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San Francisco is now the biggest city in the country to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a trend of local governments hoping to put pressure on Israel and on the Biden administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hilary Ronen: \u003c/strong>And if enough of us speak out, President Biden will have to listen. And there is no doubt in my mind that without the weapons, money and backing of the United States, the far right government in Israel will not be able to continue its ethnic cleansing campaign against the Palestinian people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, San Francisco’s ceasefire resolution and what impact it could have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So resolutions are different from, you know, laws that a city may pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Sydney Johnson is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>It’s essentially a way for a local government or, you know, a city metro area to basically take an official position on something. And they’re usually more symbolic and will take effect immediately. And the city passes resolutions pretty often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>Typically they do focus on local issues, but ones like the cease fire resolution aren’t unheard of either. In 2022, for example, the city passed a resolution supporting protests against the Iranian government and the country’s leadership for human rights abuses. So there is some precedent to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>When was this idea of a cease fire resolution first introduced?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>To San Francisco supervisors Dean Preston and Hilary Ronen, who are both Jewish, officially introduced their resolution to the full Board of Supervisors in early December. So by that time, the violence that started after the October 7th attacks had already been going on for almost two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>By the time they introduced the resolution, though, there was still plenty of controversy over it. At the same time, there was a little bit of a precedent for local governments to take this type of action, because places like Oakland and Richmond had already been taking those steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Right. So an idea like this is sort of gaining traction over the last few months. And in order to pass a cease fire resolution in San Francisco, it sort of had to go through some meetings, including one on Monday, where supervisors got to hear from the public, what was your sense of how people were feeling about this resolution, based on the public comment that you heard?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>I would say that the majority of speakers who came on Monday were in support of the resolution. First of all, it was a five hour long item, with most of that being public comment from people in the community. I mean, dozens of people were lined up. It was a completely full, chamber. You know, it was a little chaotic at times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>There’s a lot of fear. I’m calling for some humility that after they’ve been after these. Me?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>Excuse me. Stop for a second. Let the man speak. When everyone is speaking, let them speak. If you disagree, put your hand like this. If you agree, wave your hands. Do not taunt people when they’re speaking. Go ahead. Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>We heard boos. We heard cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>Free Palestine and thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>They often had to pound the gavel to bring things back to order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>And this is if you can also do this. I’m going to recess the meeting and there won’t be a vote. So just chill out and let everybody speak. And then we’re going to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>Regardless of where folks are standing. 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This is deeply, deeply personal to me, and I have thought about nothing else more every single day since October the 7th. And so I know this resolution. Some people think it’s not going to do anything. It will allow some people in our communities to feel heard and seen for the very first time, because they feel as though they’re not seen in our city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, the U.S. government funds a lot of military aid in Israel, and that’s something that Hillary Ronen and other supervisors who supported this said that they hope it will send a message to the Biden administration to shift its approach and policies on the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>I believe we’re going to start something here today that’s going to take off across cities all over the United States. And if enough of us speak out, President Biden will have to listen. 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It was proposed by two supervisors who wanted to make a pretty broad call for a cease fire. That initial version did mention things like the October 7th attacks, but it did not explicitly condemn Hamas for its role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So there was some discussion about including language to label Hamas as a U.S. designated terrorist organization, and, also to include language calling on Hamas to surrender. This was still an issue that other supervisors were unsure of as well. There were multiple supervisors who wanted to see that condemnation of Hamas included in the language. And so on Tuesday, board President Aaron Peskin introduced a handful of changes to try to court skeptical supervisors and reach a unanimous vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin: \u003c/strong>We have not. Succeeded. Arguably, we have failed to use this as an opportunity to bring our people on both sides of this divide together. I came to work and met with several of you, and heard different things, and as president wanted to see if we could bring at least the 11 of us together in a single, statement. And, to that end. I am offering amendments that turn this into a one page resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>That included explicitly condemning Hamas for its attacks on October 7th, but also condemning the Netanyahu administration for the ongoing invasion and airstrikes. It calls on the Biden administration to pursue a cease fire as well, and a handful of other considerations. But there were still some supervisors who said it wasn’t enough and they didn’t reach that consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah. Why is that? For at least the supervisors who still decided that they weren’t on board with this? What were some of the things they said at the meeting on Tuesday about why they weren’t supporting the resolution?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>The supervisors who voted no against this, and there were three, said that they still support some of the intention behind what the resolution was holding, but that they just felt it didn’t go hard enough to condemn some of the violence that Hamas has played a role in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Dorsey: \u003c/strong>What haunts me as much as anything I have encountered in more than 20 years of working in this building, is hearing the orchestrated denialism about what happened on October 7th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, Dorsey in particular, he was saying that it could risk sending a message that terrorism works. And that was something that resonated with, some of the other supervisors as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Dorsey: \u003c/strong>But I am troubled that the pain of some people is being denied. I can’t in good conscience support this resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So what is the language that they ultimately landed on and how did supervisors ultimately vote?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So the final version condemns both Hamas and Netanyahu for the tens and thousands of deaths that have taken place in Israel and Gaza. It calls for release of all Israeli hostages, demands, an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza, and it condemns anti-Semitic, Anti-palestinian, Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. The supervisors voted 8 to 3 for it to pass, with supervisors Dorsey, Stefani and Mandolin as the only no votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>There were so many cheers. The whole room just erupted. People were throwing scarves and papers in the air. It looked a little bit like a graduation. And yeah, there was just a lot of emotion. And there were, of course, people who were there who were upset to see this pass as well, feeling like they weren’t heard and represented by the language. But the vast majority of people that showed up on Tuesday were filling the halls of the chamber afterwards, cheering and supporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Do we know anything about whether resolutions like these actually have an impact at all?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, I think that the war in Gaza is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our lifetime. And there are people here in our community that have fled that violence, that have family that is still in Israel and Gaza. And I think that resolutions like this do kind of show where San Franciscos heart and priorities are at that. You know, we are aware that there are these issues that we need to focus on locally. But this is one of those, you know, this is affecting people here, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>And I think that there is a lot to be said about taking a controversial stand like this. When you have a federal administration that is taking the opposite stance in some ways, and coming out and saying, you know, this is not where we’re going to stand, is is pretty tough to do. You know, I think we can only speculate, but, I think that is certainly the intention with resolutions like this is to send a message, take a stand and hope that it inspires some sort of change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, Sydney, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. That was Sydney Johnson, a reporter for KQED. This 25 minute conversation with Sydney was cut down and edited by me. Maria Esquinca is our producer. She scored this episode and added all the tape. We got some additional editing support from senior editor Alan Montecillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>The rest of our podcast team here at KQED includes Jen Chien, our director of podcasts, Katie Sprenger, our podcast operations manager, Cesar Saldana, our podcast engagement producer, Maha Sanad, our podcast engagement intern, and Holly Kernan, our chief content officer. Music courtesy of the Audio Network. The Bay is a production of member supported KQED Public Media in San Francisco. I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks so much for listening. Talk to you next week.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and welcome to the Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. San Francisco is now the biggest city in the country to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a trend of local governments hoping to put pressure on Israel and on the Biden administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hilary Ronen: \u003c/strong>And if enough of us speak out, President Biden will have to listen. And there is no doubt in my mind that without the weapons, money and backing of the United States, the far right government in Israel will not be able to continue its ethnic cleansing campaign against the Palestinian people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, San Francisco’s ceasefire resolution and what impact it could have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So resolutions are different from, you know, laws that a city may pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Sydney Johnson is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>It’s essentially a way for a local government or, you know, a city metro area to basically take an official position on something. And they’re usually more symbolic and will take effect immediately. And the city passes resolutions pretty often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>Typically they do focus on local issues, but ones like the cease fire resolution aren’t unheard of either. In 2022, for example, the city passed a resolution supporting protests against the Iranian government and the country’s leadership for human rights abuses. So there is some precedent to this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>When was this idea of a cease fire resolution first introduced?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>To San Francisco supervisors Dean Preston and Hilary Ronen, who are both Jewish, officially introduced their resolution to the full Board of Supervisors in early December. So by that time, the violence that started after the October 7th attacks had already been going on for almost two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>By the time they introduced the resolution, though, there was still plenty of controversy over it. At the same time, there was a little bit of a precedent for local governments to take this type of action, because places like Oakland and Richmond had already been taking those steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Right. So an idea like this is sort of gaining traction over the last few months. And in order to pass a cease fire resolution in San Francisco, it sort of had to go through some meetings, including one on Monday, where supervisors got to hear from the public, what was your sense of how people were feeling about this resolution, based on the public comment that you heard?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>I would say that the majority of speakers who came on Monday were in support of the resolution. First of all, it was a five hour long item, with most of that being public comment from people in the community. I mean, dozens of people were lined up. It was a completely full, chamber. You know, it was a little chaotic at times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>There’s a lot of fear. I’m calling for some humility that after they’ve been after these. Me?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>Excuse me. Stop for a second. Let the man speak. When everyone is speaking, let them speak. If you disagree, put your hand like this. If you agree, wave your hands. Do not taunt people when they’re speaking. Go ahead. Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>We heard boos. We heard cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>Free Palestine and thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>They often had to pound the gavel to bring things back to order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>And this is if you can also do this. I’m going to recess the meeting and there won’t be a vote. So just chill out and let everybody speak. And then we’re going to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>Regardless of where folks are standing. There was clearly just this palpable energy and people feeling really fired up about this issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lara Kiswani: \u003c/strong>My name is Lara Kiswani, I’m the executive director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center. I’m also the daughter of Palestinian refugees. And this is my daughter, Salma. Since I was last here, I learned that I lost 40 family members in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>There were many people who showed up talking about family members that they have who have died in the violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>My name is Manal Alcala, San Francisco resident, born and raised in district eight. More than 100 members of my family have been killed in Gaza, and the rest joined the 2 million made homeless by our tax money and our unlimited military aid. I’m here as a family medicine doctor who has taken an oath to do no harm. We are witnessing a.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>There was also a large group of doctors who showed up. Part of this do no harm coalition that have really been, just calling for more humanitarian aid and medical support in Gaza as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>Should we tell you about Doctor Hammam, a law, a nephrologist who worked at Al-Shifa who said, this is not the medicine I thought I would be practicing? When asked why he continued to work at a hospital under threat, he replied and if I go, who treats my patients? And if I go, who treats my patients? Two weeks later, he was killed in an airstrike on Al-Shifa. How many more? How many more children? How many more doctors?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>Where the rub really came down was over the language that was going to be used, and sort of how the call for a cease fire would be portrayed, quite literally, line by line and in the resolution itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>As long as we’re here, there are three things that must be included in this outrageous resolution. Number one, lay out the atrocities and detail that have been committed by Hamas on October 7th. In detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>There were some opponents that said that the resolution didn’t go far enough to call out Hamas for its role and the attack on October 7th that killed around 1200 Israelis. Several people said that they didn’t feel safe for expressing their criticisms, and they wanted to see more language added to support Jewish and Israeli communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>This resolution is bringing out, it’s legitimizing. It’s making it okay to call for the destruction of Israel and, threats to Jews. And I please ask you to focus on keeping us safe here, everyone, and not legitimizing hate speech. Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, I know part of the work of things like this is definitely in the language, and I want to ask you about that. But before we get into that, how did the supervisors who introduced this resolution talk about why do this at all in San Francisco?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>I think it’s a great question, first of all, because there were people who spoke up during public comment saying that San Francisco should be focused on our local issues. You know, we have a housing crisis. We have an overdose crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>The only consideration of a cease fire really is in the hands of Qatar, Egypt, Hamas and Israel. Not by this board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, why would we be focusing hours of our government’s attention, on something that’s maybe to some, not directly affecting our backyard. But in response to that, there were plenty of people who said, actually, this is affecting people here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ahsha Safaí: \u003c/strong>This is the most gut wrenching issue that I have dealt with on the Board of Supervisors. I have never received more calls, more emails, more people stopping me on the street, people grabbing me wherever I am to tell me how they feel about this moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, you know, he pointed out that he was supporting the resolution because he hoped that it would simply allow members of the community who have lost loved ones or have direct experience with violence in the Middle East, to feel seen and heard by their local leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ahsha Safaí: \u003c/strong>I can tell you, as the only person on this board that was born in that part of the world, and my life began with gunshots ringing outside every single night. This is deeply, deeply personal to me, and I have thought about nothing else more every single day since October the 7th. And so I know this resolution. Some people think it’s not going to do anything. It will allow some people in our communities to feel heard and seen for the very first time, because they feel as though they’re not seen in our city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, the U.S. government funds a lot of military aid in Israel, and that’s something that Hillary Ronen and other supervisors who supported this said that they hope it will send a message to the Biden administration to shift its approach and policies on the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Speaker: \u003c/strong>I believe we’re going to start something here today that’s going to take off across cities all over the United States. And if enough of us speak out, President Biden will have to listen. And there is no doubt in my mind that without the weapons, money and backing of the United States, the far right government in Israel will not be able to continue its ethnic cleansing campaign against the Palestinian people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, the debate over how to word the ceasefire resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So, Sydney, I mean, I know other Bay area cities have considered resolutions like this and and part of what has made some of them very difficult to pass are these debates around language, and how do we sort of come to a consensus on that? What did those debates look like in San Francisco?