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Araiza, Fatima <br />From: <br />Flores, Gaston <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, November 30, 2023 4:11 PM <br />To: <br />eComment <br />Subject: <br />FW: Contact the City Council Submission <br />From: notify@proudcity.com <notify@proudcity.com> <br />Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 3:15 PM <br />To: Flores, Gaston <GFlores@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Contact the City Council Submission <br />Name <br />Gal Sitty <br />Email <br /> <br />Address <br />California 92780 <br />United States <br />Map It <br />Phone <br />( <br />Who is this message for? <br />• Mayor Valerie Amezcua <br />• Mayor Pro Tern Jessie Lopez <br />• Councilmember Thai Viet Phan <br />• Councilmember David Penaloza <br />• Councilmember Phil Bacerra <br />• Councilmember Johnathan Ryan Hernandez <br />• Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez <br />Comments or questions <br />Re: Resolution in Solidarity with the Palestinian People in Support of a Ceasefire <br />As a concerned stakeholder in the city of Santa Ana, I urge the council to reject this resolution outright. As I'm sure you are <br />receiving many messages about the inaccuracies and bias of the resolution itself, I will not address those points specifically and <br />individually as others have. Rather, I plead with you consider the wellbeing of all residents of Santa Ana, including the Jewish <br />community who are directly impacted by both Hamas terrorism and rapidly increasing antisemitism in America, including in our <br />own community. While I do not think it appropriate for any city council to wade so forcefully into foreign policy issues, if the <br />council does believe it should speak on the war, it should do in consideration of a true peace for all those involved - this requires <br />demanding an end to the Hamas terror organization rule of Gaza, a terror organization whose leader Yahya Sinwar just today <br />announced that the massive terrorist assault of October 7th, in which Hamas terrorists murdered, tortured, raped, and kidnapped <br />thousands of civilians, was just a "dress rehearsal." This terror organization has also cynically used the civilian population as <br />human shields by waging war from schools, hospitals, mosques, and even children's bedrooms, as has been extensively <br />documented. In short, should the council it has a place in addressing foreign policy issues that do not apply its jurisdiction, <br />please do so in consideration of the facts, especially the facts attributed and promulgated by our government through the State <br />Department, Defense Department, and intelligence agencies. Information readily available from these agencies are in negation <br />to many claims in the resolution including the claims that Gaza "is one of the most densely populated places on Earth (see CIA <br />factbook or Wikipedia), that Gaza is "occupied" (See CIA factbook), or that Israel is targeting civilians (see President Biden, <br />