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Their actions were part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza, which it launched after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 7:30 a.m. on April 15, the protesters chained themselves to stopped vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A San Francisco judge ruled Friday that felony charges against seven activists involved in a pro-Palestinian protest that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in April can go to trial, but over half of the charges were dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a month after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010363/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-await-judicial-ruling-on-felony-charges\">the protesters’ preliminary hearing\u003c/a> began, Judge Brendan P. Conroy threw out more than 25 counts against seven of the eight defendants — and charges against one of the defendants entirely — due to lack of evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he declined defense attorneys’ motion to downgrade the felony conspiracy charges, saying there had not been enough discussion about how the Golden Gate Bridge Authority and potential other alleged victims in the case would be compensated for their losses due to the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The elephant in the room here is that there is a request for at least $160,000 in restitution,” Conroy said, referring to the Golden Gate Bridge Authority’s estimate of lost revenue from toll payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight activists face the most serious charges — including felony conspiracy — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">out of the 26 who were arrested\u003c/a> in connection with the protest that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a>. Their actions were part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza, which it launched after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 7:30 a.m. on April 15, the protesters chained themselves to stopped vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol. The demonstration shut down traffic in both directions for about four hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010374\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty-1920x1317.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on April 15, 2024, completely halting traffic for hours as part of a coordinated day of action against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Paul Kuroda/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Their actions affected the community in real and tangible ways,” Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze argued during the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that multiple people whose routes were blocked by the protest missed medical appointments, and one missed a day of teaching children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conroy said that he would have given greater consideration to the request to downgrade the felony conspiracy charges since the defendants’ actions were “well-intended” and didn’t appear to stem from malice, but the “considerable amount of restitution” stopped him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Wozniak, the lead attorney for the protesters, said the hearing was still a significant win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For three-quarters of the charges, there was not enough evidence — even at this stage of a preliminary hearing, where the standard of evidence is very low — for the judge to hold those clients to those charges,” Wozniak said. “This case was overcharged, and it’s been a humongous waste of resources. They have likely spent more than the bridge authority is asking for just to prosecute this case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco public defender’s office agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The court’s, and the DA’s, dismissal of the vast majority of the charges against Golden Gate Bridge protesters today is a huge vindication of our position that the DA drastically overcharged these cases,” Deputy Public Defender Nuha Abusamra, one of the attorneys defending the protesters, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office dropped 12 of its false imprisonment counts earlier in the hearing without providing evidence. An additional 11 were dismissed by Conroy, who said that the evidence provided lacked necessary information related to the time and place of the alleged imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also dropped a misdemeanor charge against all but one of the defendants who alleged they failed to comply with a peace officer, saying there was no evidence provided through law enforcement officers’ testimony that seven of the defendants were told directly to disperse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s still possible that the felony charges could be downgraded as the case plays out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants have been ordered to appear for an arraignment on Dec. 6, where the defense said it plans to ask the judge for a restitution hearing to get a true estimation of the money requested by any victims. The district attorney’s office could not give an exact amount for the bridge authority’s losses, which defense attorneys called speculative. The figure also does not factor in whether individuals who were allegedly falsely imprisoned will seek monetary relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After requesting the restitution hearing, defense attorneys plan to reintroduce their motion to recategorize the felony conspiracy charges to misdemeanors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not interested in continuing to utilize these court resources, city and county resources. Folks want to get back on the street and demand a ceasefire, demand an end to genocide,” Wozniak said. “The district attorney wanted a holding order today, and that’s what happened, but we’re going to continue fighting this case. We’re going to show that there is not much restitution that needs to be paid and get this case dismissed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ix months ago, young people began camping out on college campuses across the country, demanding that President Joe Biden stop military aid to Israel and force an immediate cease-fire. Weeks later, high schoolers joined in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, 18-year-old Anaya Sayal was finishing her senior year in San Ramon. Halimah Houston, 20, was in her first year of community college in Richmond. Both were so upset by Biden’s support of Israel that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">they told KQED they wouldn’t vote for him\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s seeing him as ‘Genocide Joe,’” Houston said about President Joe Biden this spring. “It’s just like disappointment after disappointment; that’s what was going through my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Houston and Sayal believed he wouldn’t take an outright stance against the war because he was too “scared” of losing voters. “So much of the older generations support Israel, but it’s a lot of the younger generations that are supporting Palestine,” Sayal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two first-time voters watched through gritted teeth the ups and downs of the election cycle — from Biden as the Democratic nominee and two assassination attempts on Trump to the presidential debate and Biden’s decision to step down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the only other option is Trump,” said Sayal, who is now in her first semester at UCLA. “You just got to pick the better of the two because there are no great options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Sayal and Houston breathed sighs of relief when Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee in August. The hope of change made it somewhat easy for the two to envision Harris as the next president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a lot more excited now because before, it was just choosing between the better of the two evils,” Sayal said. “Overall, she would do a better job in office than Biden. But I think she’ll probably come under more scrutiny because she’s a woman of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">First-time voter Anaya Sayal poses for a photo on the UCLA campus. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anaya Sayal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Political science experts don’t think the two young women’s last-minute switch is an anomaly. They believe that if enough young people turn out on Nov. 5, they could help sway the election because 18- to 24-year-olds are more numerous than older Americans who vote more frequently. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">not all young people have changed their minds\u003c/a> like Houston and Sayal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, the war in Gaza remains a top concern. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">More than one year has passed\u003c/a> since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 people in Israel. Since then, Israel has continued its unrelenting military assault on Gaza, which has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/g-s1-19232/kamala-harris-israel-gaza-dnc\">Harris said she was pushing for a cease-fire at an August rally in Arizona\u003c/a>, Houston and Sayal felt slightly better about her as the presidential nominee. But she’s also supported Israel’s right to defend itself and hasn’t said the U.S. should halt aid to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to see the action, and I hope it comes to fruition soon,” Houston said. “By voting for Harris, I feel like there’s a shot of getting a cease-fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000903/some-california-democrats-want-an-arms-embargo-on-israel-how-far-will-they-push-kamala-harris\">not all progressive first-time voters support Harris\u003c/a> due to frustrations over the U.S.’s support for Israel. Aniya Butler, a 19-year-old from Oakland, said she won’t vote for president this election and, instead, will focus on local priorities as a climate organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a young Black woman, Butler sees a vote for Harris as a betrayal to her ancestors because of the candidate’s lack of action on a cease-fire. Butler identifies with the struggles of Palestinians because her own family experienced slavery. She also said that not voting for president won’t impact California much because the state is deeply blue, and Harris is all but guaranteed to win its electoral votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aniya Butler poses for a portrait at Dimond Park in Oakland on Oct. 22. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“With these atrocities now to be on camera for all of us to see — Kamala, as a Black woman, has the responsibility to somehow ease and end that pain as someone who is literally the vice president of the United States,” said Butler, currently taking a gap year before starting at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has not handled it well at all. It’s absolutely disgusting,” Butler added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Social media’s influence on young voters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Polling experts like Mark Baldassare with the Public Policy Institute of California aren’t surprised that young voters like Houston and Sayal would shift their positions on voting for Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An election that was in the abstract after the March primary has now become very real, and the choices people have to make are real,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldassare said the candidate’s use of social media to sway young voters — from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13967133/charli-xcx-fans-election-2024-harris-trump\">the brat-ification of Harris’ campaign\u003c/a> to a fake AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement of Trump — is shaping how young people vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more they see on social media, the more likely they are to go from being an infrequent voter to a voter this time because they want their voices to be heard,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13967133]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, he said that Harris and Trump’s use of social media over the last six months has shown mixed results. For some young voters like Sayal, Harris’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997449/why-kamala-harris-is-having-a-brat-summer\">use of brat-green on social media\u003c/a> and her appearances on podcasts like “Call Her Daddy” helped convince them to support her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like, for the first time, a political candidate was trying to do something towards getting the attention of Gen Z,” Sayal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Butler, the attention the election has gained on social media, combined with images of war and human suffering, reinforced her view that Harris isn’t taking a cease-fire seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it serves as a reminder that times are oppressed for me, but they’re not [as] rough compared to what other people are experiencing right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cathy Cohen, a University of Chicago political science professor and author of \u003ca href=\"https://genforwardsurvey.com/all-genforward-data/?fm=10&fy=2024\">a national poll of young voters by GenForward\u003c/a> and the university’s Institute of Politics, said her recent polling mirrors some young voters’ feelings, showing social media has garnered “excitement” for some voters but notes a “significant portion” would prefer a choice apart from Harris or Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the issues animating their disgust and unhappiness prior to Harris joining the field still animate their concerns,” she said. “They’ve been told the importance of this election. They feel better about the choices, but they’re still not satisfied with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A larger share of the pie’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cohen’s October poll found that 52% of young voters aged 18 to 26 said they would definitely vote. When asked which issue is the country’s most important problem, Gaza ranked behind economic growth, inflation, income equality, immigration and threats to American democracy. Only 4% of the 18- to 26-year-olds she polled cited Gaza as their top concern. Another recent poll from Harvard \u003ca href=\"https://iop.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/240922_Harvard%20IOP_Fall%202024%20Topline.pdf\">shows that just 1%\u003c/a> of young Americans surveyed ranked Gaza as the most concerning issue during this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does surprise me,” she said. “We found that significant numbers of young people say that they don’t have an opinion on Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011477\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley students at a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on Apr. 23. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her team also asked which candidate would best handle the war in Gaza and secure a cease-fire — 37% said Trump, and 22% of 18- to 26-year-olds said Harris. Cohen said her polling showcases a pervasive idea that Trump is a “strong leader,” and his promises to end the war in Ukraine may mean he would help end the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows that Black and AAPI young people felt Harris would handle the war in Gaza better than Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other political experts like Baldassare predict a turnout similar to 2020 when around 50% of eligible voters aged 18 to 24 participated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think things are in place at this point for having a high turnout, perhaps exceeding what we saw in 2020,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, Baldassare’s polling found that 26% of young voters — which he defines as 18 to 44 — in California were satisfied with the candidate choices this election. By September, that number had doubled to 50%, with “most of the change occurring among people who say they’re voting for Harris and Walz.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a significant increase among the younger voters in California between April and September,” he said. “At this point in California, targeting young voters is working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"2024 California Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide,Learn everything you need to cast an informed ballot for the 2024 general election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/Aside-California-Voter-Guide-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The possibility that half of all young voters in California could turn out in this election is significant. Mindy Romero, director of the USC Center for Inclusive Democracy, notes that not all young voters agree on who should be president or how the next president should handle the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Young people care very much about the world around them, and they want to take action, but because of the disconnection they feel from the political process, and how it doesn’t bring them in, some will feel like voting is not an actionable stamp on the issues they care about,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero is unsure if young voters will turn out in force in November even though it’s “an enormously consequential election.” But she said if young people exercised their voting power at the polls, they could make a difference. She said voters between 18 and 24 outnumber those aged 65 to 74, who typically turn out in large numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they voted at the same rate as older voters, they would have a larger share of the pie of voters who broke up the power of voters in November,” she said. “If that happened every election, my God, things would change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sayal, now surrounded by young people at UCLA, longs for the day the presidential race isn’t defined by a two-party system. She’s excited that Harris could become the first woman of color to be president. Sayal knows the race is close but has hope that more Gen Z young adults will be eligible to vote in this election than four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely a lot more. And I think younger Gen Z voters are more likely to vote for Harris,” she said. “I think we could break the election.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the only other option is Trump,” said Sayal, who is now in her first semester at UCLA. “You just got to pick the better of the two because there are no great options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Sayal and Houston breathed sighs of relief when Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee in August. The hope of change made it somewhat easy for the two to envision Harris as the next president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a lot more excited now because before, it was just choosing between the better of the two evils,” Sayal said. “Overall, she would do a better job in office than Biden. But I think she’ll probably come under more scrutiny because she’s a woman of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241025_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">First-time voter Anaya Sayal poses for a photo on the UCLA campus. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Anaya Sayal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Political science experts don’t think the two young women’s last-minute switch is an anomaly. They believe that if enough young people turn out on Nov. 5, they could help sway the election because 18- to 24-year-olds are more numerous than older Americans who vote more frequently. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">not all young people have changed their minds\u003c/a> like Houston and Sayal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, the war in Gaza remains a top concern. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">More than one year has passed\u003c/a> since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 people in Israel. Since then, Israel has continued its unrelenting military assault on Gaza, which has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/g-s1-19232/kamala-harris-israel-gaza-dnc\">Harris said she was pushing for a cease-fire at an August rally in Arizona\u003c/a>, Houston and Sayal felt slightly better about her as the presidential nominee. But she’s also supported Israel’s right to defend itself and hasn’t said the U.S. should halt aid to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to see the action, and I hope it comes to fruition soon,” Houston said. “By voting for Harris, I feel like there’s a shot of getting a cease-fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000903/some-california-democrats-want-an-arms-embargo-on-israel-how-far-will-they-push-kamala-harris\">not all progressive first-time voters support Harris\u003c/a> due to frustrations over the U.S.’s support for Israel. Aniya Butler, a 19-year-old from Oakland, said she won’t vote for president this election and, instead, will focus on local priorities as a climate organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a young Black woman, Butler sees a vote for Harris as a betrayal to her ancestors because of the candidate’s lack of action on a cease-fire. Butler identifies with the struggles of Palestinians because her own family experienced slavery. She also said that not voting for president won’t impact California much because the state is deeply blue, and Harris is all but guaranteed to win its electoral votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_YOUNGVOTERSGAZA_GC-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aniya Butler poses for a portrait at Dimond Park in Oakland on Oct. 22. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“With these atrocities now to be on camera for all of us to see — Kamala, as a Black woman, has the responsibility to somehow ease and end that pain as someone who is literally the vice president of the United States,” said Butler, currently taking a gap year before starting at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has not handled it well at all. It’s absolutely disgusting,” Butler added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Social media’s influence on young voters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Polling experts like Mark Baldassare with the Public Policy Institute of California aren’t surprised that young voters like Houston and Sayal would shift their positions on voting for Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An election that was in the abstract after the March primary has now become very real, and the choices people have to make are real,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldassare said the candidate’s use of social media to sway young voters — from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13967133/charli-xcx-fans-election-2024-harris-trump\">the brat-ification of Harris’ campaign\u003c/a> to a fake AI-generated Taylor Swift endorsement of Trump — is shaping how young people vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more they see on social media, the more likely they are to go from being an infrequent voter to a voter this time because they want their voices to be heard,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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For some young voters like Sayal, Harris’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997449/why-kamala-harris-is-having-a-brat-summer\">use of brat-green on social media\u003c/a> and her appearances on podcasts like “Call Her Daddy” helped convince them to support her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like, for the first time, a political candidate was trying to do something towards getting the attention of Gen Z,” Sayal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Butler, the attention the election has gained on social media, combined with images of war and human suffering, reinforced her view that Harris isn’t taking a cease-fire seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it serves as a reminder that times are oppressed for me, but they’re not [as] rough compared to what other people are experiencing right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cathy Cohen, a University of Chicago political science professor and author of \u003ca href=\"https://genforwardsurvey.com/all-genforward-data/?fm=10&fy=2024\">a national poll of young voters by GenForward\u003c/a> and the university’s Institute of Politics, said her recent polling mirrors some young voters’ feelings, showing social media has garnered “excitement” for some voters but notes a “significant portion” would prefer a choice apart from Harris or Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the issues animating their disgust and unhappiness prior to Harris joining the field still animate their concerns,” she said. “They’ve been told the importance of this election. They feel better about the choices, but they’re still not satisfied with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A larger share of the pie’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cohen’s October poll found that 52% of young voters aged 18 to 26 said they would definitely vote. When asked which issue is the country’s most important problem, Gaza ranked behind economic growth, inflation, income equality, immigration and threats to American democracy. Only 4% of the 18- to 26-year-olds she polled cited Gaza as their top concern. Another recent poll from Harvard \u003ca href=\"https://iop.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/240922_Harvard%20IOP_Fall%202024%20Topline.pdf\">shows that just 1%\u003c/a> of young Americans surveyed ranked Gaza as the most concerning issue during this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does surprise me,” she said. “We found that significant numbers of young people say that they don’t have an opinion on Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011477\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley students at a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on Apr. 23. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Her team also asked which candidate would best handle the war in Gaza and secure a cease-fire — 37% said Trump, and 22% of 18- to 26-year-olds said Harris. Cohen said her polling showcases a pervasive idea that Trump is a “strong leader,” and his promises to end the war in Ukraine may mean he would help end the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data shows that Black and AAPI young people felt Harris would handle the war in Gaza better than Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other political experts like Baldassare predict a turnout similar to 2020 when around 50% of eligible voters aged 18 to 24 participated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think things are in place at this point for having a high turnout, perhaps exceeding what we saw in 2020,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, Baldassare’s polling found that 26% of young voters — which he defines as 18 to 44 — in California were satisfied with the candidate choices this election. By September, that number had doubled to 50%, with “most of the change occurring among people who say they’re voting for Harris and Walz.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a significant increase among the younger voters in California between April and September,” he said. “At this point in California, targeting young voters is working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>David Hummel, a Berkeley City College student, attended the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area#Campuslife\">pro-Palestinian demonstrations\u003c/a> that were part of a national protest movement on school campuses, and he was looking to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s just about being human, really,” Hummel, 20, said. “To be blind to the suffering of people just because they happen to be born in other places in the world. If you do know about it and decide to just do nothing, then I don’t think I could live with myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s military assault on Gaza began after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel by Hamas-led militants, who killed roughly 1,200 people and took about 240 hostages, according to Israeli authorities. More than 100 hostages have been released or rescued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s retaliation has killed more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">42,000 Palestinians\u003c/a>, according to Gaza health officials. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-how-many-palestinians-has-israels-campaign-killed-2024-07-25/\">U.N. human rights officials say\u003c/a> the number is likely an undercount. The bombardment of Gaza sparked protests demanding a cease-fire. In the Bay Area, residents have organized and joined a flurry of spirited protests and marches critical of \u003ca href=\"https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2024/USspendingIsrael\">the United States’ support of Israel.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The war has impacted Bay Area life, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">from politics to Silicon Valley to campus culture\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hummel is just one of the Bay Area residents who moved by the protests, traveled to the West Bank to volunteer. Through other activists, Hummel heard about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.defendpalestine.org/\">advocacy group Faz3a\u003c/a>, which trains people for organized trips to the West Bank to provide \u003ca href=\"https://www.defendpalestine.org/\">“a mass presence of internationals on the ground, providing direct protection for Palestinians, under local Palestinian guidance.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 843px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009485\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED.jpg 843w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo by Sydney Levy from a visit to the West Bank that he said shows four Israeli settlers harassing and threatening a Palestinian woman and her family in the village of Susya in the South Hebron Hills on Aug. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sydney Levy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Once I heard about the opportunity to go to the West Bank, I really couldn’t take my eyes and mind off of it, really,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He arrived in the Middle East in early July. He traveled with Faz3a to Qusra, a village north of Jerusalem, where he spent most of his time. On July 21, Hummel and eight other volunteers were walking with a Palestinian farmer to his olive groves in an area that was cut off to Palestinians. The farmer hadn’t seen the trees in eight months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they were in the olive groves, Hummel said a group of Israeli settlers drove near the fields. More joined them, roaming the groves on foot. Hummel described the settlers, who wielded metal sticks and wooden bats, as “relatively young looking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hummel and the volunteers recorded the settlers while the Palestinian farmer slipped away. Then, Hummel said, one settler took charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hit in the face by these wooden bats, and I had significant swelling, and as well on my arm,” he said. “The other volunteers were also badly beaten. One woman, she couldn’t walk for a few days after.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009483\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Hummel outside the student housing where he lives in Berkeley on Oct. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hummel said the Israeli army arrived soon after but did not pursue the attackers, instead firing shots in the direction of the Palestinian man who was with the volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faz3a confirmed the incident to KQED and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240721-israeli-settlers-beat-foreign-volunteers-in-occupied-west-bank\">news outlets\u003c/a>. CNN \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/middleeast/west-bank-attacks-qusra-intl/index.html\">reported that the Israeli military acknowledged\u003c/a> that “a number of masked Israeli civilians assaulted a group of foreign citizens while they were planting trees in the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 24, Hummel filed a report, viewed by KQED, with Israeli law enforcement but said there was no response. During his weeks in the West Bank, Hummel heard story after story from Palestinians about life under Israeli surveillance. He said what he endured was “just a small fraction” of what Palestinians experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Volunteering in the Middle East\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israel’s unrelenting assault on Gaza has injured more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">97,000 Palestinians\u003c/a> and displaced 1.9 million people, almost the entire population of Gaza. With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981650/world-central-kitchen-has-fed-crisis-zones-for-years-including-in-california\">Israeli strikes killing aid workers\u003c/a> and destroying hospitals, \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">a humanitarian crisis\u003c/a>, including sickness and starvation, has unfolded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 30, Israel launched a ground invasion into Southern Lebanon it described as targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah. According to the Lebanese health ministry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93p3g1v1z4o\">most recent figures\u003c/a>, around 2,400 people have been killed in Lebanon since October 2023, many in the past month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11981878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11981878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The strikes in Lebanon have also killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/lebanese-healthcare-workers-fearful-as-growing-numbers-killed-in-strikes\">paramedics and health care workers\u003c/a> and closed \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0J5HbBlPu4\">major hospitals\u003c/a>, driving South Bay resident Mohammad Subeh to get on a plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Safety is not guaranteed,” Subeh, an emergency room physician, told reporters on Oct. 4 in front of San Francisco International Airport before he left for Lebanon. “I don’t let that kind of overwhelm me too much because, ultimately, we’re there to help the people on the ground. They have nothing, no other alternatives available to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subeh, who is Palestinian and has family in Gaza, said he would be leading a team of six doctors and surgeons assisting with treating the injuries — amputations, head wounds, burns and more — of survivors. He also was in Gaza earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11981877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11981877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh holds a photo of two children he met in Gaza during a medical mission in San Francisco on April 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“After going through the process of entering into my first drive through the encampments, you feel like you’ve entered this apocalyptic horror movie. It’s like, ‘Is this really 2024? Is this earth right now?’” he said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">KQED’s \u003cem>The Bay\u003c/em> in April\u003c/a>. “You start hearing missile strike after missile strike, and it just shakes the whole vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, it was very startling. It took me almost a week to actually kind of drown out the missile strikes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled operating on a young girl named Reema, who had been shot. She was screaming in pain after the surgery because they didn’t have pain medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never imagined seeing so many dead children in front of me,” Subeh said. “Mothers, family members screaming, crying. There was so much that I was seeing that I was not used to. I wasn’t prepared to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protective presence in the West Bank\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not all volunteers can enter Gaza. Some, like Hummel, joined groups that assist Palestinians in the West Bank through what is called protective presence work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center for Jewish Nonviolence organized protective presence volunteers. The center has partnered with Palestinian families living in the West Bank for over a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Bank is divided into three sections — \u003ca href=\"https://www.anera.org/what-are-area-a-area-b-and-area-c-in-the-west-bank/\">A, B and C\u003c/a> — and center volunteers tend to go to Area C since it is fully controlled by Israel. In July, the International Court of Justice, the world court in The Hague that was first established in \u003ca href=\"https://www.icj-cij.org/history\">San Francisco in 1945\u003c/a>, ruled that \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-live-idf-explosion-tel-aviv-benjamin-netanyahu-visit-rafah\">Israel’s settlement policies in the Palestinian territories\u003c/a> violated international law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12007970 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/RS49114_037_SanFrancisco_PalestineRally_05182021-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Protective presence work is when basically activists accompany Palestinians in the West Bank,” explained Chase Carter, a San Francisco resident who works with the center. “The reason this accompanying work is needed is because these communities are really vulnerable to attacks from Israeli settlers, as well as harassment, arrests and violence from soldiers that are also trying to prevent them from living their daily lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the UN, since Oct. 7, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/data/casualties\">more than 700 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have been killed\u003c/a> in the West Bank, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-27704/west-bank-palestinians-violence-israel-settlers\">increased instances\u003c/a> of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians. A \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/651098/palestinian-life-west-bank-east-jerusalem-oct.aspx\">recent Gallup poll\u003c/a> shows that Palestinians living in the West Bank say their lives are worse than ever before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers from places like the United States, Canada and Europe are often asked to do presence work because of certain privileges they have as international citizens, Chase said. Author Ta-Nehisi Coates noted the restrictions in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt-QcPYMo\">his recent appearance on CBS\u003c/a>, where he described his time in the West Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The person that is guiding me is a Palestinian whose father — whose grandfather and grandmother — were born in this town, and I have more freedom to walk than he does,” Coates said. “He can’t ride on certain roads. He can’t get water in the same way that Israeli citizens who live less than a mile away from him can. Why is that OK?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter said volunteers also aim to document any possible human rights abuses to submit to experts or lawyers “that can then lead, potentially, to repercussions for the individuals or the organizations that sponsor this kind of extremist violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, on Oct. 1, the U.S. sanctioned \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2622\">Hilltop Youth\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GqSfrluRGAc\">far-right group\u003c/a> that, according to \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2622\">the federal government\u003c/a>, “repeatedly attacked Palestinians and destroyed Palestinian homes and property in the West Bank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like in Hummel’s case, there are immense risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, Israeli troops in the West Bank shot and killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/13/whats-being-said-about-israel-killing-aysenur-turkish-american-activist\">26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi\u003c/a> of Seattle. Eygi was working with the \u003ca href=\"https://palsolidarity.org/2024/09/israeli-army-kills-turkish-american-citizen-during-demonstration-in-beita-nablus/https:/palsolidarity.org/2024/09/israeli-army-kills-turkish-american-citizen-during-demonstration-in-beita-nablus/\">International Solidarity Movement\u003c/a>, which also does protective presence work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney Levy outside his home in Oakland on Oct. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sydney Levy was preparing to go to the West Bank when he heard about Hummel’s experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to discuss it with my husband just before going, saying, ‘Hey, you know, what do you think? What should I do?’” Levy, an Oakland resident, recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has been involved with pro-Palestinian activism for more than two decades and has lived in Jerusalem. He ultimately decided to go through the Center for Jewish Nonviolence and was there for over a week in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11981941 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy, who is Jewish American and speaks Hebrew, said he felt a sense of futility when communicating with Israeli police or the Israeli army. He saw homes demolished and a lack of action from the justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was relentless,” he said. “It was almost every two to three hours, the same story repeated again and again. The police would never come. Or when they came, they would never side with the Palestinian villagers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy said he has been “speaking with all of my friends, saying we need to go again and again because we cannot let these tactics of intimidation stop us from standing in solidarity with Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hummel was similarly emboldened, especially as he shared his experiences with his classmates this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve gotten a lot of requests from people asking, ‘How do I get involved in this as well?’” he said. “And so, that’s been powerful to bring this type of work or this organization to more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m looking to go back as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/slim\">\u003cem>Samantha Lim\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s retaliation has killed more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">42,000 Palestinians\u003c/a>, according to Gaza health officials. \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-how-many-palestinians-has-israels-campaign-killed-2024-07-25/\">U.N. human rights officials say\u003c/a> the number is likely an undercount. The bombardment of Gaza sparked protests demanding a cease-fire. In the Bay Area, residents have organized and joined a flurry of spirited protests and marches critical of \u003ca href=\"https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2024/USspendingIsrael\">the United States’ support of Israel.