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So San Francisco definitely had those debates as well. And this resolution was met with plenty of controversy. So in San Francisco, the language debates did mirror somewhat what we saw in places like Oakland and Berkeley. It was proposed by two supervisors who wanted to make a pretty broad call for a cease fire. That initial version did mention things like the October 7th attacks, but it did not explicitly condemn Hamas for its role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So there was some discussion about including language to label Hamas as a U.S. designated terrorist organization, and, also to include language calling on Hamas to surrender. This was still an issue that other supervisors were unsure of as well. There were multiple supervisors who wanted to see that condemnation of Hamas included in the language. And so on Tuesday, board President Aaron Peskin introduced a handful of changes to try to court skeptical supervisors and reach a unanimous vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin: \u003c/strong>We have not. Succeeded. Arguably, we have failed to use this as an opportunity to bring our people on both sides of this divide together. I came to work and met with several of you, and heard different things, and as president wanted to see if we could bring at least the 11 of us together in a single, statement. And, to that end. I am offering amendments that turn this into a one page resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>That included explicitly condemning Hamas for its attacks on October 7th, but also condemning the Netanyahu administration for the ongoing invasion and airstrikes. It calls on the Biden administration to pursue a cease fire as well, and a handful of other considerations. But there were still some supervisors who said it wasn’t enough and they didn’t reach that consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah. Why is that? For at least the supervisors who still decided that they weren’t on board with this? What were some of the things they said at the meeting on Tuesday about why they weren’t supporting the resolution?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>The supervisors who voted no against this, and there were three, said that they still support some of the intention behind what the resolution was holding, but that they just felt it didn’t go hard enough to condemn some of the violence that Hamas has played a role in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Dorsey: \u003c/strong>What haunts me as much as anything I have encountered in more than 20 years of working in this building, is hearing the orchestrated denialism about what happened on October 7th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, Dorsey in particular, he was saying that it could risk sending a message that terrorism works. And that was something that resonated with, some of the other supervisors as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Dorsey: \u003c/strong>But I am troubled that the pain of some people is being denied. I can’t in good conscience support this resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So what is the language that they ultimately landed on and how did supervisors ultimately vote?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>So the final version condemns both Hamas and Netanyahu for the tens and thousands of deaths that have taken place in Israel and Gaza. It calls for release of all Israeli hostages, demands, an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza, and it condemns anti-Semitic, Anti-palestinian, Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. The supervisors voted 8 to 3 for it to pass, with supervisors Dorsey, Stefani and Mandolin as the only no votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>There were so many cheers. The whole room just erupted. People were throwing scarves and papers in the air. It looked a little bit like a graduation. And yeah, there was just a lot of emotion. And there were, of course, people who were there who were upset to see this pass as well, feeling like they weren’t heard and represented by the language. But the vast majority of people that showed up on Tuesday were filling the halls of the chamber afterwards, cheering and supporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Do we know anything about whether resolutions like these actually have an impact at all?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know, I think that the war in Gaza is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our lifetime. And there are people here in our community that have fled that violence, that have family that is still in Israel and Gaza. And I think that resolutions like this do kind of show where San Franciscos heart and priorities are at that. You know, we are aware that there are these issues that we need to focus on locally. But this is one of those, you know, this is affecting people here, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson: \u003c/strong>And I think that there is a lot to be said about taking a controversial stand like this. When you have a federal administration that is taking the opposite stance in some ways, and coming out and saying, you know, this is not where we’re going to stand, is is pretty tough to do. You know, I think we can only speculate, but, I think that is certainly the intention with resolutions like this is to send a message, take a stand and hope that it inspires some sort of change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, Sydney, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. That was Sydney Johnson, a reporter for KQED. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Preston’s resolution, co-sponsored by Supervisor Hillary Ronen, includes a specific reference to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/world/middleeast/israel-music-festival-massacre.html\">Oct. 7 attack on Israel\u003c/a>, in which Hamas fighters killed an estimated 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials. But the language does not explicitly condemn Hamas for its actions that day, nor does it overtly criticize Israel for its subsequent military campaign in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the two months since the attack, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/wrapup-blinken-uae-saudi-israel-monday-seeking-avert-wider-middle-east-war-2024-01-07/\">Israel has responded\u003c/a> with a brutal barrage of air strikes and an ongoing ground invasion of Gaza, killing more than 23,000 Palestinians — the majority of whom are women and children — and displacing nearly 85% of the population, according to Gazan authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who cast the only vote against the resolution, unsuccessfully pushed for it to include language that calls for “the surrender of Hamas” and that advocates for a two-state solution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, Preston recently proposed amendments that more explicitly condemn both the Hamas and Israeli attacks. But the committee on Monday rejected those additions, instead advancing Preston’s original resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of public commenters, including many doctors and health care workers, lined up for hours inside San Francisco City Hall on Monday to urge the Board of Supervisors’ \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/rules-committee\">Rules Committee\u003c/a> — comprised of Dorsey, Ahsha Safaí and Shamann Walton — to approve Preston’s original resolution without considering any significant amendments.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As the war in Gaza rages on, \u003ca href=\"https://pro.morningconsult.com/instant-intel/gaza-cease-fire-poll-december-2023\">public opinion across America\u003c/a> is slowly but steadily shifting: Nearly 60% of voters support a cease-fire, compared to 53% in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California — home to both the largest Arab-American population and the second-largest Jewish community in the U.S. — some politicians are still trying to find the right approach in their response to the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ahmed Soboh, chairperson, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California\"]‘That’s the concern we’re having with many elected officials. There’s no solid, strong opposition of the massacre (in Gaza), no solid support for a cease-fire, even though we say this is what we want.’[/pullquote]As the death toll in Gaza \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-12-16-2023-7df1ec6f336d1cd357903d6b848a1a1a\">topped 18,000 in mid-December\u003c/a>, Gov. 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Most visibly, at the California Democratic Party convention in November, pro-Palestinian protesters called the governor out by name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11969094,news_11967845,news_11968400\" label=\"Related Stories\"]As he promised, Newsom met with leaders of California Muslim and Arab communities on Dec. 16. The hour-long Zoom meeting included 15 leaders from various chapters of the Council on American Islamic Relations, from mosques and from Palestinian Christian and Muslim communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about takeaways from the meeting, Newsom’s office said Tuesday: “The administration is actively engaging with Muslim and Jewish community leaders across the state to support the safety and security of California’s diverse communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees described it as a positive meeting — one in which their concerns were not dismissed or rejected, unlike experiences some California residents have had with elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He listened, he expressed empathy and sympathy … and understands our concern,” said Ahmed Soboh, chairperson of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, an advisory board for mosques in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees had six requests of Newsom, including to call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian aid; to address civil rights violations and of freedom of speech of Californians who spoke in support of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soboh said Newsom was “alarmed and concerned” when attendees brought up people being fired from jobs or punished on college campuses, but the conversation didn’t go as far as they’d hoped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did not get a solid action plan that he will strongly publicly stand up for the rights of Palestinians,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the concern we’re having with many elected officials. There’s no solid, strong opposition of the massacre (in Gaza), no solid support for a cease-fire, even though we say this is what we want,” Soboh said. “They say, ‘I’ll take your sentiments and suggestions,’ but no one will come out and say it with the same strength and support for Israel and the Jewish community. We don’t see it for the Muslim community or the people of Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basim Elkarra, executive director of the Sacramento and Central Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations — whose parents were born in Gaza — said he shared with the governor that he had lost 73 members of his extended family and that Palestinians in Gaza are starving and have limited access to water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he acknowledged that the governor is in a difficult situation politically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult for him to say anything or put out an announcement that can contradict Biden’s stance at the moment,” Elkarra said. “We still hope that somehow he’ll come out stronger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also acknowledged that Newsom delivered on his promise to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-budget-deficit/#wm-story-1\">send medical and other aid to Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the meeting, attendees asked the governor to “utilize his relationship with the president and other lawmakers to bring awareness to our sentiment and demands,” according to the Shura Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Assembly Republicans, the state’s response against Hamas has not been strong enough. That, according to Assembly Republican Leader \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/james-gallagher-1981/\">James Gallagher\u003c/a>, is why they authored the resolution. It was also in response, he said, to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/climate-change-california/#wm-story-2\">rhetoric by pro-Palestinian advocates at some city council meetings that he said sought to justify Hamas’ actions.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why I think it’s even more so that we as a state, as leaders of the state, need to say absolutely not,” Gallagher said. “This is horrific, it’s barbarous, and it needs to be condemned, unequivocally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/eoq0q3zrucpet7v6i8aka/Resolution-Condemning-Hamas-Final.pdf?rlkey=jjibar2p1ffxckwhbrmjpb6md&dl=0\">The resolution\u003c/a> is expected to be introduced as soon as this week. It also notes that at least one Californian, who was at a music festival that was attacked on Oct. 7, remains a hostage: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, whose parents \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1715779704962322790?s=20\">Newsom met on his brief Israel visit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher added that the resolution was sent to all members of the Assembly with invitations to sign on as co-authors, including Democrats. The list of co-authors includes all but one Republican in the Assembly: \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/bill-essayli-1985/\">Bill Essayli\u003c/a> of Riverside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971529\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue business suit and tie stands at a podium with people behind him.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Bill Essayli speaks at a press conference before a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected Republican representatives at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Dec. 5, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Essayli, who is the only Arab American in the Legislature, said that he has been clear about condemning Hamas and the terrorist acts they committed on Oct. 7 and that the resolution was drafted without input from any Jewish legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislative Jewish Caucus has requested that we work with them rather than make this a divisive partisan issue,” Essayli wrote. “Now more than ever, we must come together to reject terrorism and work toward peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jewish Community Relations Council, based in the Bay Area, told CalMatters it supports the resolution, saying that the “moral clarity of the language should be praised.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Considering that seven Americans are still held in captivity by Hamas, it sadly remains timely,” said Jeremy Russell, spokesperson for the council. “If this is passed, it will be seen as a statement of support similar to when Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Israel in the wake of the attacks. We hope that members of the state Legislature will also visit Israel soon to bear witness to Hamas’ atrocities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Legislative Jewish Caucus declined to comment on the specifics of the Assembly Republicans’ resolution. 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The hour-long Zoom meeting included 15 leaders from various chapters of the Council on American Islamic Relations, from mosques and from Palestinian Christian and Muslim communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about takeaways from the meeting, Newsom’s office said Tuesday: “The administration is actively engaging with Muslim and Jewish community leaders across the state to support the safety and security of California’s diverse communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees described it as a positive meeting — one in which their concerns were not dismissed or rejected, unlike experiences some California residents have had with elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He listened, he expressed empathy and sympathy … and understands our concern,” said Ahmed Soboh, chairperson of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, an advisory board for mosques in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees had six requests of Newsom, including to call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian aid; to address civil rights violations and of freedom of speech of Californians who spoke in support of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soboh said Newsom was “alarmed and concerned” when attendees brought up people being fired from jobs or punished on college campuses, but the conversation didn’t go as far as they’d hoped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did not get a solid action plan that he will strongly publicly stand up for the rights of Palestinians,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the concern we’re having with many elected officials. There’s no solid, strong opposition of the massacre (in Gaza), no solid support for a cease-fire, even though we say this is what we want,” Soboh said. “They say, ‘I’ll take your sentiments and suggestions,’ but no one will come out and say it with the same strength and support for Israel and the Jewish community. We don’t see it for the Muslim community or the people of Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basim Elkarra, executive director of the Sacramento and Central Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations — whose parents were born in Gaza — said he shared with the governor that he had lost 73 members of his extended family and that Palestinians in Gaza are starving and have limited access to water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he acknowledged that the governor is in a difficult situation politically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult for him to say anything or put out an announcement that can contradict Biden’s stance at the moment,” Elkarra said. “We still hope that somehow he’ll come out stronger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also acknowledged that Newsom delivered on his promise to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-budget-deficit/#wm-story-1\">send medical and other aid to Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the meeting, attendees asked the governor to “utilize his relationship with the president and other lawmakers to bring awareness to our sentiment and demands,” according to the Shura Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Assembly Republicans, the state’s response against Hamas has not been strong enough. That, according to Assembly Republican Leader \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/james-gallagher-1981/\">James Gallagher\u003c/a>, is why they authored the resolution. It was also in response, he said, to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/climate-change-california/#wm-story-2\">rhetoric by pro-Palestinian advocates at some city council meetings that he said sought to justify Hamas’ actions.