations, war crimes, and blatant imperialism that are documented and upheld by non -partisan international organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the United Nations. Passing this resolution would show that SA is politically sophisticated, and does not obfuscate Israel with Judaism. Israel is a nation state, a political body, with its roots in a nationalist political movement, not in Judaism. Judaism calls for each person to take upon themselves the responsibility to better the world towards justice and an ideal state of affairs where we can all experience wholeness, a sense of peace, and work cooperatively towards a messianic age. It does not follow that indiscriminate bombing resulting in the killing of 15,500 Palestinians (over 6,000 of them children) is in line with Jewish values in any sense of the word. This resolution is not antisemitic because Israel's actions are not Jewish. Their actions are political; decisions of a president who is currently undergoing a corruption trail. Anti-antisemitism, the hatred of Jewish people, has risen since the war began, and we must be clear-eyed enough to focus on calling out true antisemitism and preventing hate crimes rather than be distracted by suggestions that calling for peace, human development, and protection of citizens, as this resolution does, is antisemitic. The City of SA will have to ensure that its citizens understand the difference between antisemitism and calling for an end to Israel's war in order to