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The war has impacted Bay Area life, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">from politics to Silicon Valley to campus culture\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hummel is just one of the Bay Area residents who moved by the protests, traveled to the West Bank to volunteer. Through other activists, Hummel heard about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.defendpalestine.org/\">advocacy group Faz3a\u003c/a>, which trains people for organized trips to the West Bank to provide \u003ca href=\"https://www.defendpalestine.org/\">“a mass presence of internationals on the ground, providing direct protection for Palestinians, under local Palestinian guidance.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 843px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009485\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED.jpg 843w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241013-WEST-BANK-AID-SL-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo by Sydney Levy from a visit to the West Bank that he said shows four Israeli settlers harassing and threatening a Palestinian woman and her family in the village of Susya in the South Hebron Hills on Aug. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sydney Levy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Once I heard about the opportunity to go to the West Bank, I really couldn’t take my eyes and mind off of it, really,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He arrived in the Middle East in early July. He traveled with Faz3a to Qusra, a village north of Jerusalem, where he spent most of his time. On July 21, Hummel and eight other volunteers were walking with a Palestinian farmer to his olive groves in an area that was cut off to Palestinians. The farmer hadn’t seen the trees in eight months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they were in the olive groves, Hummel said a group of Israeli settlers drove near the fields. More joined them, roaming the groves on foot. Hummel described the settlers, who wielded metal sticks and wooden bats, as “relatively young looking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hummel and the volunteers recorded the settlers while the Palestinian farmer slipped away. Then, Hummel said, one settler took charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hit in the face by these wooden bats, and I had significant swelling, and as well on my arm,” he said. “The other volunteers were also badly beaten. One woman, she couldn’t walk for a few days after.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009483\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Hummel outside the student housing where he lives in Berkeley on Oct. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hummel said the Israeli army arrived soon after but did not pursue the attackers, instead firing shots in the direction of the Palestinian man who was with the volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faz3a confirmed the incident to KQED and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240721-israeli-settlers-beat-foreign-volunteers-in-occupied-west-bank\">news outlets\u003c/a>. CNN \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/middleeast/west-bank-attacks-qusra-intl/index.html\">reported that the Israeli military acknowledged\u003c/a> that “a number of masked Israeli civilians assaulted a group of foreign citizens while they were planting trees in the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 24, Hummel filed a report, viewed by KQED, with Israeli law enforcement but said there was no response. During his weeks in the West Bank, Hummel heard story after story from Palestinians about life under Israeli surveillance. He said what he endured was “just a small fraction” of what Palestinians experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Volunteering in the Middle East\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israel’s unrelenting assault on Gaza has injured more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">97,000 Palestinians\u003c/a> and displaced 1.9 million people, almost the entire population of Gaza. With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981650/world-central-kitchen-has-fed-crisis-zones-for-years-including-in-california\">Israeli strikes killing aid workers\u003c/a> and destroying hospitals, \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">a humanitarian crisis\u003c/a>, including sickness and starvation, has unfolded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 30, Israel launched a ground invasion into Southern Lebanon it described as targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah. According to the Lebanese health ministry’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93p3g1v1z4o\">most recent figures\u003c/a>, around 2,400 people have been killed in Lebanon since October 2023, many in the past month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11981878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11981878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The strikes in Lebanon have also killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/lebanese-healthcare-workers-fearful-as-growing-numbers-killed-in-strikes\">paramedics and health care workers\u003c/a> and closed \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0J5HbBlPu4\">major hospitals\u003c/a>, driving South Bay resident Mohammad Subeh to get on a plane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Safety is not guaranteed,” Subeh, an emergency room physician, told reporters on Oct. 4 in front of San Francisco International Airport before he left for Lebanon. “I don’t let that kind of overwhelm me too much because, ultimately, we’re there to help the people on the ground. They have nothing, no other alternatives available to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subeh, who is Palestinian and has family in Gaza, said he would be leading a team of six doctors and surgeons assisting with treating the injuries — amputations, head wounds, burns and more — of survivors. He also was in Gaza earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11981877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11981877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240403-DRSUBEH-002-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh holds a photo of two children he met in Gaza during a medical mission in San Francisco on April 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“After going through the process of entering into my first drive through the encampments, you feel like you’ve entered this apocalyptic horror movie. It’s like, ‘Is this really 2024? Is this earth right now?’” he said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">KQED’s \u003cem>The Bay\u003c/em> in April\u003c/a>. “You start hearing missile strike after missile strike, and it just shakes the whole vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, it was very startling. It took me almost a week to actually kind of drown out the missile strikes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled operating on a young girl named Reema, who had been shot. She was screaming in pain after the surgery because they didn’t have pain medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never imagined seeing so many dead children in front of me,” Subeh said. “Mothers, family members screaming, crying. There was so much that I was seeing that I was not used to. I wasn’t prepared to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protective presence in the West Bank\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not all volunteers can enter Gaza. Some, like Hummel, joined groups that assist Palestinians in the West Bank through what is called protective presence work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center for Jewish Nonviolence organized protective presence volunteers. The center has partnered with Palestinian families living in the West Bank for over a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Bank is divided into three sections — \u003ca href=\"https://www.anera.org/what-are-area-a-area-b-and-area-c-in-the-west-bank/\">A, B and C\u003c/a> — and center volunteers tend to go to Area C since it is fully controlled by Israel. In July, the International Court of Justice, the world court in The Hague that was first established in \u003ca href=\"https://www.icj-cij.org/history\">San Francisco in 1945\u003c/a>, ruled that \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-live-idf-explosion-tel-aviv-benjamin-netanyahu-visit-rafah\">Israel’s settlement policies in the Palestinian territories\u003c/a> violated international law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Protective presence work is when basically activists accompany Palestinians in the West Bank,” explained Chase Carter, a San Francisco resident who works with the center. “The reason this accompanying work is needed is because these communities are really vulnerable to attacks from Israeli settlers, as well as harassment, arrests and violence from soldiers that are also trying to prevent them from living their daily lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the UN, since Oct. 7, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/data/casualties\">more than 700 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have been killed\u003c/a> in the West Bank, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-27704/west-bank-palestinians-violence-israel-settlers\">increased instances\u003c/a> of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians. A \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/651098/palestinian-life-west-bank-east-jerusalem-oct.aspx\">recent Gallup poll\u003c/a> shows that Palestinians living in the West Bank say their lives are worse than ever before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers from places like the United States, Canada and Europe are often asked to do presence work because of certain privileges they have as international citizens, Chase said. Author Ta-Nehisi Coates noted the restrictions in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWt-QcPYMo\">his recent appearance on CBS\u003c/a>, where he described his time in the West Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The person that is guiding me is a Palestinian whose father — whose grandfather and grandmother — were born in this town, and I have more freedom to walk than he does,” Coates said. “He can’t ride on certain roads. He can’t get water in the same way that Israeli citizens who live less than a mile away from him can. Why is that OK?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter said volunteers also aim to document any possible human rights abuses to submit to experts or lawyers “that can then lead, potentially, to repercussions for the individuals or the organizations that sponsor this kind of extremist violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, on Oct. 1, the U.S. sanctioned \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2622\">Hilltop Youth\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GqSfrluRGAc\">far-right group\u003c/a> that, according to \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2622\">the federal government\u003c/a>, “repeatedly attacked Palestinians and destroyed Palestinian homes and property in the West Bank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like in Hummel’s case, there are immense risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, Israeli troops in the West Bank shot and killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/13/whats-being-said-about-israel-killing-aysenur-turkish-american-activist\">26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi\u003c/a> of Seattle. Eygi was working with the \u003ca href=\"https://palsolidarity.org/2024/09/israeli-army-kills-turkish-american-citizen-during-demonstration-in-beita-nablus/https:/palsolidarity.org/2024/09/israeli-army-kills-turkish-american-citizen-during-demonstration-in-beita-nablus/\">International Solidarity Movement\u003c/a>, which also does protective presence work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241012-WEST-BANK-AID-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney Levy outside his home in Oakland on Oct. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sydney Levy was preparing to go to the West Bank when he heard about Hummel’s experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to discuss it with my husband just before going, saying, ‘Hey, you know, what do you think? What should I do?’” Levy, an Oakland resident, recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has been involved with pro-Palestinian activism for more than two decades and has lived in Jerusalem. He ultimately decided to go through the Center for Jewish Nonviolence and was there for over a week in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy, who is Jewish American and speaks Hebrew, said he felt a sense of futility when communicating with Israeli police or the Israeli army. He saw homes demolished and a lack of action from the justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was relentless,” he said. “It was almost every two to three hours, the same story repeated again and again. The police would never come. Or when they came, they would never side with the Palestinian villagers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy said he has been “speaking with all of my friends, saying we need to go again and again because we cannot let these tactics of intimidation stop us from standing in solidarity with Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hummel was similarly emboldened, especially as he shared his experiences with his classmates this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve gotten a lot of requests from people asking, ‘How do I get involved in this as well?’” he said. “And so, that’s been powerful to bring this type of work or this organization to more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m looking to go back as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/slim\">\u003cem>Samantha Lim\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Superior Court judge will decide whether \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/brooke-jenkins\">San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins\u003c/a> has enough evidence to try felony cases against eight antiwar protesters who allegedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> on Tax Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a preliminary hearing on Tuesday at the Hall of Justice, Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze presented evidence and witness testimony the prosecution plans to use to paint a picture of trespassing, felony conspiracy and false imprisonment of early morning commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight activists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">face the most significant charges of the 26 people arrested\u003c/a> for allegedly shutting down the bridge as part of a worldwide economic blockade. Around 7:30 a.m. on April 15, protesters shut down traffic across the Golden Gate Bridge, chaining themselves to stopped vehicles. Organizers said they were demanding that the U.S. stop funding Israel in the war in Gaza, which it launched after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Brendan P. Conroy is expected to decide later this week whether the felony cases can proceed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criminal defense attorneys and legal experts have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">questioned prosecuting the protesters\u003c/a>, especially the controversial false imprisonment charges, which defined delayed motorists as victims. In past mass prosecutions, protesters have typically faced misdemeanor charges for blocking a roadway and for disobeying the orders of law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think that there are lots of issues with their evidence from a legal standpoint and that a vast majority of the charges will be dismissed,” Jeff Wozniak, an attorney representing the defendants, told KQED after Tuesday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters and friends of the protesters in the courtroom donned keffiyehs, the patterned scarves that have become symbolic of solidarity with Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution’s first witness was Officer Roger Elarua, the bridge’s captain and the first responder on the scene. Elarua described sitting in his office at the toll plaza and talking on the phone with local agencies about potential protests happening that day in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when he looked up at the camera feed and saw traffic stopped in the southbound lanes heading toward San Francisco. The demonstration shut down traffic across the bridge in both directions for about four hours. 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The protesters, engaging in an economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine, marched from the West Oakland BART Station to the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elarua, who is not a sworn law enforcement officer, can’t make arrests. He handles administrative duties, like issuing bridge permits for “expressive actions.” He noted that there was no permit request for that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elarua’s jurisdiction includes the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, which has control over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/bridge/bridge-operations/moveable-median-barrier/\">moveable barrier\u003c/a> that separates north and southbound traffic. During cross-examination, the defense repeatedly questioned why Elarua and California Highway Patrol Officer Erik Egide, who was not present, decided not to open another lane of traffic to help break the gridlock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there was a fourth lane, the cars could have gone around the protest,” Elizabeth Camacho, the felony manager for the San Francisco Public Defender’s office, said to Elarua during questioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In theory, yes,” he responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s becoming clear through the testimony of these officers is that they made a lot of decisions that led to the traffic jam; that there were options that they had; and that they could have taken other approaches that wouldn’t have resulted in such a long delay,” Wozniak told KQED after the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11983413 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/DSC_0201.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his testimony, Elarua said he called for support from other agencies. Capt. Taylor Carlton of the CHP testified that he had to fight intense traffic on the north side of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After informing the group that they were part of an unlawful assembly, Carlton said he spoke to a protester who was wearing a neon pink safety vest labeled “Police Liaison.” According to Carlton, protesters had formed a human chain and some had locked their hands inside metal tubes, a tactic known as the “sleeping dragon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police liaison allegedly told Carlton that the fire department would need to cut the demonstrators free and that none of them would speak to law enforcement apart from her. Carlton arrested her and the other protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was concerned about the health and safety of everyone being impeded [on the bridge],” Carlton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the eight who face felony charges, 18 people were charged with misdemeanors. The protesters, known as the Golden Gate 26, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004860/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-plead-not-guilty-to-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges\">pleaded not guilty in September\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins has previously said that the protest compromised public safety and caused “extreme threats” to those trapped on the bridge during the morning commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The preliminary hearing is expected to continue until Thursday. If found guilty at trial, the protesters could face years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>At the heart of the split between two separate workshops meant to train \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> high school teachers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008739/sfusd-antisemitism-training-sparks-controversy-as-some-educators-opt-for-alternative\">on how to combat antisemitism\u003c/a> this week was the definition of antisemitism itself — namely, whether anti-Zionism falls under the umbrella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of educators refused to attend a Wednesday training that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> called mandatory, which was led by a pro-Israel group. Instead, they opted for an alternative workshop from an anti-racist education institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds like the training they received compared to the alternate training that the rest of us received was very polar opposite,” said Marloes Sijstermans, a math teacher at Galileo Academy of Science & Technology who attended the alternative training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Educators had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003864/san-francisco-schools-cancel-antisemitism-workshops-after-complaints-about-potential-bias\">raised concerns weeks ago about the American Jewish Committee\u003c/a> — the organization that the district chose to host antisemitism training at Galileo Academy as well as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Balboa high schools — citing its longstanding support for Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself. The initial training, set for September, was called off and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005210/sfusd-reschedules-antisemitism-workshops-amid-outcry-from-parents-jewish-groups\">rescheduled\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the district maintained that the workshop would not focus or take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, some teachers and administrators worried that the AJC could not provide unbiased training against that context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008751\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008751\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abraham Lincoln High School on Dec. 17, 2020, in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District began its antisemitism training on Wednesday for high school teachers at Abraham Lincoln, Balboa, Galileo Academy of Science & Technology and George Washington after postponing the sessions due to objections from pro-Palestinian activists over the American Jewish Committee, the group running the training, and its stance on Israel. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With support from their union, a group of teachers organized an alternative workshop to be held at the same time and led by PARCEO, an education justice institute, with support from the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PARCEO and AJC declined to release their training materials, but educators who attended each workshop shared notes and photos of the presentations with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Galileo, 33 people — about one-third of the school’s staff members — attended PARCEO’s training, according to Sijstermans. Half of all staff, Sijstermans said, didn’t attend either workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple educators said PARCEO’s workshop focused on preparing them to discuss antisemitism with their students. Ian Williams, a special education teacher at Balboa, said he felt it was a better use of his time than other professional development sessions mandated by the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the topic, it was one of the best [professional development opportunities] I’ve ever been to,” Williams said. “That speaks to political passion versus the pedagogy that we normally get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, not all attendees at the PARCEO workshop were satisfied with the training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry Machtay, a media arts teacher at Galileo, said he felt the training focused too much on “disengaging Zionism and Judaism” rather than antisemitism itself. In hindsight, he said he would have preferred to attend neither.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are negatives about both organizations, and my choice was really a statement about the paternalistic attitude of San Francisco Unified School District — the way they have foisted these professional developments on us one after another after another without any input from teachers,” Machtay said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at George Washington High School, teacher Julia David said the AJC training saw about half of all staff in attendance. She said the main focus was the history of antisemitism globally and the complex identity of Jewish people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel did come up because it’s a large part of our identity,” David said, adding that the presentation did not delve into the geopolitical aspect of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the scheduled training, Galileo principal De Trice Rodgers reminded staff to attend the AJC workshop in an email obtained by KQED. Other schools received similar emails from their principals, Sijstermans said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect teachers to attend this professional development opportunity, and any other type of presentation taking place is not District-approved professional development and you are not authorized to attend during your working hours and while on the school site,” the email reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers’ union, United Educators of San Francisco, said it would support any educator who skipped the mandatory training in favor of PARCEO’s, according to a union email sent to educators at George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the district said it could not comment on the PARCEO training because it was not district-sponsored or vetted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is on how to provide our diverse student population a safe and supportive learning environment without advocating for any one stance on an issue,” the district said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also chose not to comment on the status of possible disciplinary actions, stating that they were confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers were willing to come up to me and address their own biases that they’re confronting, and I think that’s the point of this workshop,” David said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Educators had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003864/san-francisco-schools-cancel-antisemitism-workshops-after-complaints-about-potential-bias\">raised concerns weeks ago about the American Jewish Committee\u003c/a> — the organization that the district chose to host antisemitism training at Galileo Academy as well as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Balboa high schools — citing its longstanding support for Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself. The initial training, set for September, was called off and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005210/sfusd-reschedules-antisemitism-workshops-amid-outcry-from-parents-jewish-groups\">rescheduled\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the district maintained that the workshop would not focus or take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, some teachers and administrators worried that the AJC could not provide unbiased training against that context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008751\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008751\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abraham Lincoln High School on Dec. 17, 2020, in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District began its antisemitism training on Wednesday for high school teachers at Abraham Lincoln, Balboa, Galileo Academy of Science & Technology and George Washington after postponing the sessions due to objections from pro-Palestinian activists over the American Jewish Committee, the group running the training, and its stance on Israel. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With support from their union, a group of teachers organized an alternative workshop to be held at the same time and led by PARCEO, an education justice institute, with support from the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PARCEO and AJC declined to release their training materials, but educators who attended each workshop shared notes and photos of the presentations with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Galileo, 33 people — about one-third of the school’s staff members — attended PARCEO’s training, according to Sijstermans. Half of all staff, Sijstermans said, didn’t attend either workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple educators said PARCEO’s workshop focused on preparing them to discuss antisemitism with their students. Ian Williams, a special education teacher at Balboa, said he felt it was a better use of his time than other professional development sessions mandated by the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the topic, it was one of the best [professional development opportunities] I’ve ever been to,” Williams said. “That speaks to political passion versus the pedagogy that we normally get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, not all attendees at the PARCEO workshop were satisfied with the training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry Machtay, a media arts teacher at Galileo, said he felt the training focused too much on “disengaging Zionism and Judaism” rather than antisemitism itself. In hindsight, he said he would have preferred to attend neither.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are negatives about both organizations, and my choice was really a statement about the paternalistic attitude of San Francisco Unified School District — the way they have foisted these professional developments on us one after another after another without any input from teachers,” Machtay said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at George Washington High School, teacher Julia David said the AJC training saw about half of all staff in attendance. She said the main focus was the history of antisemitism globally and the complex identity of Jewish people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel did come up because it’s a large part of our identity,” David said, adding that the presentation did not delve into the geopolitical aspect of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the scheduled training, Galileo principal De Trice Rodgers reminded staff to attend the AJC workshop in an email obtained by KQED. Other schools received similar emails from their principals, Sijstermans said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect teachers to attend this professional development opportunity, and any other type of presentation taking place is not District-approved professional development and you are not authorized to attend during your working hours and while on the school site,” the email reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers’ union, United Educators of San Francisco, said it would support any educator who skipped the mandatory training in favor of PARCEO’s, according to a union email sent to educators at George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the district said it could not comment on the PARCEO training because it was not district-sponsored or vetted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is on how to provide our diverse student population a safe and supportive learning environment without advocating for any one stance on an issue,” the district said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also chose not to comment on the status of possible disciplinary actions, stating that they were confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers were willing to come up to me and address their own biases that they’re confronting, and I think that’s the point of this workshop,” David said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Attorneys for a student who is suing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/uc-santa-cruz\">UC Santa Cruz\u003c/a> over a temporary campus ban she received after last spring’s pro-Palestinian protests are accusing university police of targeting her with a retaliatory, overly broad search in an apparent effort to stifle her speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laaila Irshad is the lead plaintiff in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">a lawsuit filed last month\u003c/a> on behalf of two students and a professor who were temporarily barred from UCSC’s campus, saying their suspensions were illegal and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">caused great harm\u003c/a> during the last two weeks of the spring academic session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week after instruction began this fall, attorneys said, Irshad had her phone seized by university police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a fire alarm went off early on Oct. 1, she was standing outside the dormitory where she serves as the resident advisor when police approached with a search warrant for her phone, according to Chessie Thacher, an ACLU of Northern California attorney representing Irshad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warrant was issued based on a sealed affidavit that allegedly outlines probable cause to believe the phone’s contents include evidence of a felony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the affidavit is sealed, Thacher said her team has reason to believe the warrant is unrelated to the protest that led to Irshad’s arrest and the separate but related civil rights lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz workers who are union members of UAW 4811, part of the United Auto Workers, and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the UC Santa Cruz campus on May 20, 2024, in Santa Cruz. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The kicker for us was that this search warrant, served in such a public way, had a picture of Laila on it, and it wasn’t a picture of her student ID — it was a picture of her giving an interview to a news reporter about her involvement in the case,” Thacher told KQED. “This just feels like it has a retaliatory motive or intent, or an attempt to kind of say to Ms. Irshad: ‘Proceed with caution because we are intent on silencing your speech.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys filed a motion on Friday declaring that Irshad plans to petition the court to destroy or void the warrant, return her phone, order the destruction of all seized information and unseal the affidavit at a hearing in December. If the warrant isn’t voided, she is requesting that the court seal her phone until there can be a hearing about her claim that the warrant is overly broad and the phone contained communication that falls under attorney-client privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Hernandez Jason, a spokesperson for UC Santa Cruz, said in an email that the warrant was related to an “active investigation that began prior to the lawsuit” and could not share any additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, Irshad was among 112 protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988397/many-protesters-arrested-at-uc-santa-cruz-pro-palestinian-encampment\">who were arrested\u003c/a> after police in riot gear were deployed to a pro-Palestinian encampment in a little-used parking lot near the base of UC Santa Cruz’s hilly campus. Rachel Lederman, another of the protesters’ attorneys, told KQED in September that throughout the night, officers squeezed in on the protesters and eventually detained many of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1536x1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz academic workers represented by UAW 4811 and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the campus on May 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Irshad and others who were detained received temporary campus bans under Section 626.4 of the California Penal Code, which allows university officials to revoke consent for a person to be on campus for up to 14 days “whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such person has willfully disrupted the orderly operation of such campus or facility.” Entering the campus while the ban is in place is a misdemeanor punishable by jail time or a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, fellow student Elio Ellutzi and professor Christine Hong joined a lawsuit over their bans in September, accusing UC Santa Cruz of illegally applying Section 626.4. The bans were issued without a hearing, which is unlawful unless the person’s presence on campus constitutes a “substantial and material threat of significant injury to persons or property,” according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008430 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some students had hearings, they did not begin to take place until at least a week after the bans were issued, Lederman said in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters are asking the court for an injunction to prevent UC Santa Cruz from issuing these bans and a declaration that doing so is illegal, as well as a preliminary injunction that would halt the university’s use of the tactic until the case is ultimately decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, who was a resident advisor last year as well, said she was compensated for her RA work with free campus housing and meal points — both of which she lost access to when she was barred from campus. 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"content": "\u003cp>The federal government is calling on U.S. citizens to evacuate Lebanon as soon as possible amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">fears of a more widespread regional war in the Middle East\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the most recent figures provided by the Lebanese health ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-10-10-2024-a5e53cdd4fca30be1909506b5c777922\">more than 2,000 people have now been killed in the country by Israeli strikes\u003c/a> since October 2023 — most of them during the last two weeks. Most recently, on Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cr54lyg2j8zt\">an Israeli air attack hit a densely populated neighborhood\u003c/a> in Beirut, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-10-10-2024-a5e53cdd4fca30be1909506b5c777922\">killing 22 and wounding dozens\u003c/a>, and Israeli ground forces \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/10/israel-un-lebanon-border-peacekeepers-hezbollah/\">attacked United Nations peacekeepers\u003c/a> at three separate locations, according to the U.N. Approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/9/israeli-offensives-in-lebanon-and-gaza-kill-dozens-displace-millions\">1.2 million people have been displaced from their homes\u003c/a> in the country according to Lebanese officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/us-citizens-requesting-support-in-lebanon.html\">The U.S. Embassy states\u003c/a> that it “strongly encourages” U.S. citizens — especially those in Southern Lebanon, who are near the borders with Syria or who are in refugee settlements — to “depart those areas immediately.” According to an email from the U.S States Department, over 1,000 U.S. citizens and their eligible family members, plus U.S. legal permanent residents, have left Lebanon via 10 U.S.-organized flights since late September. Around 8,800 citizens and their family members have reached out to the State Department for assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Leave Lebanon now’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 30, Israel launched a ground invasion into Southern Lebanon it described as targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah. On Oct. 1, Iran launched a missile strike into Israel after earlier Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including exploding pager attacks in mid-September, which killed dozens and wounded thousands — attacks that Israel also said targeted Hezbollah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s latest attacks add to the continuing, escalating violence after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack in Israel that killed approximately 1,200 people and Israel’s subsequent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">yearlong siege of Gaza\u003c/a>, which has killed at least 41,000 people, resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/07/un-experts-declare-famine-has-spread-throughout-gaza-strip\">widespread famine\u003c/a> and displaced almost the entire population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We urge U.S. citizens to leave Lebanon now,” Rena Bitter, assistant secretary for consular affairs with the U.S. State Department, told KQED. While some U.S. citizens “may choose to stay,” Bitter said, it’s crucial that they nonetheless “make sure they have a valid passport and travel documents.” This will “keep them safe and make it just much easier for us to assist them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Embassy advises that people who choose to remain in Lebanon should “be prepared to shelter in place for an extended period.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government is also \u003ca href=\"https://travelmaps.state.gov/TSGMap/?extent=33.824429005,33.061855851,37.813883233,34.798142689\">asking Americans not to travel to Lebanon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12006427]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a U.S. citizen in Lebanon — or know someone who is — keep reading for more information on what assistance the U.S. State Department is offering, from facilitating travel to providing financial aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#help\">Who can receive help from the U.S. government in leaving Lebanon?