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why I think it’s even more so that we as a state, as leaders of the state, need to say absolutely not,” Gallagher said. “This is horrific, it’s barbarous, and it needs to be condemned, unequivocally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/eoq0q3zrucpet7v6i8aka/Resolution-Condemning-Hamas-Final.pdf?rlkey=jjibar2p1ffxckwhbrmjpb6md&dl=0\">The resolution\u003c/a> is expected to be introduced as soon as this week. It also notes that at least one Californian, who was at a music festival that was attacked on Oct. 7, remains a hostage: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, whose parents \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1715779704962322790?s=20\">Newsom met on his brief Israel visit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher added that the resolution was sent to all members of the Assembly with invitations to sign on as co-authors, including Democrats. The list of co-authors includes all but one Republican in the Assembly: \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/bill-essayli-1985/\">Bill Essayli\u003c/a> of Riverside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971529\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a blue business suit and tie stands at a podium with people behind him.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/12052022-Assembly-Republicans-Presser-RL-CM-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Bill Essayli speaks at a press conference before a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected Republican representatives at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Dec. 5, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Essayli, who is the only Arab American in the Legislature, said that he has been clear about condemning Hamas and the terrorist acts they committed on Oct. 7 and that the resolution was drafted without input from any Jewish legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislative Jewish Caucus has requested that we work with them rather than make this a divisive partisan issue,” Essayli wrote. “Now more than ever, we must come together to reject terrorism and work toward peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jewish Community Relations Council, based in the Bay Area, told CalMatters it supports the resolution, saying that the “moral clarity of the language should be praised.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Considering that seven Americans are still held in captivity by Hamas, it sadly remains timely,” said Jeremy Russell, spokesperson for the council. “If this is passed, it will be seen as a statement of support similar to when Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Israel in the wake of the attacks. We hope that members of the state Legislature will also visit Israel soon to bear witness to Hamas’ atrocities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Legislative Jewish Caucus declined to comment on the specifics of the Assembly Republicans’ resolution. But Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/scott-wiener-1970/\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a> and Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/jesse-gabriel-1981/\">Jesse Gabriel\u003c/a>, the co-chairpersons of the 19-member caucus, told CalMatters they have been responding to “the surge in antisemitism in California and the incredible trauma inflicted on our community in Israel and around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As 2023 draws to a close, we look back on a year that has been nothing short of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">extraordinary. In our annual “Year in Photos” feature, we invite you to journey through the moments, both monumental and minute, that have defined the past 12 months. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across the nine Bay Area counties and beyond, our team captured glimpses of the vivid tapestry of life in Northern California — flooded streets in San Francisco, an East Oakland track team in the Junior Olympics, jam-packed stalls at the Berryessa Flea Market, the Bay Bridge blocked by protesters. At times, we documented celebrations of the joy and resilience of communities — and at times, we witnessed devastation and loss. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each image reminds us of the challenges we’ve faced and the milestones we’ve celebrated. These photographs not only reflect the events of 2023 but also the emotions and experiences that will shape our region for years to come.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people marches holding signs at night. On the right, a large group of people marches holding signs at during the day.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sloane Noel-Johnson, with the Black Organizing Project, marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. Right: Faye Crosley, center left, walks down Highland Ave in Richmond, California, with a group of friends, neighbors and family to protest her eviction from her home of several decades on Feb. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/ KQED; Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An African American woman wearing a pink jumpsuit stands with both hands raised among several people who are seated in a building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Chambers, 56, bows her head during the First African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation’s Sunday service, temporarily being held at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland on March 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand behind police caution tape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of Pajaro, the unincorporated area in Monterey County that flooded due to a levee breach, gather just across the river in Watsonville, on March 19, 2023, waiting for authorities to let them return home. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young person wearing rubber boots stands in a small galley kitchen, where appliances on piled on the counter, looking at a mud-caked floor and beside an older person looking at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denia Escutia and her mother, Carla, pose for a portrait inside the family’s home in Pajaro on April 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970083\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair is interviewed by reporters in front of a large official-looking building. On the right, bright purple flowers bloom on a hillside.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks to reporters in front of city hall during a city-led “Welcome Back Wednesday” event to promote the recovery of the city’s downtown area on April 5, 2023. Right: Stems of purple lupine blossom along Grizzly Peak Boulevard in Berkeley on April 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with short, black hair and a purple bandana tied around her forehead looks distraught as tears stream down her cheeks. A crowd of blurred faces are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident Mayana Sparks cries while watching the city of Oakland begin to evict the encampment in West Oakland on April 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaks at a podium beside a large body of water set in a mountainous area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a centennial celebration of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park on May 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970084\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A group of colorfully dressed people ride a cable care waving pride flags. On the right, A crowd of people pack a city street.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, center, waves a Pride flag from the side of a cable car as the 2023 Pride parade passes down Market Street in downtown San Francisco on June 25, 2023. Right: Bay to Breakers participants surge down Hayes Street in San Francisco on May 21, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with light brown curly hair and eyeglasses has a steam inhaler in his mouth as he laws reclines against a sofa in his living room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long COVID patient Charlie McCone uses a steam inhaler at his home in San Francisco on May 18, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11950737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg\" alt=\"African American men carry a white coffin to a hearse outside a church.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Breedlove, Banko Brown’s cousin, and other pallbearers escort Brown’s coffin out of the historic Third Baptist Church in San Francisco on May 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970085\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair standing in the doorway to a restaurant. On the right, a person with a bald head and blue jumpsuit stands beside a door in front of a large gate covered in concertina wire.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Lena Turner, 93, poses for a portrait in her restaurant, Chika and Sake, in San Francisco’s Japantown on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Right: Steve Brooks, Editor in Chief of San Quentin News, stands outside of the media center at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bar tender speaks to two customers from behind a slanted bar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Barrett tends the bar at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland on July 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in front of a stall full of wares.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hector Garcia (left) and Lizeth Valtierra (right) working at the BayFresh Piñateria, located in the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphaël Timmons/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Women wearing ornate white outfits and holding instruments in an indoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group Mariachi Bonitas line up on a staircase for a group photo during a break from playing a wedding at Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove, Calif., on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970086\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, an adult helps a child lace up their shots. On the right, the shadows of two children running are seen on a racetrack.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: East Oakland Track Gems Coach Traivon Soto-Johnson (right) helps Kayden Thompson (left) tie his shoes at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. Right: Kaden Remson (left) and John Howard III (right) run a drill on the track at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy poses for a photo with medals hanging from around his neck.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaden Remson, 9, poses for a portrait with his track medals during track practice at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday, August 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970087 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a group of people strikes expressive poses as they dance outdoors. On the right, a group of people wearing ornate clothing dances outdoors.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Partygoers dancing in front of the Lake Merritt Pergola at Days Like This in Oakland on Aug. 25, 2023. Right: Linus Lancaster (left) and Mari Lancaster (center) dance at KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons/KQED; Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a disco ball on their head with a white sequined body suit.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Walker, also known as the Disco Cowboy of San Francisco and ‘Wild West,’ kicks a sequined boot into the air before getting in line for Beyoncé at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Aug. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy holds his hands together in prayer while sitting in a large group of people doing the same indoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Neang (center) prays alongside his family at the Fresno Cambodian Buddhist Society temple on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand together in an outdoor setting looking at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Seidner (right) and her grand-niece Hilanea Wilkinson in Loleta on Sept. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hootnick for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A city shrouded in haze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Oakland is seen through the wildfire-caused haze on Sept. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963467\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt='A large group of people salute a casket draped in an American flag as it enters a building with the words \"City Hall\" over the door.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The body of Sen. Dianne Feinstein is carried into City Hall to lie in state in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Feinstein was the longest-serving female senator and longest-serving senator from California before her passing. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970088\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A person in a blue sport coat cries in front of a flag-draped casket. On the right, a flag draped casket in a large darkened room.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi holds her hands to her face as she pays respect to Sen. Dianne Feinstein as she lies in state for public viewing at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: The body of Senator Dianne Feinstein lies in state at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a baseball cap looks down at a candle in their hands while standing in a large group of people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grouch (right), a collaborator of the rapper Zumbi, who died in 2021 at the hands of Alta Bates staff and security, attends a vigil in front of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970067 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg\" alt='An African American man holds a sign up that says \"E-40 Way.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl “E-40” Stevens stands for a portrait outside his childhood home in Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023, in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970068\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt='A person with their hair in an afro stands in front of a building with the word \"Library\" written over the entrance.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mychal Threets at the Fairfield Civic Center Library in Fairfield on Oct. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970089\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"hold signs and mark. On the right, a person with a beard holds up a sign in front of a large building.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: Michael Jones and others strike at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967609\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman yells into megaphone surrounding by protesters on a bridge. Police are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge, unfurling banners reading “stop genocide” and “no US military aid to Israel” on Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people waving flags and holding signs. On the right, the reflection of a large group of people in the sunglasses of a person wearing a clear full face mask.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Amaani Cassim marches in Downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. Right: Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza are seen reflected in the glasses of a law enforcement officer as they block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970069\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people marches through the high-rises of an urban area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emad Abdulrahim (center) marches through downtown San Francisco on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People to demand a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas on Nov. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer in a white dress singing on a traffic island as cars go by.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dulce De Leche performs on Columbus Avenue during the San Francisco is a Drag! event on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people marches holding signs at night. On the right, a large group of people marches holding signs at during the day.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sloane Noel-Johnson, with the Black Organizing Project, marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. Right: Faye Crosley, center left, walks down Highland Ave in Richmond, California, with a group of friends, neighbors and family to protest her eviction from her home of several decades on Feb. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/ KQED; Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An African American woman wearing a pink jumpsuit stands with both hands raised among several people who are seated in a building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Chambers, 56, bows her head during the First African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation’s Sunday service, temporarily being held at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland on March 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand behind police caution tape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of Pajaro, the unincorporated area in Monterey County that flooded due to a levee breach, gather just across the river in Watsonville, on March 19, 2023, waiting for authorities to let them return home. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young person wearing rubber boots stands in a small galley kitchen, where appliances on piled on the counter, looking at a mud-caked floor and beside an older person looking at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denia Escutia and her mother, Carla, pose for a portrait inside the family’s home in Pajaro on April 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970083\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair is interviewed by reporters in front of a large official-looking building. On the right, bright purple flowers bloom on a hillside.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks to reporters in front of city hall during a city-led “Welcome Back Wednesday” event to promote the recovery of the city’s downtown area on April 5, 2023. Right: Stems of purple lupine blossom along Grizzly Peak Boulevard in Berkeley on April 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with short, black hair and a purple bandana tied around her forehead looks distraught as tears stream down her cheeks. A crowd of blurred faces are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident Mayana Sparks cries while watching the city of Oakland begin to evict the encampment in West Oakland on April 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaks at a podium beside a large body of water set in a mountainous area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a centennial celebration of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park on May 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970084\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A group of colorfully dressed people ride a cable care waving pride flags. On the right, A crowd of people pack a city street.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, center, waves a Pride flag from the side of a cable car as the 2023 Pride parade passes down Market Street in downtown San Francisco on June 25, 2023. Right: Bay to Breakers participants surge down Hayes Street in San Francisco on May 21, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with light brown curly hair and eyeglasses has a steam inhaler in his mouth as he laws reclines against a sofa in his living room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long COVID patient Charlie McCone uses a steam inhaler at his home in San Francisco on May 18, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11950737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg\" alt=\"African American men carry a white coffin to a hearse outside a church.