Gershon Albert

At tonight’s #Oakland City Council meeting, a resolution passed in support of an immediate ceasefire that failed to mention the atrocities of #Hamas, including rape, torture, and mass murder of Jews, Bedouins, Thai and Filipino farm workers, and many more. As disturbing was the completely inability of council members to reign in several hours antisemitic rhetoric, including chants of “white Hitler,” saying “antisemitism isn’t real,” and denying that the Oct. 7 attacks occurred. CEO @TyeGregory reflected “Tonight’s meeting was a complete disgrace and will bring nothing constructive to actual Palestinians and Israelis on the ground. What it instead has achieved is the fanning of flames of antisemitism in Oakland.” JCRC would like to thank Councilmembers @DanKalb and @reidforoakland for having the courage to condemn terrorism.