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#financial\">What financial assistance is available?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What assistance is available for U.S. citizens in Lebanon?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The State Department is providing departure and relocation assistance— but has not yet labeled it as \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/us-citizens-requesting-support-in-lebanon.html\">an “evacuation” on its disclaimers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to also consult \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/what-state-dept-can-cant-do-crisis.html\">the State Department’s update page as well as the State Department’s FAQ\u003c/a> for the latest information about what the U.S. government can do in a crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Travel out of Lebanon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Department’s Bitter stressed that U.S. citizens in the country should immediately fill out a \u003ca href=\"https://mytravel.state.gov/s/crisis-intake\">crisis intake form\u003c/a> on the State Department’s website, which acts as a request for assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bitter said the U.S. government is “working with commercial airlines to block seats for U.S. citizens to be able to depart,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.beirutairport.gov.lb/index.php?lang=en\">Commercial flights are still open in Lebanon\u003c/a>, Bitter said, and the U.S. government has made 4,000 seats available on flights out of Lebanon to U.S. citizens and their families since Sept. 27. Currently, “We really do have a lot of capacity left on those flights,” Bitter said. “Most of those flights that the U.S. government has organized are not full.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/what-state-dept-can-cant-do-crisis.html\">According to the State Department’s FAQ\u003c/a>, a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation is usually to “a neighboring country or a different part of the same country. This nearby safe location is rarely the United States.” The U.S. government has, however, \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-october-9-2024/\">not yet directly characterized\u003c/a> this assistance as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/us-middle-east-tensions-american-flights/3733059/?os=vb.&ref=app\">an evacuation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will do our best to provide you with information about hotel options [in the new location], but cannot guarantee hotel rates or room availability,” \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/what-state-dept-can-cant-do-crisis.html\">the State Department’s website reads\u003c/a>. “Nor can we guarantee that immigration officials will allow you to stay in the country for any length of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government also emphasizes that \u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-beirut-lebanon-october-3-2024/\">people should only travel\u003c/a> to the airport when it is safe to do so and that the U.S. cannot guarantee travel within the country, like trying to drive to the airport. When leaving, people will likely have to fill out \u003ca href=\"https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds5528.PDF\">a form for evacuees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Who is eligible for assistance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government said it’s “\u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-beirut-lebanon-october-3-2024/\">able to assist U.S. citizens and their immediate family\u003c/a> traveling with them to depart the country. Immediate family members include spouses, children under 21 years old, and parents with a means to enter the United States or Schengen Area. We can also assist lawful permanent residents (LPRs) with valid green cards to depart Lebanon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if a family is mixed status, and includes non-U.S. citizens as well as citizens? In this case, Bitter said that a family should still get in touch through the crisis intake form, and the U.S. government can assist in blocking out seats on commercial carriers — like Lebanon’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mea.com.lb/\">Middle East Airlines\u003c/a> — that go to places that allow both U.S. citizens and Lebanese nationals. Families can also directly book such a flight themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bitter stressed that the U.S. embassy in Lebanon is still open and can assist with documentation needs like passport renewals. U.S. citizens can contact the embassy via email (\u003ca href=\"BeirutACS@state.gov\">BeirutACS@state.gov\u003c/a>) and by telephone: \u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/contact/#v429v-pills-2\">961-454-2600\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/contact/#v429v-pills-2\">961-454-3600\u003c/a>. Be aware that the embassy is not providing routine visa services during this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"financial\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Financial assistance with loans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some circumstances, the U.S. government can offer citizens a loan to help them leave a country, or navigate staying in it — and Bitter said the U.S. government is providing such loan assistance to citizens in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize that some may choose to stay,” Bitter said. “So we’ve been offering loans to those families just to help them get through these difficult times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To potentially receive loan assistance, Bitter said people can reach out \u003ca href=\"https://mytravel.state.gov/s/crisis-intake\">using the crisis intake form\u003c/a>, which is closely monitored. The U.S. embassy can also help with loan assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If one is not able to access the internet in Lebanon, Bitter said family members in the United States should fill it out on their behalf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even prior to the war, tickets within the Middle East or from the United States to Lebanon can be pricey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we make these loans to people, we’re not really inquiring too deeply on what they’re going to use them for,” Bitter said. “[They] can use them for medicine. They can use them to move within Lebanon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know some people have used them to buy seats on the commercial carriers as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fear in the Lebanese American community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/american-killed-lebanon-was-us-citizen-state-dept-says-2024-10-04/\">American citizen, Kamel Ahmad Jawad of Michigan\u003c/a>, was one of the hundreds killed in Lebanon over the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are honored by his sacrifice,” Jawad’s daughter Nadine, a Stanford alumna, wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DAotgeCRm7D/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA%3D%3D\">a statement on Instagram\u003c/a>. “In his last days, he chose to stay near the main hospital in Nabatieh to help the elderly, disabled, injured, and those who couldn’t financially afford to flee … he repeatedly told me we should not be scared because he is doing what he loves the most: helping others live in the land he loved the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/09/2020-census-dhc-a-mena-population.html\">the 2020 U.S. census\u003c/a>, there are over 320,000 American residents who are Lebanese, and they are the second-largest group \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/middle-eastern-north-african-census-category-rcna145621\">in the Middle Eastern North African community\u003c/a>, after Iranians. There are approximately 5,000 Lebanese Americans in the Bay Area, according to the West Coast’s Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford student MJ Azzi, who came to the United States six years ago, is one of them. Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">she told KQED\u003c/a> that she is in constant communication with her parents in Lebanon, who “are very scared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They say that whatever it is that they have been dreading to happen for the past many months is happening right now,” Azzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Elize Manoukian and Carly Severn contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The federal government is calling on U.S. citizens to evacuate Lebanon as soon as possible amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">fears of a more widespread regional war in the Middle East\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the most recent figures provided by the Lebanese health ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-10-10-2024-a5e53cdd4fca30be1909506b5c777922\">more than 2,000 people have now been killed in the country by Israeli strikes\u003c/a> since October 2023 — most of them during the last two weeks. Most recently, on Thursday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cr54lyg2j8zt\">an Israeli air attack hit a densely populated neighborhood\u003c/a> in Beirut, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-10-10-2024-a5e53cdd4fca30be1909506b5c777922\">killing 22 and wounding dozens\u003c/a>, and Israeli ground forces \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/10/israel-un-lebanon-border-peacekeepers-hezbollah/\">attacked United Nations peacekeepers\u003c/a> at three separate locations, according to the U.N. Approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/9/israeli-offensives-in-lebanon-and-gaza-kill-dozens-displace-millions\">1.2 million people have been displaced from their homes\u003c/a> in the country according to Lebanese officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/us-citizens-requesting-support-in-lebanon.html\">The U.S. Embassy states\u003c/a> that it “strongly encourages” U.S. citizens — especially those in Southern Lebanon, who are near the borders with Syria or who are in refugee settlements — to “depart those areas immediately.” According to an email from the U.S States Department, over 1,000 U.S. citizens and their eligible family members, plus U.S. legal permanent residents, have left Lebanon via 10 U.S.-organized flights since late September. Around 8,800 citizens and their family members have reached out to the State Department for assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Leave Lebanon now’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Sept. 30, Israel launched a ground invasion into Southern Lebanon it described as targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah. On Oct. 1, Iran launched a missile strike into Israel after earlier Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including exploding pager attacks in mid-September, which killed dozens and wounded thousands — attacks that Israel also said targeted Hezbollah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s latest attacks add to the continuing, escalating violence after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack in Israel that killed approximately 1,200 people and Israel’s subsequent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">yearlong siege of Gaza\u003c/a>, which has killed at least 41,000 people, resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/07/un-experts-declare-famine-has-spread-throughout-gaza-strip\">widespread famine\u003c/a> and displaced almost the entire population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We urge U.S. citizens to leave Lebanon now,” Rena Bitter, assistant secretary for consular affairs with the U.S. State Department, told KQED. While some U.S. citizens “may choose to stay,” Bitter said, it’s crucial that they nonetheless “make sure they have a valid passport and travel documents.” This will “keep them safe and make it just much easier for us to assist them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Embassy advises that people who choose to remain in Lebanon should “be prepared to shelter in place for an extended period.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government is also \u003ca href=\"https://travelmaps.state.gov/TSGMap/?extent=33.824429005,33.061855851,37.813883233,34.798142689\">asking Americans not to travel to Lebanon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a U.S. citizen in Lebanon — or know someone who is — keep reading for more information on what assistance the U.S. State Department is offering, from facilitating travel to providing financial aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#help\">Who can receive help from the U.S. government in leaving Lebanon?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#financial\">What financial assistance is available?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What assistance is available for U.S. citizens in Lebanon?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The State Department is providing departure and relocation assistance— but has not yet labeled it as \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/us-citizens-requesting-support-in-lebanon.html\">an “evacuation” on its disclaimers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to also consult \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/what-state-dept-can-cant-do-crisis.html\">the State Department’s update page as well as the State Department’s FAQ\u003c/a> for the latest information about what the U.S. government can do in a crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Travel out of Lebanon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Department’s Bitter stressed that U.S. citizens in the country should immediately fill out a \u003ca href=\"https://mytravel.state.gov/s/crisis-intake\">crisis intake form\u003c/a> on the State Department’s website, which acts as a request for assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bitter said the U.S. government is “working with commercial airlines to block seats for U.S. citizens to be able to depart,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.beirutairport.gov.lb/index.php?lang=en\">Commercial flights are still open in Lebanon\u003c/a>, Bitter said, and the U.S. government has made 4,000 seats available on flights out of Lebanon to U.S. citizens and their families since Sept. 27. Currently, “We really do have a lot of capacity left on those flights,” Bitter said. “Most of those flights that the U.S. government has organized are not full.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/what-state-dept-can-cant-do-crisis.html\">According to the State Department’s FAQ\u003c/a>, a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation is usually to “a neighboring country or a different part of the same country. This nearby safe location is rarely the United States.” The U.S. government has, however, \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-october-9-2024/\">not yet directly characterized\u003c/a> this assistance as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/us-middle-east-tensions-american-flights/3733059/?os=vb.&ref=app\">an evacuation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will do our best to provide you with information about hotel options [in the new location], but cannot guarantee hotel rates or room availability,” \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/emergencies/what-state-dept-can-cant-do-crisis.html\">the State Department’s website reads\u003c/a>. “Nor can we guarantee that immigration officials will allow you to stay in the country for any length of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government also emphasizes that \u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-beirut-lebanon-october-3-2024/\">people should only travel\u003c/a> to the airport when it is safe to do so and that the U.S. cannot guarantee travel within the country, like trying to drive to the airport. When leaving, people will likely have to fill out \u003ca href=\"https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds5528.PDF\">a form for evacuees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Who is eligible for assistance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government said it’s “\u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-beirut-lebanon-october-3-2024/\">able to assist U.S. citizens and their immediate family\u003c/a> traveling with them to depart the country. Immediate family members include spouses, children under 21 years old, and parents with a means to enter the United States or Schengen Area. We can also assist lawful permanent residents (LPRs) with valid green cards to depart Lebanon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if a family is mixed status, and includes non-U.S. citizens as well as citizens? In this case, Bitter said that a family should still get in touch through the crisis intake form, and the U.S. government can assist in blocking out seats on commercial carriers — like Lebanon’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mea.com.lb/\">Middle East Airlines\u003c/a> — that go to places that allow both U.S. citizens and Lebanese nationals. Families can also directly book such a flight themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bitter stressed that the U.S. embassy in Lebanon is still open and can assist with documentation needs like passport renewals. U.S. citizens can contact the embassy via email (\u003ca href=\"BeirutACS@state.gov\">BeirutACS@state.gov\u003c/a>) and by telephone: \u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/contact/#v429v-pills-2\">961-454-2600\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://lb.usembassy.gov/contact/#v429v-pills-2\">961-454-3600\u003c/a>. Be aware that the embassy is not providing routine visa services during this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"financial\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Financial assistance with loans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some circumstances, the U.S. government can offer citizens a loan to help them leave a country, or navigate staying in it — and Bitter said the U.S. government is providing such loan assistance to citizens in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize that some may choose to stay,” Bitter said. “So we’ve been offering loans to those families just to help them get through these difficult times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To potentially receive loan assistance, Bitter said people can reach out \u003ca href=\"https://mytravel.state.gov/s/crisis-intake\">using the crisis intake form\u003c/a>, which is closely monitored. The U.S. embassy can also help with loan assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If one is not able to access the internet in Lebanon, Bitter said family members in the United States should fill it out on their behalf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even prior to the war, tickets within the Middle East or from the United States to Lebanon can be pricey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we make these loans to people, we’re not really inquiring too deeply on what they’re going to use them for,” Bitter said. “[They] can use them for medicine. They can use them to move within Lebanon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know some people have used them to buy seats on the commercial carriers as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fear in the Lebanese American community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/american-killed-lebanon-was-us-citizen-state-dept-says-2024-10-04/\">American citizen, Kamel Ahmad Jawad of Michigan\u003c/a>, was one of the hundreds killed in Lebanon over the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are honored by his sacrifice,” Jawad’s daughter Nadine, a Stanford alumna, wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DAotgeCRm7D/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA%3D%3D\">a statement on Instagram\u003c/a>. “In his last days, he chose to stay near the main hospital in Nabatieh to help the elderly, disabled, injured, and those who couldn’t financially afford to flee … he repeatedly told me we should not be scared because he is doing what he loves the most: helping others live in the land he loved the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/09/2020-census-dhc-a-mena-population.html\">the 2020 U.S. census\u003c/a>, there are over 320,000 American residents who are Lebanese, and they are the second-largest group \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/middle-eastern-north-african-census-category-rcna145621\">in the Middle Eastern North African community\u003c/a>, after Iranians. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> held mandatory antisemitism training for staff at four high schools on Wednesday, but some educators chose to attend an alternative workshop due to concerns of bias from the district’s contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The training sessions led by the American Jewish Committee, initially scheduled for last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">were canceled\u003c/a> because parents and community groups expressed concern about the organization’s pro-Israel position. However, on Wednesday, the rescheduled sessions took place at George Washington High School, Galileo Academy of Science & Technology, Abraham Lincoln High School and Balboa High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD maintains that the training does not focus or take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, but organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace say that AJC’s materials are inherently political because the group advocates for the right of Israel to exist and defend itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re very biased in favor of Israel. They claim that legitimate criticism of Israel is antisemitism, and that is basically weaponizing the concept of antisemitism,” said Seth Morrison, a spokesperson for Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>JVP supported an alternative training option led by PARCEO, a social justice education institute that advocates say is unbiased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The curriculum is devoted to understanding antisemitism, both historically and currently, as well as understanding what antisemitism is, not and how false charges of antisemitism have been used to serve an anti-liberatory agenda,” Donna Nevel, PARCEO’s co-director, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12003864 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty1-1020x685.