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Breedlove, Banko Brown’s cousin, and other pallbearers escort Brown’s coffin out of the historic Third Baptist Church in San Francisco on May 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970085\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair standing in the doorway to a restaurant. On the right, a person with a bald head and blue jumpsuit stands beside a door in front of a large gate covered in concertina wire.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Lena Turner, 93, poses for a portrait in her restaurant, Chika and Sake, in San Francisco’s Japantown on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Right: Steve Brooks, Editor in Chief of San Quentin News, stands outside of the media center at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bar tender speaks to two customers from behind a slanted bar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Barrett tends the bar at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland on July 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in front of a stall full of wares.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hector Garcia (left) and Lizeth Valtierra (right) working at the BayFresh Piñateria, located in the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphaël Timmons/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Women wearing ornate white outfits and holding instruments in an indoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group Mariachi Bonitas line up on a staircase for a group photo during a break from playing a wedding at Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove, Calif., on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970086\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, an adult helps a child lace up their shots. On the right, the shadows of two children running are seen on a racetrack.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: East Oakland Track Gems Coach Traivon Soto-Johnson (right) helps Kayden Thompson (left) tie his shoes at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. Right: Kaden Remson (left) and John Howard III (right) run a drill on the track at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy poses for a photo with medals hanging from around his neck.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaden Remson, 9, poses for a portrait with his track medals during track practice at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday, August 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970087 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a group of people strikes expressive poses as they dance outdoors. On the right, a group of people wearing ornate clothing dances outdoors.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Partygoers dancing in front of the Lake Merritt Pergola at Days Like This in Oakland on Aug. 25, 2023. Right: Linus Lancaster (left) and Mari Lancaster (center) dance at KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons/KQED; Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a disco ball on their head with a white sequined body suit.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Walker, also known as the Disco Cowboy of San Francisco and ‘Wild West,’ kicks a sequined boot into the air before getting in line for Beyoncé at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Aug. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy holds his hands together in prayer while sitting in a large group of people doing the same indoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Neang (center) prays alongside his family at the Fresno Cambodian Buddhist Society temple on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand together in an outdoor setting looking at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Seidner (right) and her grand-niece Hilanea Wilkinson in Loleta on Sept. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hootnick for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A city shrouded in haze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Oakland is seen through the wildfire-caused haze on Sept. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963467\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt='A large group of people salute a casket draped in an American flag as it enters a building with the words \"City Hall\" over the door.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The body of Sen. Dianne Feinstein is carried into City Hall to lie in state in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Feinstein was the longest-serving female senator and longest-serving senator from California before her passing. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970088\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A person in a blue sport coat cries in front of a flag-draped casket. On the right, a flag draped casket in a large darkened room.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi holds her hands to her face as she pays respect to Sen. Dianne Feinstein as she lies in state for public viewing at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: The body of Senator Dianne Feinstein lies in state at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a baseball cap looks down at a candle in their hands while standing in a large group of people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grouch (right), a collaborator of the rapper Zumbi, who died in 2021 at the hands of Alta Bates staff and security, attends a vigil in front of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970067 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg\" alt='An African American man holds a sign up that says \"E-40 Way.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl “E-40” Stevens stands for a portrait outside his childhood home in Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023, in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970068\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt='A person with their hair in an afro stands in front of a building with the word \"Library\" written over the entrance.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mychal Threets at the Fairfield Civic Center Library in Fairfield on Oct. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970089\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"hold signs and mark. On the right, a person with a beard holds up a sign in front of a large building.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: Michael Jones and others strike at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967609\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman yells into megaphone surrounding by protesters on a bridge. Police are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge, unfurling banners reading “stop genocide” and “no US military aid to Israel” on Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people waving flags and holding signs. On the right, the reflection of a large group of people in the sunglasses of a person wearing a clear full face mask.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Amaani Cassim marches in Downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. Right: Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza are seen reflected in the glasses of a law enforcement officer as they block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970069\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people marches through the high-rises of an urban area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emad Abdulrahim (center) marches through downtown San Francisco on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People to demand a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas on Nov. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer in a white dress singing on a traffic island as cars go by.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dulce De Leche performs on Columbus Avenue during the San Francisco is a Drag! event on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Supporters of the 80 people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">arrested for blocking the Bay Bridge last month \u003c/a>packed San Francisco’s Hall of Justice on Monday for the protesters’ first court appearance, railing against District Attorney Brooke Jenkins for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970252/san-francisco-district-attorney-charges-80-people-over-protest-that-shut-down-traffic-on-bay-bridge\">pursuing a series of misdemeanor charges\u003c/a> and renewing calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 150 people gathered for an initial rally on the rain-soaked steps of the courthouse before heading inside for the hearing, crowding into the hallway outside of a second-floor courtroom while chanting, “Let us in!”[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"gaza\"]Jenkins on Saturday \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970252/san-francisc\">announced five misdemeanor charges\u003c/a> against the 80 people arrested last month, including unlawful public assembly, refusal to disperse, refusal to comply with police, obstruction of a public street and false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 80 people arrested, 78 were protesters and two others were motorists not involved in the protest, according to an attorney for the demonstrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA’s office did not respond to a request for an interview. Jenkins previously said the protest “had a tremendous impact on those who were stuck on the bridge for hours and required tremendous public resources to resolve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the dramatic Nov. 16 protest, demonstrators blocked all San Francisco-bound lanes of the bridge’s eastern span for multiple hours, snarling traffic for most of the morning. They unfurled banners calling on President Joe Biden, who was in town with other world leaders for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, to support a cease-fire and end U.S. aid to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The commonsense demand of a permanent cease-fire should be echoed by all our local elected and appointed officials,” said Lujain Al-Saleh, a member of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center, who said she was among the protesters arrested that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead, some are wasting more taxpayer dollars on criminalizing those who stand on the right side of history,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 19,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel’s more than two-month-long bombardment of Gaza, according to Gazan health officials. The Israeli military launched the attacks after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-attack-military-war-a8f63b07641212f0de61861844e5e71e\">Hamas raided southern Israel\u003c/a> on Oct. 7, killing roughly 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and taking \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hostages-gaza-b6ffc286ca7d4b48caaada43e9c6e411\">about 240 hostages\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court on Monday, the defendants were formally advised of the charges against them and given time to review their options for counsel, said their attorney, EmilyRose Johns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We demand that they drop the charges. This is going to be an outrageous and inexcusable expense on the city and county of San Francisco to prosecute peaceful demonstrators,” Johns said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initial court appearances will continue this week before the protesters are officially arraigned on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>“I really didn’t want to come here today,” Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, 33, said into his microphone before dozens of people at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center (SFJCC).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just weeks before, Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking over 200 hostages. In response, Israel began bombing Gaza, and the death toll was already mounting. Tensions in that SFJCC room were palpable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event was held in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"https://parentscirclefriends.org/mission/\">American Friends of the Parent Circle\u003c/a>, a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization of over 600 families, all of whom have lost an immediate family member to the ongoing conflict. This forum was meant to be an apolitical space for shared grief and hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alkhatib was feeling more grief than hope at that moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib\"]‘Human life is one of the most valuable things in this universe. Whether it be an Israeli or a Palestinian life, we can build allyship even around the loss of life.’[/pullquote]Alkhatib’s uncle in Gaza had just died in the Israel-Hamas War. His cousin’s 13-year-old daughter had died earlier in the week after an Israeli airstrike hit the four-story building where Alkhatib grew up. Most of his family members survived by climbing out from under the rubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite his personal pain, Alkhatib asked the gathered audience to set politics aside and make an effort to see the similarities between Israelis and Palestinians instead of just their differences. He mourned the Israeli victims of Hamas’ attack and the Gazan victims of Israel’s retaliation. He reprimanded people who tore down posters of the Israeli hostages and assertively condemned Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m pro-humanity,” he said to roaring applause.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Growing Up in Gaza\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib spent the first years of his life living in Saudi Arabia, where his Palestinian-born parents were working in the medical field. He would visit family in Gaza several times a year but didn’t move there until he was 10. His family moved back just three months before \u003ca href=\"https://legacy.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/history/timeline.html\">the Second Intifada\u003c/a>, a particularly violent time between Israel and the Palestinian territories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alkhatib said there were still pockets of serenity under occupation. He recalled trips to the sea, flying kites with neighborhood kids, and wedding receptions that would flow through the night and into the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holds a photo of a family sitting on a sofa.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib holds a photo of his brother Mohammed, sister-in-law Aya, and their four children, Fouad, Tala, Ahmed, and Maria, in his host mother’s home in Pacifica, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib is from Gaza, where his brother and his family are still living and suffering under the current bombardment. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There was beauty in the midst of misery, there was happiness in the midst of violence and war,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he had trouble getting used to the hum of war tanks and the hassle of checkpoints. Even though he was supposed to act like the occupation didn’t bother him, he couldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I struggled with the violence and the fear as a child,” he said. “There was this unspoken social pressure to suppress any sense of fear and overreaction to the violence and to tough it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11963865,news_11969094,news_11968400\" label=\"Related Stories\"]As a child, Alkhatib was startled by loud noises — he said the other children would laugh at him when he would jump or hide. He said he always felt like an old man trapped in a child’s body, more concerned with the news than playing video games. Though he came from an apolitical family, Alkhatib dreamt of being a politician or a diplomat. As a preteen, he would analyze the political and military situation with his classmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would endearingly mock me as a junior Middle East analyst,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib loved to eavesdrop on grown-up conversations. He remembered his Uncle Riyad sharing stories about working with a group of day laborers in South Israel in the 1990s — a time when Alkhatib said it was more common for Israelis and Palestinians to work side by side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Palestinian day laborers] formed these super tight bonds with Israeli communities,” Alkhatib said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those stories of the close, trusting relationships that Palestinians and Israelis once had lingered in Alkhatib’s mind. Even as a kid, he hated the Israeli occupation but believed using suicide bombings to oppose it — a tactic that had become common during the Second Intifada — was wrong, a sometimes unpopular opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib would debate this with his classmates and was surprised when others agreed with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Several students began speaking up and saying, ‘Actually, he’s right. I think it’s wrong. And our religion, our culture, our morality should prevent us from targeting civilians and anyone who’s not carrying a weapon.’ And it was then that I realized the power of persuasion and how people want to say what they believe, but they’re timid,” Alkhatib said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a life lesson that stuck with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, Alkhatib said he was walking home from the seventh grade with three friends when an Israeli airstrike landed nearby, leveling a police station. He said his friends had been a little behind him, and when Alkhatib ran back to look for them, there was a second airstrike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that’s where I discovered my dead friends,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blast, which caused permanent hearing damage to his left ear and the memory of those dead bodies, was a turning point for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the seed that planted my serious desire to get out of the Gaza Strip,” he said. “I knew that I had no future in Gaza. I knew that I wanted something different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Youth exchange to the US\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When he was 15, Alkhatib finally got that chance he’d hoped for. He was accepted to the highly coveted \u003ca href=\"https://www.yesprograms.org/\">Youth Exchange and Study Program\u003c/a>, an initiative by the U.S. State Department to repair relationships with majority Muslim countries after 9/11. The program brought high school students to study abroad in the United States for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968938\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a bald head and wearing glasses looks at the camera while standing beside a person with long hair.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (left) and his host mother, Delia McGrath (right), stand for a portrait at McGrath’s home in Pacifica on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib was stranded from Gaza in the United States as a 15-year-old in 2005 and still has family in Gaza today. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2005, four years after the explosion that killed his friends, Alkhatib moved to Pacifica, a small beach town just south of San Francisco. His host mom was Delia McGrath, a woman in her 60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would take me to school,” Alkhatib said. “She would make me breakfast. She helped me get on my feet. I call her my U.S. mom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGrath was a retired social worker and a Buddhist. During Alkhatib’s exchange program, she taught him about the power of meditation and forgiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, as a child coming from a war zone like Gaza, it was a very unusual concept,” Alkhatib said. “This idea that somehow you’re going to be angry and you’re going to express it, but you’re going to work methodically through a set of approaches and beliefs to turn that anger around and to work through it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meditating with McGrath, Alkhatib said, helped him process his trauma and gave him space to transform his pain into something more positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that year, they also began attending the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smc-connect.org/locations/jewish-palestinian-living-room-dialogue\">Living Room Dialogue\u003c/a>, a Jewish Palestinian group based in San Mateo. It was the first time Alkhatib had ever had face-to-face conversations with Jews or Israelis — that type of interaction was socially criminalized back in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I quickly realized that Israelis, in a different way, can also experience pain, suffering, hardships, the impact of horror and terrorism and violence,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That intuition Alkhatib had as a child in Gaza crystallized; Palestinians and Israelis had more in common than he’d thought. He came to believe in the possibility of building mutual empathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, the whole idea of this group wasn’t that we sing Kumbaya together and we all believe the same thing,” Alkhatib said. “But if we could, at minimum, respect each other’s humanity, respect each other’s unique individuality, and respect our specific experiences that led us to believe what we believe, we can still disagree politically while being friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib was going through a metamorphosis. And back home, Gaza was also changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Applying for political asylum\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2005, \u003ca href=\"https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Maps/Pages/Israels%20Disengagement%20Plan-%202005.aspx\">Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip\u003c/a>, removing all its troops and settlers. As \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1198908227\">Hamas continued to rise in power over the next year\u003c/a>, the group’s leaders intensified calls for armed resistance and rejected a two-state solution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t sit right with Alkhatib. He was scared from afar of what it meant for Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a period of increased radicalization in the Gaza Strip,” Alkhatib remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2006, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/26/israel1\">Hamas won Gaza’s first legislative election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that it would be a disaster for our people and certainly for Gaza,” Alkhatib said. “And that it sealed my fate in terms of never being able to go back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a bald head and wearing glasses is seen reflected in a mirror hanging from a tree in a yard.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is seen in a peace sign-shaped mirror at his host mother’s home in Pacifica, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib is from Gaza and has called for a “pro-humanity” approach to the current conflict. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib said Hamas hated the cultural exchange program he participated in through the U.S. State Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They thought that we were being trained as spies and we were being brainwashed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, with McGrath’s help, Alkhatib applied for political asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 24 years old, Alkhatib was naturalized as a U.S. citizen and settled into watching developments in the Middle East from afar. He had a diverse friend group and continued to deepen his relationship with Jews and Israelis. But he often found himself out of step with people he thought he would have most in common with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a hard time being around other Arab American and Palestinian American and Muslim American communities and individuals for a variety of reasons,” Alkhatib explained. “Like, people wanting to out-Palestinian me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Alkhatib, many activists had never lived in Gaza. Though they cared about the politics, they had lived their whole lives in the diaspora — looking from the outside into the conflict. Alkhatib was an insider with lived experience, but he felt they didn’t care what he had to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or they felt that I went too far in promoting peace and coexistence at the expense of describing what was really happening on the ground and that I was merely being tokenized and letting people take advantage of me,” Alkhatib said. “Maybe some of those criticisms were accurate, but at the end of the day, I never wanted my actions to be guided by others’ projections onto me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, Alkhatib forged his own type of advocacy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2017-04-30/ty-article/.premium/an-israeli-airstrike-on-gaza-nearly-killed-me-but-i-recognize-both-sides-trauma/0000017f-eff2-d8a1-a5ff-fffa80520000\">publishing think pieces in Jewish and Israeli publications\u003c/a> to share his traumatic childhood in Gaza and appealing for coexistence. He tried to establish a humanitarian airport in the Gaza Strip. Alkhatib explained that he is constantly trying to build bridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alkhatib said that being in the middle, this no man’s land, bursting in shades of gray, can be a lonely place. Especially now, since the latest Israel-Hamas War started on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintaining the message despite great personal loss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The newest resurgence of violence between Israel and Hamas has brought with it deep divides in communities around the country. Friends aren’t speaking to one another, families have difficulty discussing the news at holiday gatherings. Alkhatib doesn’t believe that “picking a side” is helpful right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, pro-Israel or anti-Palestinian; anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian; I’m not pro-this, and I’m not anti-that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He condemns hardliners on the Israeli right and wants a future for Gaza without Hamas. He is calling for a cease-fire and demanding all the Israeli hostages be released. Alkhatib believes these stances can coexist — Palestinian and Jewish pain don’t have to compete, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Human life is one of the most valuable things in this universe,” Alkhatib said. “Whether it be an Israeli or a Palestinian life, we can build allyship even around the loss of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib is worried about his family in Gaza. Some of them have died, and others are living on the street with nowhere to return home. He believes more of his family members were killed in an airstrike earlier this week in Southern Gaza. But despite it all, Alkhatib’s commitment to peace is unwavering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s helpful to further inflame tensions because I need to keep nurturing this side of me that is compassionate and this commitment to love and to not hate,” Alkhatib said. “And at the same time, I understand why people are upset. I really do. And if somebody’s gonna be upset, it is me. I am frustrated. I am angry. I am worried. I am anxious, but I’m not hateful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/israel-hamas-war\">Find more coverage of the Israel-Hamas war on KQED\u003c/a> and NPR, including perspectives from Jewish and Israeli people.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite his personal pain, Alkhatib asked the gathered audience to set politics aside and make an effort to see the similarities between Israelis and Palestinians instead of just their differences. He mourned the Israeli victims of Hamas’ attack and the Gazan victims of Israel’s retaliation. He reprimanded people who tore down posters of the Israeli hostages and assertively condemned Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m pro-humanity,” he said to roaring applause.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Growing Up in Gaza\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib spent the first years of his life living in Saudi Arabia, where his Palestinian-born parents were working in the medical field. He would visit family in Gaza several times a year but didn’t move there until he was 10. His family moved back just three months before \u003ca href=\"https://legacy.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/history/timeline.html\">the Second Intifada\u003c/a>, a particularly violent time between Israel and the Palestinian territories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alkhatib said there were still pockets of serenity under occupation. He recalled trips to the sea, flying kites with neighborhood kids, and wedding receptions that would flow through the night and into the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holds a photo of a family sitting on a sofa.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-017-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib holds a photo of his brother Mohammed, sister-in-law Aya, and their four children, Fouad, Tala, Ahmed, and Maria, in his host mother’s home in Pacifica, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib is from Gaza, where his brother and his family are still living and suffering under the current bombardment. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There was beauty in the midst of misery, there was happiness in the midst of violence and war,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he had trouble getting used to the hum of war tanks and the hassle of checkpoints. Even though he was supposed to act like the occupation didn’t bother him, he couldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I struggled with the violence and the fear as a child,” he said. “There was this unspoken social pressure to suppress any sense of fear and overreaction to the violence and to tough it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As a child, Alkhatib was startled by loud noises — he said the other children would laugh at him when he would jump or hide. He said he always felt like an old man trapped in a child’s body, more concerned with the news than playing video games. Though he came from an apolitical family, Alkhatib dreamt of being a politician or a diplomat. As a preteen, he would analyze the political and military situation with his classmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would endearingly mock me as a junior Middle East analyst,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib loved to eavesdrop on grown-up conversations. He remembered his Uncle Riyad sharing stories about working with a group of day laborers in South Israel in the 1990s — a time when Alkhatib said it was more common for Israelis and Palestinians to work side by side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Palestinian day laborers] formed these super tight bonds with Israeli communities,” Alkhatib said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those stories of the close, trusting relationships that Palestinians and Israelis once had lingered in Alkhatib’s mind. Even as a kid, he hated the Israeli occupation but believed using suicide bombings to oppose it — a tactic that had become common during the Second Intifada — was wrong, a sometimes unpopular opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib would debate this with his classmates and was surprised when others agreed with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Several students began speaking up and saying, ‘Actually, he’s right. I think it’s wrong. And our religion, our culture, our morality should prevent us from targeting civilians and anyone who’s not carrying a weapon.’ And it was then that I realized the power of persuasion and how people want to say what they believe, but they’re timid,” Alkhatib said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a life lesson that stuck with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, Alkhatib said he was walking home from the seventh grade with three friends when an Israeli airstrike landed nearby, leveling a police station. He said his friends had been a little behind him, and when Alkhatib ran back to look for them, there was a second airstrike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that’s where I discovered my dead friends,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blast, which caused permanent hearing damage to his left ear and the memory of those dead bodies, was a turning point for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the seed that planted my serious desire to get out of the Gaza Strip,” he said. “I knew that I had no future in Gaza. I knew that I wanted something different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Youth exchange to the US\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When he was 15, Alkhatib finally got that chance he’d hoped for. He was accepted to the highly coveted \u003ca href=\"https://www.yesprograms.org/\">Youth Exchange and Study Program\u003c/a>, an initiative by the U.S. State Department to repair relationships with majority Muslim countries after 9/11. The program brought high school students to study abroad in the United States for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968938\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a bald head and wearing glasses looks at the camera while standing beside a person with long hair.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-001-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (left) and his host mother, Delia McGrath (right), stand for a portrait at McGrath’s home in Pacifica on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib was stranded from Gaza in the United States as a 15-year-old in 2005 and still has family in Gaza today. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2005, four years after the explosion that killed his friends, Alkhatib moved to Pacifica, a small beach town just south of San Francisco. His host mom was Delia McGrath, a woman in her 60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would take me to school,” Alkhatib said. “She would make me breakfast. She helped me get on my feet. I call her my U.S. mom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGrath was a retired social worker and a Buddhist. During Alkhatib’s exchange program, she taught him about the power of meditation and forgiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, as a child coming from a war zone like Gaza, it was a very unusual concept,” Alkhatib said. “This idea that somehow you’re going to be angry and you’re going to express it, but you’re going to work methodically through a set of approaches and beliefs to turn that anger around and to work through it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meditating with McGrath, Alkhatib said, helped him process his trauma and gave him space to transform his pain into something more positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that year, they also began attending the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smc-connect.org/locations/jewish-palestinian-living-room-dialogue\">Living Room Dialogue\u003c/a>, a Jewish Palestinian group based in San Mateo. It was the first time Alkhatib had ever had face-to-face conversations with Jews or Israelis — that type of interaction was socially criminalized back in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I quickly realized that Israelis, in a different way, can also experience pain, suffering, hardships, the impact of horror and terrorism and violence,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That intuition Alkhatib had as a child in Gaza crystallized; Palestinians and Israelis had more in common than he’d thought. He came to believe in the possibility of building mutual empathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, the whole idea of this group wasn’t that we sing Kumbaya together and we all believe the same thing,” Alkhatib said. “But if we could, at minimum, respect each other’s humanity, respect each other’s unique individuality, and respect our specific experiences that led us to believe what we believe, we can still disagree politically while being friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib was going through a metamorphosis. And back home, Gaza was also changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Applying for political asylum\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2005, \u003ca href=\"https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/Maps/Pages/Israels%20Disengagement%20Plan-%202005.aspx\">Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip\u003c/a>, removing all its troops and settlers. As \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1198908227\">Hamas continued to rise in power over the next year\u003c/a>, the group’s leaders intensified calls for armed resistance and rejected a two-state solution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t sit right with Alkhatib. He was scared from afar of what it meant for Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a period of increased radicalization in the Gaza Strip,” Alkhatib remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2006, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/26/israel1\">Hamas won Gaza’s first legislative election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that it would be a disaster for our people and certainly for Gaza,” Alkhatib said. “And that it sealed my fate in terms of never being able to go back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a bald head and wearing glasses is seen reflected in a mirror hanging from a tree in a yard.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20231201-Ahmed-Gaza-011-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is seen in a peace sign-shaped mirror at his host mother’s home in Pacifica, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Alkhatib is from Gaza and has called for a “pro-humanity” approach to the current conflict. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib said Hamas hated the cultural exchange program he participated in through the U.S. State Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They thought that we were being trained as spies and we were being brainwashed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, with McGrath’s help, Alkhatib applied for political asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 24 years old, Alkhatib was naturalized as a U.S. citizen and settled into watching developments in the Middle East from afar. He had a diverse friend group and continued to deepen his relationship with Jews and Israelis. But he often found himself out of step with people he thought he would have most in common with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a hard time being around other Arab American and Palestinian American and Muslim American communities and individuals for a variety of reasons,” Alkhatib explained. “Like, people wanting to out-Palestinian me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Alkhatib, many activists had never lived in Gaza. Though they cared about the politics, they had lived their whole lives in the diaspora — looking from the outside into the conflict. Alkhatib was an insider with lived experience, but he felt they didn’t care what he had to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or they felt that I went too far in promoting peace and coexistence at the expense of describing what was really happening on the ground and that I was merely being tokenized and letting people take advantage of me,” Alkhatib said. “Maybe some of those criticisms were accurate, but at the end of the day, I never wanted my actions to be guided by others’ projections onto me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, Alkhatib forged his own type of advocacy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2017-04-30/ty-article/.premium/an-israeli-airstrike-on-gaza-nearly-killed-me-but-i-recognize-both-sides-trauma/0000017f-eff2-d8a1-a5ff-fffa80520000\">publishing think pieces in Jewish and Israeli publications\u003c/a> to share his traumatic childhood in Gaza and appealing for coexistence. He tried to establish a humanitarian airport in the Gaza Strip. Alkhatib explained that he is constantly trying to build bridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alkhatib said that being in the middle, this no man’s land, bursting in shades of gray, can be a lonely place. Especially now, since the latest Israel-Hamas War started on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Maintaining the message despite great personal loss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The newest resurgence of violence between Israel and Hamas has brought with it deep divides in communities around the country. Friends aren’t speaking to one another, families have difficulty discussing the news at holiday gatherings. Alkhatib doesn’t believe that “picking a side” is helpful right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, pro-Israel or anti-Palestinian; anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian; I’m not pro-this, and I’m not anti-that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He condemns hardliners on the Israeli right and wants a future for Gaza without Hamas. He is calling for a cease-fire and demanding all the Israeli hostages be released. Alkhatib believes these stances can coexist — Palestinian and Jewish pain don’t have to compete, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Human life is one of the most valuable things in this universe,” Alkhatib said. “Whether it be an Israeli or a Palestinian life, we can build allyship even around the loss of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alkhatib is worried about his family in Gaza. Some of them have died, and others are living on the street with nowhere to return home. He believes more of his family members were killed in an airstrike earlier this week in Southern Gaza. But despite it all, Alkhatib’s commitment to peace is unwavering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s helpful to further inflame tensions because I need to keep nurturing this side of me that is compassionate and this commitment to love and to not hate,” Alkhatib said. “And at the same time, I understand why people are upset. I really do. And if somebody’s gonna be upset, it is me. I am frustrated. I am angry. I am worried. I am anxious, but I’m not hateful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Under the flashing lights of Oakland’s Continental Club on Oct. 29, San Francisco drag artist Mama Ganuush wears a flowing white gown and sweeps their hands passionately to the music — while clutching the Palestinian flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mama Ganuush, who is African Palestinian, told KQED that members of their extended family have been killed during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">the months-long siege of Gaza by Israeli forces\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is resistance,” Ganuush said of their performance. “As Palestinians, our existence in this world is a form of resistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ganuush was lip-syncing to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21T5u9qtBlk\">Al Haq Silahi\u003c/a>” — “The Truth is My Weapon” — by Lebanese artist Julia Boutros. Boutros wrote the song for \u003ca href=\"https://www.arabnews.com/news/offbeat/608401\">Palestinians during the 2014 war\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the Palestinian issue is a queer issue,” Ganuush said. “We always stand up facing oppression from authoritarian systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Felt like I was coming out’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The shockingly high death toll and wide-scale destruction of Gaza has prompted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967074/as-apec-kicks-off-protestors-are-descending-on-san-francisco-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">crowds of Bay Area residents to flood the streets\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">block bridges\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">in support of a cease-fire\u003c/a> in recent weeks. One of these protests, on Dec. 2 in San Francisco’s Castro District, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/free-palestine-rally-sf-18528116.php\">organized by the group Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism\u003c/a> — or QUIT! — along with other members of the city’s queer community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969733\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11969733 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a beard and wearing a dress and a long necklace holds the Palestinian flag on a stage.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Ganuush, an African-Palestinian drag artist, waves a Palestinian flag as they perform at Oakland’s Continental Club on Oct. 29. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Saman Qadir)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One demonstrator wrote the group a letter after participating in the rally, detailing what the experience had meant to him. Zak, a first-generation Palestinian who gave only his first name in his letter, told QUIT! that “Marching down Castro St with my flag and wearing a Keffiyeh felt like I was coming out, not as gay, but as Palestinian to the Queer Community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>QUIT!’s current incarnation was founded in 2000. But as longtime group member Mindy Spatt explained, the pro-Palestine group has taken several forms over the years in support of other causes, or inspired by other groups: from Lesbians and Gays Against Intervention, organized around Central America, to DAGGER, (Dykes and Gay Guys Emergency Response), formed during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group quickly evolved into an organization focused on supporting Palestinians, Spatt said, a cause that members like her have been politically invested in for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a visit to the West Bank in 1990, an altercation broke out in the small town Spatt was staying in, she recalled. In response, the Israeli military enforced a curfew, prompting Palestinian children to march in the streets in protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969735\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11969735 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED.jpg\" alt='A group of people sit in the middle of a city street while several people hold a sign reading \"Queers of the Plaza: Free Palestine.\"' width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LGBTQ+ activists, including local pro-Palestine group Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), demonstrate in San Francisco on Dec. 2 in support of a cease-fire in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Mindy Spatt)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I saw them shooting at a 12-year-old girl. No one could ever tell me they haven’t been killing children because I’ve seen it,” Spatt said. “As a Jew, it was actually really painful to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it was not the only violence Spatt said she witnessed — it was the incident that resonated most strongly, leading to her \u003ca href=\"https://quitpalestine.org/frameline/\">activism with QUIT!\u003c/a> back in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was all this stuff with the Israeli government promoting itself as this bastion of freedom for gay people,” Spatt said. “And we were like, ‘Well, really? Is it safe for Palestinian gay people in Israel?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protesting ‘pinkwashing’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-soldier-rainbow-flag-gaza-condemned-pinkwashing-textbook\">images of an Israeli soldier holding up a Pride flag amid ruins in Gaza began circulating on social media\u003c/a>. The photos were heavily criticized by many queer advocates, who called them a form of “pinkwashing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sa’ed Atshan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.swarthmore.edu/profile/saed-atshan\">an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Swarthmore College\u003c/a> and the author of \u003ci>Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique\u003c/i> said pinkwashing refers to “when supporters of the right-wing Israeli state draw attention to a purported advanced LGBTQ rights record in Israel in order to detract attention away from Israel’s gross violations of Palestinian human rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It becomes a civilizational discourse that’s used to dehumanize Palestinians by pathologizing Palestinians as being homophobic,” Atshan said, “and therefore to attempt to justify the oppression that Palestinians face from Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pinkwashing also ignores the struggle of queer Palestinians and the specific surveillance they face at the hands of Israeli authorities, Atshan said. Since the 1980s, “the Israeli security and intelligence services have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/av8b5j/gay-palestinians-are-being-blackmailed-into-working-as-informants\">targeting LGBTQ Palestinians\u003c/a> to serve as informants and collaborators,” he said. “They target vulnerable Palestinians. So, for example, a young woman who maybe had an extramarital relationship or premarital sex, and that is discovered, that could then be used against her to try to entrap or blackmail.”[aside postID=\"news_11969370\" hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231207-BISAN-SHEHADEH-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg']This kind of targeting, Atshan added, “becomes a kind of tool that’s used by the colonial apparatus to further subjugate and dominate Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘I will not let them steal my joy’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco artist Zaheer Suboh characterizes some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.them.us/story/lgbtq-solidarity-palestine-saed-atshan\">criticism of Palestinian activism\u003c/a> that he often \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CzPXvI2PM3d/?hl=en&img_index=1\">faces online\u003c/a> or in person as: “These Hamas agents would want to kill you. So, why are you fighting for the rights of Palestinians?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Suboh calls such statements a “logically fallacious argument against liberating people in general” — and argues that it’s hypocritical coming from people in the United States, considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/anti-trans-laws\">this country’s own recent wave of anti-trans and anti-gay legislation.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suboh, a queer Palestinian DJ who performs as Subeaux, grew up in the West Bank. For him, pinkwashing is “essentially legitimizing the apartheid mission of Israel by saying that it is the only safe place for gay people in the Middle East.” He said he personally wouldn’t feel safe in Israel — because of the persecution he’d face for just being Palestinian.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nSuboh said he vividly remembers the daily checkpoints he had to go through as a child to get to school, seeing soldiers with guns asking for Palestinians’ papers and searching their belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he also remembers his family’s land and the bustling markets on the streets of Ramallah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I miss waking up early mornings with my siblings and my dad and going to our big fig tree,” Suboh said. “It was so big. Its stalks were so stretched out wide that you could climb all the way up on the sides of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suboh, who now lives in the Castro District, said he uses his performances as a way to create spaces for connection. “One of my life goals is to bring queer people together … through joy, through music, through community building,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969736\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11969736 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A DJ behind a turntable in front of a doorway.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1061\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-04-KQED-1536x1019.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco DJ Zaheer Suboh, who performs as Subeaux, says it has been difficult balancing his art and his activism amid Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Zaheer Suboh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Suboh said he’s currently trying to find a balance in his life between DJing and activism, something he finds challenging because of the deep anger he feels watching Israeli forces continue their siege on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will not let this injustice steal another thing from me. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Under the flashing lights of Oakland’s Continental Club on Oct. 29, San Francisco drag artist Mama Ganuush wears a flowing white gown and sweeps their hands passionately to the music — while clutching the Palestinian flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mama Ganuush, who is African Palestinian, told KQED that members of their extended family have been killed during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">the months-long siege of Gaza by Israeli forces\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is resistance,” Ganuush said of their performance. “As Palestinians, our existence in this world is a form of resistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ganuush was lip-syncing to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21T5u9qtBlk\">Al Haq Silahi\u003c/a>” — “The Truth is My Weapon” — by Lebanese artist Julia Boutros. Boutros wrote the song for \u003ca href=\"https://www.arabnews.com/news/offbeat/608401\">Palestinians during the 2014 war\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the Palestinian issue is a queer issue,” Ganuush said. “We always stand up facing oppression from authoritarian systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Felt like I was coming out’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The shockingly high death toll and wide-scale destruction of Gaza has prompted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967074/as-apec-kicks-off-protestors-are-descending-on-san-francisco-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">crowds of Bay Area residents to flood the streets\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">block bridges\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">in support of a cease-fire\u003c/a> in recent weeks. One of these protests, on Dec. 2 in San Francisco’s Castro District, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/free-palestine-rally-sf-18528116.php\">organized by the group Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism\u003c/a> — or QUIT! — along with other members of the city’s queer community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969733\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11969733 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a beard and wearing a dress and a long necklace holds the Palestinian flag on a stage.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mama Ganuush, an African-Palestinian drag artist, waves a Palestinian flag as they perform at Oakland’s Continental Club on Oct. 29. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Saman Qadir)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One demonstrator wrote the group a letter after participating in the rally, detailing what the experience had meant to him. Zak, a first-generation Palestinian who gave only his first name in his letter, told QUIT! that “Marching down Castro St with my flag and wearing a Keffiyeh felt like I was coming out, not as gay, but as Palestinian to the Queer Community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>QUIT!’s current incarnation was founded in 2000. But as longtime group member Mindy Spatt explained, the pro-Palestine group has taken several forms over the years in support of other causes, or inspired by other groups: from Lesbians and Gays Against Intervention, organized around Central America, to DAGGER, (Dykes and Gay Guys Emergency Response), formed during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group quickly evolved into an organization focused on supporting Palestinians, Spatt said, a cause that members like her have been politically invested in for a long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a visit to the West Bank in 1990, an altercation broke out in the small town Spatt was staying in, she recalled. In response, the Israeli military enforced a curfew, prompting Palestinian children to march in the streets in protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969735\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11969735 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED.jpg\" alt='A group of people sit in the middle of a city street while several people hold a sign reading \"Queers of the Plaza: Free Palestine.\"' width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231213-Pinkwashing-03-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LGBTQ+ activists, including local pro-Palestine group Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), demonstrate in San Francisco on Dec. 2 in support of a cease-fire in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Mindy Spatt)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I saw them shooting at a 12-year-old girl. No one could ever tell me they haven’t been killing children because I’ve seen it,” Spatt said. “As a Jew, it was actually really painful to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it was not the only violence Spatt said she witnessed — it was the incident that resonated most strongly, leading to her \u003ca href=\"https://quitpalestine.org/frameline/\">activism with QUIT!\u003c/a> back in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was all this stuff with the Israeli government promoting itself as this bastion of freedom for gay people,” Spatt said. “And we were like, ‘Well, really? Is it safe for Palestinian gay people in Israel?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protesting ‘pinkwashing’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-soldier-rainbow-flag-gaza-condemned-pinkwashing-textbook\">images of an Israeli soldier holding up a Pride flag amid ruins in Gaza began circulating on social media\u003c/a>. The photos were heavily criticized by many queer advocates, who called them a form of “pinkwashing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sa’ed Atshan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.swarthmore.edu/profile/saed-atshan\">an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Swarthmore College\u003c/a> and the author of \u003ci>Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique\u003c/i> said pinkwashing refers to “when supporters of the right-wing Israeli state draw attention to a purported advanced LGBTQ rights record in Israel in order to detract attention away from Israel’s gross violations of Palestinian human rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It becomes a civilizational discourse that’s used to dehumanize Palestinians by pathologizing Palestinians as being homophobic,” Atshan said, “and therefore to attempt to justify the oppression that Palestinians face from Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pinkwashing also ignores the struggle of queer Palestinians and the specific surveillance they face at the hands of Israeli authorities, Atshan said. Since the 1980s, “the Israeli security and intelligence services have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/av8b5j/gay-palestinians-are-being-blackmailed-into-working-as-informants\">targeting LGBTQ Palestinians\u003c/a> to serve as informants and collaborators,” he said. “They target vulnerable Palestinians. So, for example, a young woman who maybe had an extramarital relationship or premarital sex, and that is discovered, that could then be used against her to try to entrap or blackmail.