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PARCEO virtual training was held at the same time as the AJC workshop, forcing educators to choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers’ union, United Educators of San Francisco, said it would support any educator who decided to forgo the mandatory training in favor of PARCEO’s, according to a union email sent to educators at George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia David, a teacher at George Washington, said she would want any bias training to come from the group that experiences that bias. She added that JVP, an anti-Zionist organization, represents a “fringe group” that doesn’t advocate for the majority of Jewish Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The emphasis on AJC’s political positions over its capacity to provide education on antisemitism discourages important learning opportunities for all educators,” David said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both \u003ca href=\"https://www.ajc.org/PublicSchoolAdministratorsActionPlan\">AJC\u003c/a> and PARCEO declined to share their training materials. However, both organizations have curriculum summaries \u003ca href=\"https://www.antisemitismcurriculum.org/copy-of-curriculum-1\">available online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main point of contention appears to be the definition of antisemitism in the first place — and whether anti-Zionism falls under that umbrella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AJC stands by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, which includes “the denial of Israel’s right to exist.” Meanwhile, the curriculum on PARCEO’s website states that it explores how “criticism of Israel has been falsely equated with antisemitism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely authentic for an individual to be able to say for themselves that they define their Judaism or antisemitism in a certain way,” AJC Northern California regional director Seth Brysk said. “But it’s not authentic for someone to say that they speak on behalf of an entire community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both groups agree that it should be possible to conduct a training program on antisemitism without discussing the escalating conflict in Israel and Palestine in the wake of Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD has seen an uptick in antisemitic and Islamaphobic incidents at its schools since Hamas attacked Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. David said the district also plans to host an anti-Islamophobia training in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:25 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A walkout at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/uc-berkeley\">UC Berkeley\u003c/a> in support of the Palestinian people, one year into the deadly siege that followed Hamas’ surprise attacks in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/israel\">Israel\u003c/a> last October, grew tense on Tuesday afternoon amid a standoff with pro-Israel counterprotesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As hundreds of people gathered at Sproul Plaza, the site of last school year’s pro-Palestinian encampment, a group of about half a dozen counterprotesters draped in Israeli flags walked across the steps behind the speakers and started shouting things like, “Bring them home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the pro-Palestinian protesters formed a circle around them, and both sides shouted at each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the tense mood, students like Yousuf Abubakr of Students for Justice in Palestine were undeterred. He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; still more bombs are being sent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008656\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008656 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Singh (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaker Omar Zahzah told the demonstrators that enough was enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are here because we feel the connection because we’re suffering through the connections,” Zahzah said. “So long as they keep putting money towards genocide, we say no. We are here to do a critical education project where all of us are united as students and as teachers and as people embodying multiple roles. And this work that we’re starting today on Oct. 8 is just the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFSU student Rithik Hemanth came to support the Students for Gaza picket, in part because he sees conditions for Palestinians and students on campus as connected. He cited Gov. 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He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; 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According to Lebanon’s health ministry, over \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-02-2024-7d93f71b7894177b4f9c303671ee55de\">1,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes\u003c/a> so far in the past two weeks — and this week, Israel started \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/g-s1-25657/israel-ground-offensive-lebanon\">a ground offensive\u003c/a> in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amaani Cassim marches in downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The death tolls of the last year have been staggering. But for people like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997602/in-an-oceanside-town-a-woman-fights-for-her-familys-survival-in-gaza\">Rolla Alaydi of Pacific Grove\u003c/a>, they go far beyond numbers. Her family members have been killed in Gaza, including her cousin Mohammad and aunt Zainab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi has spent every day this past year in complete terror, waiting to see what will happen to the rest of her family back home. She said she fears them being forgotten entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a nightmare every night,” she told KQED. “I woke up in the middle of the night crying. Just the image of them being killed or bombed or being starved to death — it’s just haunting me every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1920x1306.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi holds a Palestinian flag at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Rolla traveled to Egypt in April to help her 21 family members escape Gaza but had to travel back to California without them when Israel’s attack on Rafah began and the border closed. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the siege of Gaza, more than 100 hostages have been released or rescued. Six hostages have died, some killed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-high-probability-its-own-airstrike-killed-3-hostages-in-gaza-last-november#:~:text=gaza%2Dlast%2Dnovember-,Israel%20says%20'high%20probability'%20its%20own%20airstrike%20killed%203,hostages%20in%20Gaza%20last%20November&text=JERUSALEM%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20On%20Sunday,killed%20in%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike.\">Israeli airstrikes\u003c/a>. One of the hostages killed was 23-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002709/israeli-demonstrators-demand-cease-fire-after-6-hostages-including-berkeley-native-die-in-gaza\">Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin\u003c/a>. Tens of thousands of people attended \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hersh-goldberg-polin-israel-palestinians-gaza-hostages-0be443e7ce616cbce3f2cb984e7971ca\">his funeral in Jerusalem\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, Oakland Rabbi Julie Bressler of Temple Sinai quoted the words of Goldberg-Polin’s mother at the Democratic National Convention: \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18604/hersh-goldberg-polin-oct-7-hostages-democratic-national-convention#:~:text=%22There%20is%20a%20surplus%20of,no%20winners%2C%22%20Polin%20said.\">“In a competition of pain, there are no winners.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s true. No one’s winning,” Bressler said. “And so, how do we get that message out there?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here is an abridged compilation of KQED’s reporting and features from the past year and how the Oct. 7 attacks and the subsequent siege of Gaza have impacted Bay Area communities — from politics to the arts world to campus life.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Politics\">Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Community\">Community\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Campuslife\">Campus life\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SiliconValley\">Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Arts\">Arts\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Highway Patrol officers ask for people to disperse after demonstrators shut down the southbound lanes of I-880 on the morning of April 15, 2024, in West Oakland. The protesters, engaging in a multicity ‘economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine,’ marched from the West Oakland BART station to the 7th Street on-ramp and onto the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Politics\">\u003c/a>On politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In this past year, Israel’s bombardment — and the resulting destruction that \u003ca href=\"https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147976\">human rights experts \u003c/a>said in March provides “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza — has sparked protests demanding a cease-fire around the world, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3754718/supplemental-bill-becomes-law-provides-billions-in-aid-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan/\">the United States’\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-has-secured-87-billion-us-aid-package-2024-09-26/\">substantial aid\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/10/us-to-send-3-5bn-more-in-military-aid-to-israel-amid-war-on-gaza\">to Israel\u003c/a> became part of the national discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">bridges\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976328/protesters-briefly-block-highway-101-in-sf-call-for-end-to-war-in-gaza\">highways\u003c/a> were blocked, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-entrances-to-lockheed-martin-facility-in-sunnyvale/\">weapons manufacturers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988170/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-chevron-headquarters-in-san-ramon\">oil companies\u003c/a> were protested, and presidential candidates were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999777/vice-president-kamala-harris-makes-fundraising-stop-in-san-francisco-amid-protests\"> shunned\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">Some protesters were arrested and charged\u003c/a>, which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">worried some First Amendment advocates and experts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Aug. 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000881/attorneys-for-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-demand-das-recusal-alleging-pro-israel-bias\">Attorneys for Golden Gate Bridge Protesters Demand DA’s Recusal, Alleging Pro-Israel Bias\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Mohammad Subeh, a physician and South Bay resident with Palestinian heritage\u003c/a> and many others, the conflict started “76 years ago in 1948” with the Nakba, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176097958/un-nakba-day-explained-anniversary-palestine-israel\">Palestinians were displaced and expelled\u003c/a> from their homes during \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1000247156\">the establishment of Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Hope and Loss in Gaza: A Bay Area Doctor Reflects on His Aid Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the past months, he said he has noticed that “people have come to question the role the United States plays in the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because we oftentimes hear that [America is] there to establish justice and promote freedom and peace,” he said. “And unfortunately, the Bay Area community specifically — and the U.S. at large — has witnessed a complete polar opposite in terms of action in the past 12 months, as it relates to where we stand in funding a lot of the atrocities experienced by the Palestinian people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-us-israel-relationship-actually-works\">support\u003c/a> of Israel \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/30/uncommitted-voters-gaza-election-michigan-harris-trump\">soured many Democrat voters\u003c/a> — particularly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13959370/for-these-young-latino-voters-its-neither-biden-nor-trump\">young Bay Area voters\u003c/a>. A\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#vote-ceasefire-group-urges-california-voters-to-signal-gaza-support-through-ballot\"> coordinated effort to write-in “Ceasefire”\u003c/a> in primary elections spread in the country in early March (although its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979450/how-many-californians-wrote-ceasefire-on-the-primary-ballot-its-complicated\">impact in California was hazy\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 15: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">How Pro-Israel AIPAC Influences U.S. Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After Biden exited the race, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997961/an-opportunity-how-do-pro-palestinian-advocates-feel-about-a-kamala-harris-candidacy\">seemed promising to some pro-Palestinian advocates\u003c/a> for her apparent sympathy for the plight of Palestinians. However, that took a turn at the Democratic National Convention, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5086924/the-dnc-didnt-let-a-palestinian-american-speak-the-uncommitted-movement-took-note\">a Palestinian American delegate was barred from speaking\u003c/a>, and Harris expressed her commitment to having the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/politics/kamala-harris-speech-transcript.html\">“strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world”\u003c/a> in her speech — a contrast to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">anti-war sentiment popular among young voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif., on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a Gallup poll this summer, \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/646955/disapproval-israeli-action-gaza-eases-slightly.aspx\">77% of Democrat voters\u003c/a> said they disapproved of Israel’s military action in Gaza, and for some young activists in the Bay Area, U.S. support of Israel is a heavy factor in their choice to vote at all in local or national elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992686/climate-voters-grapple-with-ethical-dilemma-in-californias-district-13-race\">Climate Voters Grapple With Ethical Dilemma in California’s District 13 Race\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">Young Voters Seek More From Harris on Climate Action and a Cease-Fire in Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Officials and residents of Bay Area communities disagreed over official expressions of support for Palestinians or Israelis, leading to passionate arguments breaking out during city council meetings. When San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">became the largest city to pass a resolution supporting a cease-fire\u003c/a>, Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LondonBreed/status/1748518517442584655/photo/1\">condemned\u003c/a> the move — but did not veto it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 6, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966385/californias-only-palestinian-american-elected-official-speaks-out-on-the-war-in-gaza\">The Bay Area’s Only Palestinian-American Elected Official Speaks Out On the War in Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nov. 27, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland City Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution Demanding Gaza Cease-fire\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan. 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">San Francisco Becomes Largest City in US to Approve Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks to supporters alongside Supervisor Hillary Ronen after a vote in favor of a resolution that urges the Biden administration and Congress to support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War at City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In early May, House Republicans held a series of hearings of how K–12 school districts were handling antisemitism in the midst of the ongoing war, calling in the superintendent of Berkeley schools to testify. (Democrats had \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">questioned Republicans’ political motives\u003c/a> for the hearings, as former President Donald Trump has shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">laxness around antisemitic speech\u003c/a> in the past.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985234/berkeley-schools-chief-set-to-testify-at-congressional-hearing-on-antisemitism\">Berkeley Schools Chief Set to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985335/berkeley-schools-chief-rejects-allegations-of-pervasive-antisemitism-in-capitol-hill-testimony\">Berkeley Schools Chief Rejects Allegations of ‘Pervasive’ Antisemitism in Capitol Hill Testimony\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 9: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905676/house-gop-targets-berkeley-schools-in-antisemitism-hearing\">House GOP Targets Berkeley Schools in Antisemitism Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Davila (right) faces off with a counterprotester at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Cease-fire demonstrators and Former President Trump supporters rallied at the same park. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Community\">\u003c/a>On community\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing violence and war have deeply struck Bay Area communities with ties to either Israel or Gaza — and how they can find ways to relate to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bressler, the Oakland rabbi, said Temple Sinai even held spaces for people to have difficult conversations around the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have places for folks with lots of different beliefs, including folks who want to be in a space with folks they agree with, and we honor that. Places to have those conversations,” she said in an interview with KQED. “A lot’s happening behind closed doors and in personal relationships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she said while Israel is “a very special place and idea” to her, she wanted the non-Jewish world and “especially those who are really connected to this conflict” to know that “this is not what Judaism is. Not only this. And we are so much more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 1, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967916/it-is-possible-to-love-people-and-disagree-for-these-two-friends-hard-conversations-are-key-right-now\">‘It is Possible to Love People and Disagree’: For These Two Friends, Hard Conversations Are Key Right Now\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Communities also formed to show support for Gaza — like Mama for a Free Palestine, a collective of Bay Area mothers, stating that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mamas_4_afreepalestine/?hl=en\">“mother’s love transcends borders.”\u003c/a> According to mid-August figures from the Gazan health ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/israel-kills-more-than-40000-palestinians-in-gaza-16456-of-them-children#:~:text=Israel's%20relentless%20war%20on%20Gaza,children%20and%20over%2011%2C000%20women.