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston will introduce a resolution at this afternoon’s Board of Supervisors meeting calling for a cease-fire in Gaza as well as for the release of all hostages — a proposal that’s already getting pushback from some Jewish groups and is sure to attract a passionate public response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24190172/preston-ceasefire-resolution-draft-12-4.pdf\">three-page resolution\u003c/a>, which Preston said was crafted with input from multiple stakeholders in both the Jewish and Arab communities, condemns antisemitic, anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"SF Supervisor Dean Preston\"]‘I believe really strongly that the things we’re calling for in this resolution are directly related to what people are experiencing here, in terms of rising antisemitism, rising Islamophobia.’[/pullquote]Preston said that after feedback from numerous communities, it also includes a specific reference to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it doesn’t include an explicit condemnation of Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The focus was on trying to really address the situation in the moment and focus on bringing folks together and toward a goal of saving lives and not trying to, you know, assign relative blame, not trying to advance sort of different visions of long term solutions for the region,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But instead to focus on the immediate humanitarian crisis, the fact that hostages are still being held, the fact that there is no cease-fire and the fact that humanitarian aid is not getting to people who need it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11968400,news_11967845,news_11967536\" label=\"Related Stories\"]If the resolution is approved, San Francisco would become the third Bay Area city, after Richmond and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland\u003c/a>, to call for a cease-fire. Debates in both East Bay cities \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/oakland-city-council-meeting-sparks-controversy-ov\">attracted national attention and accusations of antisemitism after some speakers defended Hamas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Preston’s resolution appears carefully crafted to incorporate concerns raised by the Jewish and Arab communities, it’s still sure to be controversial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It notes that at least 15,000 Palestinians and more than 1,200 Israelis have been killed since Oct. 7 by “armed violence” and states that hundreds of thousands of Gazan lives are at risk — as well as the lives of more than 137 remaining Israeli hostages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to a cease-fire, the resolution urges the Biden administration and Congress to call for humanitarian aid and the release of all hostages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least one Jewish group is already pushing back, saying the resolution isn’t strong enough in its statements about Hamas and could create a forum for the spread of antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jewish Community Relations Council, a pro-Israel organization, is holding a vigil for Israeli hostages ahead of the 2 p.m. Board of Supervisors meeting that will include some members of the board and state Sen. Scott Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, JCRC cited concerns that even considering the resolution will “create another forum for provocateurs to spread lies about Israel and Hamas and fuel antisemitism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“JCRC Bay Area has many concerns about the pending resolution,” the statement reads. “It fails to condemn or hold Hamas responsible for the pogrom of October 7, nor does it recognize that Hamas is an impediment to any sustained and peaceful ceasefire. It does not recognize that Hamas has failed to adhere to the temporary ceasefire in effect since October 24.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution does hold Hamas responsible for the attack, however, noting that following the “brutal attack by Hamas militants on Israelis on October 7, 2023, San Francisco Israelis, Jews and others have experienced, and continue to experience, shock, trauma, grief, and fear, compounded by rising antisemitism in our nation and our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a Muslim group praised Preston for authoring the resolution and urged the public to attend today’s meeting to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the executive director of the local office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Zahra Billoo, applauded what she called a resolution “for a sustained ceasefire to bring an end to the atrocities that Israel is committing in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While some may question the value of local governments weighing in on international conflicts, resolutions like this communicate very strongly that ‘We see you. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If the resolution is approved, San Francisco would become the third Bay Area city, after Richmond and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland\u003c/a>, to call for a cease-fire. Debates in both East Bay cities \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/oakland-city-council-meeting-sparks-controversy-ov\">attracted national attention and accusations of antisemitism after some speakers defended Hamas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Preston’s resolution appears carefully crafted to incorporate concerns raised by the Jewish and Arab communities, it’s still sure to be controversial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It notes that at least 15,000 Palestinians and more than 1,200 Israelis have been killed since Oct. 7 by “armed violence” and states that hundreds of thousands of Gazan lives are at risk — as well as the lives of more than 137 remaining Israeli hostages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to a cease-fire, the resolution urges the Biden administration and Congress to call for humanitarian aid and the release of all hostages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least one Jewish group is already pushing back, saying the resolution isn’t strong enough in its statements about Hamas and could create a forum for the spread of antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jewish Community Relations Council, a pro-Israel organization, is holding a vigil for Israeli hostages ahead of the 2 p.m. Board of Supervisors meeting that will include some members of the board and state Sen. Scott Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, JCRC cited concerns that even considering the resolution will “create another forum for provocateurs to spread lies about Israel and Hamas and fuel antisemitism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“JCRC Bay Area has many concerns about the pending resolution,” the statement reads. “It fails to condemn or hold Hamas responsible for the pogrom of October 7, nor does it recognize that Hamas is an impediment to any sustained and peaceful ceasefire. It does not recognize that Hamas has failed to adhere to the temporary ceasefire in effect since October 24.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution does hold Hamas responsible for the attack, however, noting that following the “brutal attack by Hamas militants on Israelis on October 7, 2023, San Francisco Israelis, Jews and others have experienced, and continue to experience, shock, trauma, grief, and fear, compounded by rising antisemitism in our nation and our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a Muslim group praised Preston for authoring the resolution and urged the public to attend today’s meeting to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the executive director of the local office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Zahra Billoo, applauded what she called a resolution “for a sustained ceasefire to bring an end to the atrocities that Israel is committing in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While some may question the value of local governments weighing in on international conflicts, resolutions like this communicate very strongly that ‘We see you. We care about this also,’” Billoo said. “It is also an important way for communities and local legislators to articulate that U.S. funding should be focused in the U.S. We don’t have money for schools or homes but are sending billions of dollars to Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston — who is Jewish and the son of Holocaust survivors — said he’s received “thousands” of calls and letters from San Franciscans who want the city government to weigh in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that’s not a consensus and that there’s some folks that don’t want to see a resolution and don’t want to see the board take action,” he said. “I believe really strongly that the things we’re calling for in this resolution are directly related to what people are experiencing here, in terms of rising antisemitism, rising Islamophobia…So I do think that local legislators have an increased interest and duty to act.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 10:25 p.m. Monday:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council unanimously voted to pass a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6426870&GUID=0B829E4E-DACD-4245-B5FA-3365F4E66CEB&Options=&Search=\">resolution\u003c/a> late Monday night to call on Congress to demand a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of all hostages on both sides of the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want Jewish children to live as much as I want Palestinian children to live, but we’ve got to acknowledge the imbalance and disproportionate death on one side,” said District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife, who introduced the resolution. “I reject the fact that Oakland is not united. We stand together on what counts when it counts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife credited Muslim and Jewish leaders with helping write the resolution. The resolution cited the city’s official motto, “Love Life” and vowed council support of \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hres786\">U.S. House Resolution 786\u003c/a>, which calls for “an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Kalb, District 1 Councilmember, asked for amendments, but his motion failed. His amendments would have included condemning Hamas for the attack on Oct. 7, murdering more than 1,200 people and holding over 200 people hostage. He also wanted the resolution to address his view that the people on both sides of the conflict are victims of Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not even clearly mentioning the Hamas mass murder on Oct. 7 is sending the wrong message, and an embarrassing message,” he said when introducing the amendments. He ultimately voted to pass the cease-fire resolution as is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do believe that these amendments do not take away from the cease-fire; they broaden the support for this measure,” he said to represent the views of all Oakland residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 7 Councilmember Treva Reid voted in favor of the resolution but was the lone supporter of Kalb in his amendments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many, many more facts that we would have to put into this resolution if we weren’t going to add anything more to it,” said Nikki Fortunato Bas, council president and District 2 Councilmember, who did not support Kalb’s amendments. “I believe this council needs to be on the record to our federal and state legislators to do everything possible to call for a cease-fire and a realistic path to peace and self-determination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:30 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn her opening remarks at Monday evening’s Oakland City Council meeting, Councilmember Carroll Fife framed the resolution she introduced as an even-handed response intended to give a unified voice to Oakland’s diverse communities, one that began following a dialog she initiated with the city’s Muslim and Jewish leaders on Oct. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to acknowledge the real pain that people were experiencing,” Fife said. “I wanted to have a conversation with organizers… to chart a path forward. I deeply believe that the resolution that is in front of us today does that work. I think it is mild in response to what is happening in the Middle East right now. It is a moderate approach to the atrocities that are occurring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During public comment, some insisted the resolution be amended to include language condemning Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be no Palestinian-Israeli peace with [Hamas] in power and that’s why this resolution must be amended to acknowledge the atrocities of Hamas and include its removal from power,” said Tye Gregory, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area, which has \u003ca href=\"https://jcrcbayarea.salsalabs.org/telloaklandnohamas/index.html\">previously called for such an amendment\u003c/a>. Gregory identified himself as a “proud gay Jewish Zionist” who believes in a two-state solution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Naomi Katz said she worries failing to condemn Hamas would lead to a rise in antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A resolution that does not clearly state in no uncertain terms that Hamas is a terror organization that needs to be eradicated… not only invites antisemitism into our city, it fans the flames of anti-Semitism that already exists,” Katz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many other public commenters, however, at least half a dozen of whom identified themselves as Jewish, said they fully support the resolution as it stands and pushed for its passage without amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a descendant of people who have survived genocide, displacement, ethnic cleansing and persecution because of who they are,” said Oakland resident Elizabeth Diamond. “I refuse to be silent. Never again means never again for anyone, including Palestinians. I ask the City Council to speak up by passing this resolution without amendment. Never again is now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m an anti-Zionist Jew and I’ve lived here 12 years… I am the granddaughter of two German Jewish Holocaust survivors and I call for a ceasefire now,” said a resident who identified themselves as Gianni. “My grandfather escaped the Nazis and then returned to Germany as an American soldier and helped liberate concentration camps. And he saw firsthand what violence you can do to other people, when you dehumanize them. The Jewish people are not safer by denying life and sovereignty to Palestinians… Pass the resolution without amendment please.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Jewish Oakland resident I’ve been horrified day after day at the scale of murder and destruction wrought by Israel’s U.S.-funded bombs,” said Lee Goodman. “We have an important role to play in creating the political pressure at the national level to stop U.S. tax dollars from funding mass murder… This amendment to condemn Hamas is a distraction and deflection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nadal, a commenter who identified himself as Palestinian, said he worries about increasing Islamophobia and urged the Council to pass the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland’s Arab and Muslim communities have never been so vulnerable and we need you now to protect us,” he said. “We urge you to reject any amendments made by extremists and racists calling for increased violence and warfare… please stand strong and stand up for humanity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One commenter, Samira, who identified herself as a Palestinian American “with family still living in Palestine,” drew a direct line between Oakland’s history of being at the forefront of the fight for racial justice and the plight of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of my family… asked about Oakland because they had heard about the Black Panther Party,” she said. “And they were really excited at the potential that a city who had such a historic, revolutionary force behind them … would be here today to stand in solidarity with Palestine. I know it might be hard to think about how Oakland could connect to Palestine. but it’s important to remember that all of these liberations are united… and for the ability to just be a person in a place without getting massacred by a violent police force.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Oakland City Council will consider adopting a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6426870&GUID=0B829E4E-DACD-4245-B5FA-3365F4E66CEB&Options=&Search=\">resolution\u003c/a> Monday night calling on Congress to demand a cease-fire in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">Gaza\u003c/a> and the release of all hostages, both Jewish and Palestinian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a time for diplomatic solutions, not military might, because the only pathway to lasting peace and justice will require addressing the root causes of the crisis,” wrote Councilmember Carroll Fife, who introduced the resolution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz66ZkLya_l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">in an Instagram post\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife, and the “Oakland-wide Muslim and Jewish leaders” she credited with writing the resolution, cite the city’s official motto, “Love Life,” and want the council to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hres786\">U.S. House Resolution 786\u003c/a>, which calls for “an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='gaza']The Oakland proposal comes as a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has allowed the freeing of hostages, as well as some desperately needed humanitarian aid, to flow into the Gaza Strip, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/11/27/1215330196/israel-and-hamas-hint-at-extending-truce-as-more-captives-are-slated-to-be-freed\">according to reporting from NPR\u003c/a>. The more than 2 million Palestinians who live in Gaza have faced dire shortages of food, water, medical supplies and fuel amid Israel’s ongoing siege of the territory. Israel’s heavy bombardment and invasion of Gaza began after Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped approximately 240 others in a cross-border attack into Southern Israel on Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s attacks on Gaza have now killed more than 13,000 people, according to Gaza health officials. Among the dead are more than 5,350 children, \u003ca href=\"https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/gazas-children-running-out-time-water-shortages-spark-disease-alarm\">according to UNICEF\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters at numerous Oakland demonstrations in recent weeks have demanded a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, including actions at an Oakland City Council meeting, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/11/03/protest-port-of-oakland-gaza-ceasefire/\">at the Port of Oakland\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/11/14/jewish-protest-oakland-ceasefire-gaza/\">federal building in downtown Oakland\u003c/a>. On Nov. 16, hundreds of demonstrators \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">shut down the Bay Bridge for hours\u003c/a> during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife’s resolution also calls for the unrestricted entry of aid into Gaza, the restoration of critical supplies in Gaza and the respect for international law. If passed, the Oakland resolution would also condemn “the recent rise of Antisemitic, Islamophobic, racist, homophobic, and xenophobic attacks in our city and across the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is not the first Bay Area city to consider a resolution; the Richmond City Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2357\">approved a similar resolution last month\u003c/a>, calling Israel’s actions “ethnic cleansing” and “collective punishment.” The Oakland resolution does not mention either but does recognize the loss of life on both sides of the conflict while also noting that “over 1.5 million Palestinians” still face “displacement, homelessness, and starvation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other city councilmembers have also voiced their support for a cease-fire. On Nov. 13, council president Nikki Fortunato Bas \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/nikki4oakland/status/1724170722229289300?s=20\">issued a statement\u003c/a> addressed to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders asking them to call for a cease-fire, saying she “mourns every life lost” and that the loss of life on both sides of the conflict is “unforgivable and inhumane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Dan Kalb, on the other hand, has criticized how other local leaders and organizations have talked about the war. He \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/11/22/oakland-is-next-to-consider-a-gaza-ceasefire-resolution/\">told The Oaklandside\u003c/a> that anything in the resolution delegitimizing Israel’s existence or making “false accusations” would be unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFJCRC/status/1727064232611520795\">wrote in a social media post\u003c/a>, ”We are dismayed by the resolution’s silence. It calls for an immediate ceasefire but says nothing about the atrocities #Hamas committed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another group, Jewish Voice for Peace, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JVPBayArea/status/1727141888233521161\">called on the City Council to approve the resolution\u003c/a> and encouraged community members to attend Monday’s meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to include more voices from Monday evening’s public comment period.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 10:25 p.m. Monday:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council unanimously voted to pass a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6426870&GUID=0B829E4E-DACD-4245-B5FA-3365F4E66CEB&Options=&Search=\">resolution\u003c/a> late Monday night to call on Congress to demand a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of all hostages on both sides of the conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want Jewish children to live as much as I want Palestinian children to live, but we’ve got to acknowledge the imbalance and disproportionate death on one side,” said District 3 Councilmember Carroll Fife, who introduced the resolution. “I reject the fact that Oakland is not united. We stand together on what counts when it counts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife credited Muslim and Jewish leaders with helping write the resolution. The resolution cited the city’s official motto, “Love Life” and vowed council support of \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hres786\">U.S. House Resolution 786\u003c/a>, which calls for “an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Kalb, District 1 Councilmember, asked for amendments, but his motion failed. His amendments would have included condemning Hamas for the attack on Oct. 7, murdering more than 1,200 people and holding over 200 people hostage. He also wanted the resolution to address his view that the people on both sides of the conflict are victims of Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not even clearly mentioning the Hamas mass murder on Oct. 7 is sending the wrong message, and an embarrassing message,” he said when introducing the amendments. He ultimately voted to pass the cease-fire resolution as is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do believe that these amendments do not take away from the cease-fire; they broaden the support for this measure,” he said to represent the views of all Oakland residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 7 Councilmember Treva Reid voted in favor of the resolution but was the lone supporter of Kalb in his amendments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many, many more facts that we would have to put into this resolution if we weren’t going to add anything more to it,” said Nikki Fortunato Bas, council president and District 2 Councilmember, who did not support Kalb’s amendments. “I believe this council needs to be on the record to our federal and state legislators to do everything possible to call for a cease-fire and a realistic path to peace and self-determination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:30 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn her opening remarks at Monday evening’s Oakland City Council meeting, Councilmember Carroll Fife framed the resolution she introduced as an even-handed response intended to give a unified voice to Oakland’s diverse communities, one that began following a dialog she initiated with the city’s Muslim and Jewish leaders on Oct. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to acknowledge the real pain that people were experiencing,” Fife said. “I wanted to have a conversation with organizers… to chart a path forward. I deeply believe that the resolution that is in front of us today does that work. I think it is mild in response to what is happening in the Middle East right now. It is a moderate approach to the atrocities that are occurring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During public comment, some insisted the resolution be amended to include language condemning Hamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be no Palestinian-Israeli peace with [Hamas] in power and that’s why this resolution must be amended to acknowledge the atrocities of Hamas and include its removal from power,” said Tye Gregory, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area, which has \u003ca href=\"https://jcrcbayarea.salsalabs.org/telloaklandnohamas/index.html\">previously called for such an amendment\u003c/a>. Gregory identified himself as a “proud gay Jewish Zionist” who believes in a two-state solution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Naomi Katz said she worries failing to condemn Hamas would lead to a rise in antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A resolution that does not clearly state in no uncertain terms that Hamas is a terror organization that needs to be eradicated… not only invites antisemitism into our city, it fans the flames of anti-Semitism that already exists,” Katz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many other public commenters, however, at least half a dozen of whom identified themselves as Jewish, said they fully support the resolution as it stands and pushed for its passage without amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a descendant of people who have survived genocide, displacement, ethnic cleansing and persecution because of who they are,” said Oakland resident Elizabeth Diamond. “I refuse to be silent. Never again means never again for anyone, including Palestinians. I ask the City Council to speak up by passing this resolution without amendment. Never again is now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m an anti-Zionist Jew and I’ve lived here 12 years… I am the granddaughter of two German Jewish Holocaust survivors and I call for a ceasefire now,” said a resident who identified themselves as Gianni. “My grandfather escaped the Nazis and then returned to Germany as an American soldier and helped liberate concentration camps. And he saw firsthand what violence you can do to other people, when you dehumanize them. The Jewish people are not safer by denying life and sovereignty to Palestinians… Pass the resolution without amendment please.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Jewish Oakland resident I’ve been horrified day after day at the scale of murder and destruction wrought by Israel’s U.S.-funded bombs,” said Lee Goodman. “We have an important role to play in creating the political pressure at the national level to stop U.S. tax dollars from funding mass murder… This amendment to condemn Hamas is a distraction and deflection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nadal, a commenter who identified himself as Palestinian, said he worries about increasing Islamophobia and urged the Council to pass the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland’s Arab and Muslim communities have never been so vulnerable and we need you now to protect us,” he said. “We urge you to reject any amendments made by extremists and racists calling for increased violence and warfare… please stand strong and stand up for humanity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One commenter, Samira, who identified herself as a Palestinian American “with family still living in Palestine,” drew a direct line between Oakland’s history of being at the forefront of the fight for racial justice and the plight of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of my family… asked about Oakland because they had heard about the Black Panther Party,” she said. “And they were really excited at the potential that a city who had such a historic, revolutionary force behind them … would be here today to stand in solidarity with Palestine. I know it might be hard to think about how Oakland could connect to Palestine. but it’s important to remember that all of these liberations are united… and for the ability to just be a person in a place without getting massacred by a violent police force.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Oakland City Council will consider adopting a \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6426870&GUID=0B829E4E-DACD-4245-B5FA-3365F4E66CEB&Options=&Search=\">resolution\u003c/a> Monday night calling on Congress to demand a cease-fire in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">Gaza\u003c/a> and the release of all hostages, both Jewish and Palestinian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a time for diplomatic solutions, not military might, because the only pathway to lasting peace and justice will require addressing the root causes of the crisis,” wrote Councilmember Carroll Fife, who introduced the resolution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz66ZkLya_l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">in an Instagram post\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife, and the “Oakland-wide Muslim and Jewish leaders” she credited with writing the resolution, cite the city’s official motto, “Love Life,” and want the council to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hres786\">U.S. House Resolution 786\u003c/a>, which calls for “an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Several years ago, when pediatrician Dr. Lama Rimawi first joined the Palo Alto chapter of the Sisters of Salaam Shalom, a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organization, she was stunned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was given a list of the covenants of the group, and one of them was to not talk about Israel or Palestine. I remember laughing and saying, ‘Well, that’s very difficult to do because I’m Palestinian,’” she recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sosspeace.org/series1/\">The interfaith organization’s current recommendation\u003c/a> is that members “Avoid dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict until trust and respect has been established.” But this guidance still frustrated Rabbi Amy Eilberg, a fellow member of the Palo Alto chapter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 20 years, Eilberg has been involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace dialogue efforts — the kind of work that has become heightened among interfaith groups following \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207549467/loved-ones-of-hamas-attack-victims-diverge-over-israels-war-on-gaza\">the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207549467/loved-ones-of-hamas-attack-victims-diverge-over-israels-war-on-gaza\">that killed at least 1,200 people, \u003c/a>according to the Israeli government, and Israel’s subsequent attacks on Gaza that have killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/gaza-rising-death-toll-civilians/\">more than 11,000 people\u003c/a>, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033\">Health Ministry in Gaza\u003c/a>. (Read more about the decades-long background from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis\">NPR in their ‘Middle East crisis — explained’ series\u003c/a>.)[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='gaza']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was Lama beginning to talk about what it was like for her to be a Palestinian, and I got to learn more from her story,” said Eilberg, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.rabbiamyeilberg.com/\">the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi\u003c/a> by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. “That’s not to say it was easy. It’s probably still not easy for me, because there is something threatening about hearing a worldview that’s really very different from your own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Eilberg and Rimawi went on to become loving friends. They’ve disagreed, but both acknowledge that their relationship — based on trust and respectful listening — is reinforced in those contentious moments. The two women talked about this with KQED’s Brian Watt, in light of the ongoing violence in Gaza and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967137/how-to-handle-hard-conversations-with-family-this-holiday-season\">as loved ones gather together this week for Thanksgiving\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity and represents part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">KQED’s ongoing coverage. \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: What was it like when you first met during a meeting of the Sisters of Salaam Shalom?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dr. Lama Rimawi:\u003c/strong> I want to start by saying I love Amy. She’s an incredible person, and I’ve learned so much from her. I remember the first time we met, we had a session reviewing or talking about our personal stories. Some of my Jewish sisters talked about their parents or grandparents who were Holocaust survivors, and I had an opportunity to talk about my grandfather, who survived \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-evacuation-history-nakba-a1bec1ee3477573e80b39b4044a48111\">the Nakba in 1948\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_11967137 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/IMG_0498-1020x659.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was so important to see that other people had experienced not the same thing, but what we had experienced was very similar. It helped see the compassion for each other and see beyond the differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rabbi Amy Eilberg:\u003c/strong> For Lama and me, now that we’re friends, it was no question. Just because there’s a war in Israel and Gaza, nothing’s going to change the fact that we love each other and respect each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11967966 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-003-JY.jpg\" alt=\"Two women hug each other while sitting on a couch in a home.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-003-JY.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-003-JY-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-003-JY-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-003-JY-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-003-JY-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Lama Rimawi (left) and Rabbi Amy Eilberg hug in Los Altos on Nov. 20, 2023. Rimawi, who is Palestinian, and Eilberg, who is Jewish, met years ago in a Muslim-Jewish women’s interfaith group and are close friends. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watt: How have you stayed friends during this conflict and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rimawi:\u003c/strong> I think the vast majority of the world doesn’t want innocent children to die. It doesn’t matter where they come from or what religion they are. So I always hang on to that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eilberg:\u003c/strong> Maybe a couple of days after Oct. 7, Lama wrote to all the women in our in our Sisters of Salaam Shalom chapter in this beautiful lyrical way that she had been looking at some pictures of some of the children, in particular, who had been attacked and whose families had been attacked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She invited us all to come to her house and to just talk and be together. I wasn’t surprised that Lama reached out in that way, but I was so moved. It was just so beautiful. This is what peace looks like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rimawi:\u003c/strong> It was wonderful because my sisters came, whether they were Jewish or Muslim. [They] just shared the intense pain that they were feeling, and how their families were being affected. I shared my feelings, as well.[aside postID=news_11965530 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1328596577-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s important to see that the people on the other side are suffering as much as we are suffering. If you’re able to see that, then maybe we can work together to end the suffering for both our peoples, because I truly, in my heart, believe that there can be peace, and there will be peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watt: When I want to talk about this conflict, I have a genuine fear of oversimplifying a situation that is very complicated. But when I hear you two talk, I feel like the people can see peace. They know it’s there. They know it’s possible.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Eilberg:\u003c/strong> I’ve always believed that. I know from the Israeli side that the level of trauma and horror and pain and fear is so enormously great, that for now — and I hope to God that it’s temporary — a lot of Israeli Jews must be feeling, “I used to think that peace was possible, but now I feel really shaken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rimawi:\u003c/strong> I do think that the majority of people want to be able to give their kid a glass of water when they ask for it, and feed them and tuck them into their beds every night, and know that the next day they’re not going to be killed. So I think that is what we see happening when people all over this country are coming together to stand up for the innocent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s a very powerful thing. That’s why I see that there is a path toward peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967967\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11967967 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-011-JY.jpg\" alt=\"Two women stand and smile at one another.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-011-JY.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-011-JY-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-011-JY-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-011-JY-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/20231120-Israel-Hamas-Reax-011-JY-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Lama Rimawi (left) and Rabbi Amy Eilberg stand for a portrait in Los Altos on Nov. 20, 2023. Rimawi, who is Palestinian, and Eilberg, who is Jewish, met years ago in a Muslim-Jewish women’s interfaith group and are close friends. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watt: As the holiday season approaches, people are getting together. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967137/how-to-handle-hard-conversations-with-family-this-holiday-season\">Sometimes, current events come up at Thanksgiving tables.\u003c/a> Have different takes on this conflict come up within your own families?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rimawi:\u003c/strong> Absolutely. I have family in the West Bank who are basically hiding in their apartment because they’re afraid that they’re going to be attacked. And right now, it’s about survival for a lot of people. 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