\">around 16,400 children\u003c/a> have been killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moon rises over a crowd of hundreds of members of the Palestinian community and pro-Palestinian supporters during a candlelight vigil to honor lives lost in Gaza in the past week at Dolores Park in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groups also challenged each other: Pro-Palestinian queer artists called upon prominent San Francisco LGBTQ+ groups to speak about the siege of Gaza and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">pinkwashing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 13, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">‘This Is Resistance’: Queer Palestinian Artists and Activists in the Bay Area Are Speaking Out\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978744/were-all-hurting-for-bay-area-muslim-leaders-gaza-is-ever-present-during-ramadan-2024\">‘We’re All Hurting’: For Bay Area Muslim Leaders, Gaza Is Ever-Present During Ramadan 2024\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954260/editing-mamas-for-a-free-palestine-safety-doesnt-come-from-bombs\">Mamas for a Free Palestine: Safety Doesn’t Come From Bombs\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Papermaster demonstrates in front of Coit Tower to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Lebanese American community — of which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">there are 5,000 people\u003c/a> according to the West Coast’s Honorary Consulate of Lebanon — has been seized with anxiety and worry over the Israeli attacks this week. Stanford student MJ Azzi, who came to the United States six years ago, is in constant communication with her parents in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very scared,” Azzi told KQED in late September. “They say that whatever it is that they have been dreading to happen for the past many months is happening right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">Bay Area Lebanese Community Unites Amid Growing ‘Sense of Doom’ as Israeli Strikes Mount\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007749\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007749\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators with If Not Now call for a cease-fire in Gaza and hang a 60-foot-long banner from Coit Tower in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Campuslife\">\u003c/a>On campus life\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the largest ripple effects of Israel’s war on Gaza on American life has been the dramatic response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">student protests on college campuses\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks before graduation, Bay Area activists — composed of college students, alumni, faculty, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986910/uc-santa-cruz-academic-workers-strike-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-protesters\">staff\u003c/a> — joined a nationwide movement and set up encampments at numerous colleges and universities to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984140/growing-protests-over-the-israel-hamas-war-puts-spotlight-on-college-endowments\">demand their schools\u003c/a> divest from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">financial ties to Israel and its military\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">Photos: Campus Protests Grow Across Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SecondGentleman/status/1726997317356523998\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Responses by colleges and universities across the state garnered more headlines. Many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">administrations threatened suspension\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984094/usc-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony-amid-ongoing-gaza-protests\">canceled graduation ceremonies\u003c/a>, and sent in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984762/ucs-campus-safety-plan-under-fire-as-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\">officers to roughly break up rallies\u003c/a> — echoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">history and past responses to student anti-war activism\u003c/a>. Academics have reported also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">feeling the pressure of the administration\u003c/a> to curb their thoughts on Gaza — with many noting that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-frequently-makes-claims-of-antisemitism-critics-say-hes-deflecting-blame\">criticisms of Israel are conflated with antisemitism\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malak Afaneh, a Berkeley Law 3rd year student and co-president of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982697/confrontation-at-uc-berkeley-law-school-deans-home-highlights-campus-tensions\">Confrontation at UC Berkeley Law School Dean’s Home Highlights Campus Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 30: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">What’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985245/uc-berkeley-opens-civil-rights-investigation-into-confrontation-at-deans-home\">UC Berkeley Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Confrontation at Dean’s Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984904/the-student-journalists-covering-pro-palestine-protests-on-college-campuses\">The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests on College Campuses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989520/stanford-student-newspaper-editors-call-for-charges-against-reporter-to-be-dropped\">Stanford Student Newspaper Editors Call for Charges Against Reporter to Be Dropped\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“I think that we really are at a moment that feels historic in a way that student organizing hasn’t in quite a few years,” Angus Johnston, a historian and advocate of American student movements, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">KQED’s Forum in April\u003c/a>. “It really was not until Columbia’s crackdown that we saw this explosion of defiance on campuses, whose number is increasing every single day at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That is a pace of acceleration that we haven’t seen in a very, very long time,” said Johnston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984403/sfsu-pro-palestinian-encampment-established-as-students-rally-for-divestment\">SFSU Pro-Palestinian Encampment Established as Students Rally for Divestment\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978998/uc-berkeley-jewish-community-members-march-on-campus-amid-rising-tensions\">UC Berkeley Jewish Community Members March on Campus Amid Rising Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 16: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986574/sonoma-state-universitys-deal-with-student-protesters-in-limbo-after-presidents-removal\">Sonoma State University’s Deal With Student Protesters in Limbo After President’s Removal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987577/usf-suspends-15-pro-palestinian-student-protesters-after-encampment-is-disbanded\">USF Suspends 22 Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters After Encampment Is Disbanded\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993676/suspect-in-firebombing-of-uc-berkeley-police-vehicle-could-face-20-years-in-prison\">Suspect Used Molotov Cocktails to Torch UC Berkeley Police Car, Feds Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 19: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000770/uc-president-orders-new-rules-on-encampments-masks-as-students-return-to-school\">UC President Orders New Rules on Encampments, Masks as Students Return to School\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">Student Organizers Are Shifting Tactics as Universities Impose New Restrictions on Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">San Francisco State Divests From Weapons Makers After Working With Student Activists\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003439/a-ucsf-student-advocate-spoke-up-for-faculty-of-color-then-she-was-fired\">A UCSF Student Advocate Spoke Up for Faculty of Color. Then She Was Fired\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 10: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">UC Santa Cruz Students, Professor Sue Over Campus Bans After Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003861/uc-berkeley-launches-new-palestinian-studies-program-this-fall\">UC Berkeley Launches New Palestinian Studies Program This Fall\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005030/sfpd-deployed-to-8-campus-protests-including-2-major-incidents-outside-the-bay-area\">SFPD Deployed to 8 Campus Protests, Including 2 Major Incidents Outside the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005195/stanfords-new-protest-policies-ban-tents-overnight-require-students-to-remove-masks-when-asked\">Stanford’s New Protest Policies Ban Tents Overnight, Require Students to Remove Masks When Asked\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 27: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">UC Santa Cruz Campus Bans for Protesters Are ‘Fundamentally Unfair,’ Lawyers Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students hold up homemade signs and shirts to protest against UC Berkeley during the 2024 commencement ceremony at the California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"SiliconValley\">\u003c/a>On Silicon Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israel and its military have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">many connections to the tech world\u003c/a> in the Bay Area, which activists have rallied against for the past year. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971467/protesting-project-nimbus-what-rights-do-silicon-valley-employees-have\">Tech workers in Silicon Valley\u003c/a> have also been part of this pressure and said they have been \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/googleopenletter-868f0c4477db\">retaliated against for showing support for Palestinians\u003c/a> and specifically for speaking out against Google’s Project Nimbus, a seven-year, $1.2 billion contract with Amazon and the Israeli government and military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 14, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969898/protesters-outside-google-in-san-francisco-call-for-immediate-end-to-project-nimbus\">Protesters Outside Google in San Francisco Call for Immediate End to ‘Project Nimbus’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 10, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">Divestment from Israeli Tech Is a Tall Order for Silicon Valley. Here’s Why\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986136/demonstrators-rally-outside-google-conference-call-for-end-to-israel-contracts\">Demonstrators Rally Outside Google Conference, Call for End to Israel Contracts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 20, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986743/the-tech-employees-who-want-to-sever-silicon-valleys-deep-ties-with-israel\">The Tech Employees Who Want to Sever Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather outside Google offices in downtown San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023, to call for an immediate end to ‘Project Nimbus,’ Google’s billion-dollar cloud computing project with the Israeli government. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the online world, social media has been a double-edged sword in the past year. Immediately after Oct. 7 and amid the ongoing siege of Gaza, hate-speech watchers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965403/social-media-companies-get-big-fat-f-in-moderating-israel-hamas-war-content-say-hate-speech-watchers\">critics slammed social media\u003c/a> companies like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook for not controlling the surge of misinformation seen on its platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Oct. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965186/on-x-false-information-about-the-israel-hamas-war-is-spreading\">On X, Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas War Is Spreading\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Americans have unprecedented access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war\">the first-person view\u003c/a> from Gazans amid the siege. Through social media like TikTok and Instagram, even despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and\">alleged censorship\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-translation/\">biases\u003c/a>, people across the U.S. and the world have been tuned into the lives of Palestinians they follow, such as journalists \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-journalism-fa34150f2930bd502b4baf5fd1af2322\">Plestia Alaqad\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/gaza-nine-year-old-journalist-contd-sn-cn-orig.cnn\">9-year-old Lama Jamous\u003c/a> and Bisan Owda, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/26/palestinian-journalist-bisan-owda-and-aj-win-emmy-for-gaza-war-documentary\">recently won an Emmy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jan. 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985952/how-to-support-your-mental-health-amidst-vicarious-trauma-and-war\">How to Protect Your Mental Health When Viewing War on Social Media\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Arts\">\u003c/a>On the arts world\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Artists in the Bay Area displayed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13940282/artists-against-genocide-counterpulse\">an overwhelming amount\u003c/a> of support for Palestinians, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955463/indigenous-artists-oakland-to-palestine\">Indigenous artists selling their work\u003c/a> to raise emergency funds to a fundraiser that raised \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937219/bay-area-artists-palestinian-childrens-relief-fund-continental-club\">thousands of dollars for Gazan children\u003c/a> to creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13962355/habibi-palestinian-ceramics-keffiyeh-reems-port-of-mokha-campbell\">keffiyeh-inspired decorations\u003c/a> for Bay Area restaurants and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993183/ramzi-salti-champions-indie-arab-musicians-with-arabology-podcast\">reciting poems by Palestinian poets on radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, like students, many artists also mobilized to put pressure on Bay Area cultural institutions to express solidarity with Gaza. Last November, over 400 Bay Area artists — including San Francisco favorites like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963789/la-dona-los-altos-de-la-soledad\">singer La Doña\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">signed a letter that stated an intent to turn down collaboration\u003c/a> with Israeli institutions. In June, several drag artists said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990430/why-these-queer-pro-palestinian-advocates-are-calling-for-a-boycott-of-sf-pride\">they would not perform at San Francisco Pride\u003c/a> events due in part to some of the parade’s corporate sponsors’ ties to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley students at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the largest impacts in the arts scene was at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood after artists altered their own work during an event with pro-Palestinian messages in early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Feb. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952460/artists-deface-work-ybca-pro-palestine-protest\">Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feb. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953032/ybca-pro-palestinian-artist-protest-censorship-allegations-boycott\">YBCA Gallery Remains Closed; Pro-Palestinian Artists Claim Censorship\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953653/ybca-ceo-resigns-after-pro-palestinian-protest-and-boycott\">YBCA CEO Resigns After Pro-Palestinian Protest and Boycott\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954119/an-embattled-ybca-to-reopen-amid-censorship-accusations-ceos-resignation\">An Embattled YBCA to Reopen Amid Censorship Accusations, CEO’s Resignation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955613/pro-palestinian-jewish-artists-withdraw-from-contemporary-jewish-museum-exhibit\">Pro-Palestinian Jewish Artists Withdraw from Contemporary Jewish Museum Exhibit\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956575/sfmoma-workers-open-letter-palestinians-gaza-pacbi\">SFMOMA Workers Urge the Museum to Support Palestinians in an Open Letter\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sammy Obeid, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, outside his home in Fremont on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fremont resident Sammy Obeid is the co-host of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightsemites/\">Friday Night Semites podcast\u003c/a>, which he runs with Oakland-based Jewish comedian Josh Healey. Obeid said that as an American, Palestinian and Lebanese comedian, he feels he has a lot to say. And his work as a comedian has been able to bring levity to pro-Palestinian activists “who are very, very emotionally involved in the issue and have seen the horrific images and videos over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They feel solace in my stand-up because I am conscious of that and what I’m saying,” he said. “They also tell me that they find comfort in what I’m doing — giving hope and giving reassurance, which I do feel is motivating for people who are active.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007725\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Healey, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, at his home in Oakland on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The next year\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At this one-year mark, nobody knows what will happen in the next 24 hours, let alone “what next year will bring,” said South Bay physician Subeh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the type of terrifying uncertainty Pacific Grove’s Alaydi knows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">all too well\u003c/a>. For her, this news is not far away or hypothetical — she still has brothers, nieces, and nephews in Gaza, and, as the family’s only American citizen, they need her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just to imagine that after this year, they would be even able to survive,” she said through tears. “Because every day, I’m giving myself hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept.18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005005/its-just-killing-me-the-palestinian-americans-trying-to-get-family-out-of-gaza\">‘It’s Just Killing Me’: The Palestinian Americans Trying to Get Family Out of Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But despite it all, Alaydi said she found solace in her community and her neighbors of Monterey County, who have supported her this past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a tough year, and I lost so many of my family,” she said. “But I still believe in humanity. I’m going to have hope. I’m not going to give up. I’m going to keep speaking up and calling for the cease-fire and calling for the end of this genocide because this is not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Annelise Finney, Lakshmi Sarah, Rachael Vasquez, Nastia Voynovskaya, Rachael Myrow, Marisol Medina-Cadena, Elize Manoukian and Alexis Madrigal contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The radio segment was reported by KQED’s Annelise Finney, Nisa Khan, Juan Carlos Lara and Lakshmi Sarah. It was edited by Rachael Vasquez, Annelise Finney and Ted Goldberg. Mixing by Christopher Beale and Jim Bennett. Scoring by Christopher Beale.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">M\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>onday marks one year since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants launched a cross-border attack into Southern Israel — killing more than 1,200 people and taking approximately 240 hostages, according to the Israeli government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after, Israel began its continuing, unrelenting assault on Gaza, which has now killed more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">41,600 Palestinians\u003c/a>, according to Gaza health officials — a number that is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-how-many-palestinians-has-israels-campaign-killed-2024-07-25/\">likely an undercount\u003c/a>, according to U.N. human rights officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 96,000 Palestinians have been injured and 1.9 million — almost the entire population of Gaza — have been completely displaced, with more than 70,000 housing units destroyed. With Israeli \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981650/world-central-kitchen-has-fed-crisis-zones-for-years-including-in-california\">attacks killing aid workers\u003c/a> and destroying hospitals, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation has unfolded in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And ahead of the Oct. 7 mark, fears of a more widespread regional war have taken hold after Iran \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/nx-s1-5135646/iran-missile-strike-israel-appears-to-hit-some-targets\">launched a missile strike\u003c/a> on Oct. 1 into Israel in reprisal for Israeli attacks into Lebanon against Iran-backed Hezbollah. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, over \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-02-2024-7d93f71b7894177b4f9c303671ee55de\">1,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes\u003c/a> so far in the past two weeks — and this week, Israel started \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/g-s1-25657/israel-ground-offensive-lebanon\">a ground offensive\u003c/a> in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amaani Cassim marches in downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The death tolls of the last year have been staggering. But for people like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997602/in-an-oceanside-town-a-woman-fights-for-her-familys-survival-in-gaza\">Rolla Alaydi of Pacific Grove\u003c/a>, they go far beyond numbers. Her family members have been killed in Gaza, including her cousin Mohammad and aunt Zainab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi has spent every day this past year in complete terror, waiting to see what will happen to the rest of her family back home. She said she fears them being forgotten entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a nightmare every night,” she told KQED. “I woke up in the middle of the night crying. Just the image of them being killed or bombed or being starved to death — it’s just haunting me every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1920x1306.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi holds a Palestinian flag at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Rolla traveled to Egypt in April to help her 21 family members escape Gaza but had to travel back to California without them when Israel’s attack on Rafah began and the border closed. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the siege of Gaza, more than 100 hostages have been released or rescued. Six hostages have died, some killed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-high-probability-its-own-airstrike-killed-3-hostages-in-gaza-last-november#:~:text=gaza%2Dlast%2Dnovember-,Israel%20says%20'high%20probability'%20its%20own%20airstrike%20killed%203,hostages%20in%20Gaza%20last%20November&text=JERUSALEM%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20On%20Sunday,killed%20in%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike.\">Israeli airstrikes\u003c/a>. One of the hostages killed was 23-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002709/israeli-demonstrators-demand-cease-fire-after-6-hostages-including-berkeley-native-die-in-gaza\">Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin\u003c/a>. Tens of thousands of people attended \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hersh-goldberg-polin-israel-palestinians-gaza-hostages-0be443e7ce616cbce3f2cb984e7971ca\">his funeral in Jerusalem\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, Oakland Rabbi Julie Bressler of Temple Sinai quoted the words of Goldberg-Polin’s mother at the Democratic National Convention: \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18604/hersh-goldberg-polin-oct-7-hostages-democratic-national-convention#:~:text=%22There%20is%20a%20surplus%20of,no%20winners%2C%22%20Polin%20said.\">“In a competition of pain, there are no winners.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s true. No one’s winning,” Bressler said. “And so, how do we get that message out there?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here is an abridged compilation of KQED’s reporting and features from the past year and how the Oct. 7 attacks and the subsequent siege of Gaza have impacted Bay Area communities — from politics to the arts world to campus life.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Politics\">Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Community\">Community\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Campuslife\">Campus life\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SiliconValley\">Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Arts\">Arts\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Highway Patrol officers ask for people to disperse after demonstrators shut down the southbound lanes of I-880 on the morning of April 15, 2024, in West Oakland. The protesters, engaging in a multicity ‘economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine,’ marched from the West Oakland BART station to the 7th Street on-ramp and onto the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Politics\">\u003c/a>On politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In this past year, Israel’s bombardment — and the resulting destruction that \u003ca href=\"https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147976\">human rights experts \u003c/a>said in March provides “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza — has sparked protests demanding a cease-fire around the world, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3754718/supplemental-bill-becomes-law-provides-billions-in-aid-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan/\">the United States’\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-has-secured-87-billion-us-aid-package-2024-09-26/\">substantial aid\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/10/us-to-send-3-5bn-more-in-military-aid-to-israel-amid-war-on-gaza\">to Israel\u003c/a> became part of the national discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">bridges\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976328/protesters-briefly-block-highway-101-in-sf-call-for-end-to-war-in-gaza\">highways\u003c/a> were blocked, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-entrances-to-lockheed-martin-facility-in-sunnyvale/\">weapons manufacturers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988170/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-chevron-headquarters-in-san-ramon\">oil companies\u003c/a> were protested, and presidential candidates were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999777/vice-president-kamala-harris-makes-fundraising-stop-in-san-francisco-amid-protests\"> shunned\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">Some protesters were arrested and charged\u003c/a>, which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">worried some First Amendment advocates and experts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Aug. 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000881/attorneys-for-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-demand-das-recusal-alleging-pro-israel-bias\">Attorneys for Golden Gate Bridge Protesters Demand DA’s Recusal, Alleging Pro-Israel Bias\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Mohammad Subeh, a physician and South Bay resident with Palestinian heritage\u003c/a> and many others, the conflict started “76 years ago in 1948” with the Nakba, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176097958/un-nakba-day-explained-anniversary-palestine-israel\">Palestinians were displaced and expelled\u003c/a> from their homes during \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1000247156\">the establishment of Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Hope and Loss in Gaza: A Bay Area Doctor Reflects on His Aid Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the past months, he said he has noticed that “people have come to question the role the United States plays in the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because we oftentimes hear that [America is] there to establish justice and promote freedom and peace,” he said. “And unfortunately, the Bay Area community specifically — and the U.S. at large — has witnessed a complete polar opposite in terms of action in the past 12 months, as it relates to where we stand in funding a lot of the atrocities experienced by the Palestinian people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-us-israel-relationship-actually-works\">support\u003c/a> of Israel \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/30/uncommitted-voters-gaza-election-michigan-harris-trump\">soured many Democrat voters\u003c/a> — particularly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13959370/for-these-young-latino-voters-its-neither-biden-nor-trump\">young Bay Area voters\u003c/a>. A\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#vote-ceasefire-group-urges-california-voters-to-signal-gaza-support-through-ballot\"> coordinated effort to write-in “Ceasefire”\u003c/a> in primary elections spread in the country in early March (although its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979450/how-many-californians-wrote-ceasefire-on-the-primary-ballot-its-complicated\">impact in California was hazy\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 15: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">How Pro-Israel AIPAC Influences U.S. Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After Biden exited the race, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997961/an-opportunity-how-do-pro-palestinian-advocates-feel-about-a-kamala-harris-candidacy\">seemed promising to some pro-Palestinian advocates\u003c/a> for her apparent sympathy for the plight of Palestinians. However, that took a turn at the Democratic National Convention, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5086924/the-dnc-didnt-let-a-palestinian-american-speak-the-uncommitted-movement-took-note\">a Palestinian American delegate was barred from speaking\u003c/a>, and Harris expressed her commitment to having the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/politics/kamala-harris-speech-transcript.html\">“strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world”\u003c/a> in her speech — a contrast to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">anti-war sentiment popular among young voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif., on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a Gallup poll this summer, \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/646955/disapproval-israeli-action-gaza-eases-slightly.aspx\">77% of Democrat voters\u003c/a> said they disapproved of Israel’s military action in Gaza, and for some young activists in the Bay Area, U.S. support of Israel is a heavy factor in their choice to vote at all in local or national elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992686/climate-voters-grapple-with-ethical-dilemma-in-californias-district-13-race\">Climate Voters Grapple With Ethical Dilemma in California’s District 13 Race\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">Young Voters Seek More From Harris on Climate Action and a Cease-Fire in Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Officials and residents of Bay Area communities disagreed over official expressions of support for Palestinians or Israelis, leading to passionate arguments breaking out during city council meetings. When San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">became the largest city to pass a resolution supporting a cease-fire\u003c/a>, Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LondonBreed/status/1748518517442584655/photo/1\">condemned\u003c/a> the move — but did not veto it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 6, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966385/californias-only-palestinian-american-elected-official-speaks-out-on-the-war-in-gaza\">The Bay Area’s Only Palestinian-American Elected Official Speaks Out On the War in Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nov. 27, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland City Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution Demanding Gaza Cease-fire\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan. 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">San Francisco Becomes Largest City in US to Approve Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks to supporters alongside Supervisor Hillary Ronen after a vote in favor of a resolution that urges the Biden administration and Congress to support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War at City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In early May, House Republicans held a series of hearings of how K–12 school districts were handling antisemitism in the midst of the ongoing war, calling in the superintendent of Berkeley schools to testify. (Democrats had \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">questioned Republicans’ political motives\u003c/a> for the hearings, as former President Donald Trump has shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">laxness around antisemitic speech\u003c/a> in the past.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985234/berkeley-schools-chief-set-to-testify-at-congressional-hearing-on-antisemitism\">Berkeley Schools Chief Set to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985335/berkeley-schools-chief-rejects-allegations-of-pervasive-antisemitism-in-capitol-hill-testimony\">Berkeley Schools Chief Rejects Allegations of ‘Pervasive’ Antisemitism in Capitol Hill Testimony\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 9: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905676/house-gop-targets-berkeley-schools-in-antisemitism-hearing\">House GOP Targets Berkeley Schools in Antisemitism Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Davila (right) faces off with a counterprotester at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Cease-fire demonstrators and Former President Trump supporters rallied at the same park. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Community\">\u003c/a>On community\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing violence and war have deeply struck Bay Area communities with ties to either Israel or Gaza — and how they can find ways to relate to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bressler, the Oakland rabbi, said Temple Sinai even held spaces for people to have difficult conversations around the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have places for folks with lots of different beliefs, including folks who want to be in a space with folks they agree with, and we honor that. Places to have those conversations,” she said in an interview with KQED. “A lot’s happening behind closed doors and in personal relationships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And we are so much more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 1, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967916/it-is-possible-to-love-people-and-disagree-for-these-two-friends-hard-conversations-are-key-right-now\">‘It is Possible to Love People and Disagree’: For These Two Friends, Hard Conversations Are Key Right Now\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Communities also formed to show support for Gaza — like Mama for a Free Palestine, a collective of Bay Area mothers, stating that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mamas_4_afreepalestine/?hl=en\">“mother’s love transcends borders.”\u003c/a> According to mid-August figures from the Gazan health ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/israel-kills-more-than-40000-palestinians-in-gaza-16456-of-them-children#:~:text=Israel's%20relentless%20war%20on%20Gaza,children%20and%20over%2011%2C000%20women.\">around 16,400 children\u003c/a> have been killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moon rises over a crowd of hundreds of members of the Palestinian community and pro-Palestinian supporters during a candlelight vigil to honor lives lost in Gaza in the past week at Dolores Park in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groups also challenged each other: Pro-Palestinian queer artists called upon prominent San Francisco LGBTQ+ groups to speak about the siege of Gaza and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">pinkwashing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 13, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">‘This Is Resistance’: Queer Palestinian Artists and Activists in the Bay Area Are Speaking Out\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978744/were-all-hurting-for-bay-area-muslim-leaders-gaza-is-ever-present-during-ramadan-2024\">‘We’re All Hurting’: For Bay Area Muslim Leaders, Gaza Is Ever-Present During Ramadan 2024\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954260/editing-mamas-for-a-free-palestine-safety-doesnt-come-from-bombs\">Mamas for a Free Palestine: Safety Doesn’t Come From Bombs\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Papermaster demonstrates in front of Coit Tower to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Lebanese American community — of which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">there are 5,000 people\u003c/a> according to the West Coast’s Honorary Consulate of Lebanon — has been seized with anxiety and worry over the Israeli attacks this week. Stanford student MJ Azzi, who came to the United States six years ago, is in constant communication with her parents in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very scared,” Azzi told KQED in late September. “They say that whatever it is that they have been dreading to happen for the past many months is happening right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">Bay Area Lebanese Community Unites Amid Growing ‘Sense of Doom’ as Israeli Strikes Mount\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007749\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007749\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators with If Not Now call for a cease-fire in Gaza and hang a 60-foot-long banner from Coit Tower in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Campuslife\">\u003c/a>On campus life\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the largest ripple effects of Israel’s war on Gaza on American life has been the dramatic response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">student protests on college campuses\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks before graduation, Bay Area activists — composed of college students, alumni, faculty, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986910/uc-santa-cruz-academic-workers-strike-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-protesters\">staff\u003c/a> — joined a nationwide movement and set up encampments at numerous colleges and universities to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984140/growing-protests-over-the-israel-hamas-war-puts-spotlight-on-college-endowments\">demand their schools\u003c/a> divest from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">financial ties to Israel and its military\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">Photos: Campus Protests Grow Across Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Responses by colleges and universities across the state garnered more headlines. Many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">administrations threatened suspension\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984094/usc-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony-amid-ongoing-gaza-protests\">canceled graduation ceremonies\u003c/a>, and sent in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984762/ucs-campus-safety-plan-under-fire-as-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\">officers to roughly break up rallies\u003c/a> — echoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">history and past responses to student anti-war activism\u003c/a>. Academics have reported also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">feeling the pressure of the administration\u003c/a> to curb their thoughts on Gaza — with many noting that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-frequently-makes-claims-of-antisemitism-critics-say-hes-deflecting-blame\">criticisms of Israel are conflated with antisemitism\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malak Afaneh, a Berkeley Law 3rd year student and co-president of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982697/confrontation-at-uc-berkeley-law-school-deans-home-highlights-campus-tensions\">Confrontation at UC Berkeley Law School Dean’s Home Highlights Campus Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 30: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">What’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985245/uc-berkeley-opens-civil-rights-investigation-into-confrontation-at-deans-home\">UC Berkeley Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Confrontation at Dean’s Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984904/the-student-journalists-covering-pro-palestine-protests-on-college-campuses\">The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests on College Campuses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989520/stanford-student-newspaper-editors-call-for-charges-against-reporter-to-be-dropped\">Stanford Student Newspaper Editors Call for Charges Against Reporter to Be Dropped\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“I think that we really are at a moment that feels historic in a way that student organizing hasn’t in quite a few years,” Angus Johnston, a historian and advocate of American student movements, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">KQED’s Forum in April\u003c/a>. “It really was not until Columbia’s crackdown that we saw this explosion of defiance on campuses, whose number is increasing every single day at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That is a pace of acceleration that we haven’t seen in a very, very long time,” said Johnston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984403/sfsu-pro-palestinian-encampment-established-as-students-rally-for-divestment\">SFSU Pro-Palestinian Encampment Established as Students Rally for Divestment\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978998/uc-berkeley-jewish-community-members-march-on-campus-amid-rising-tensions\">UC Berkeley Jewish Community Members March on Campus Amid Rising Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 16: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986574/sonoma-state-universitys-deal-with-student-protesters-in-limbo-after-presidents-removal\">Sonoma State University’s Deal With Student Protesters in Limbo After President’s Removal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987577/usf-suspends-15-pro-palestinian-student-protesters-after-encampment-is-disbanded\">USF Suspends 22 Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters After Encampment Is Disbanded\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993676/suspect-in-firebombing-of-uc-berkeley-police-vehicle-could-face-20-years-in-prison\">Suspect Used Molotov Cocktails to Torch UC Berkeley Police Car, Feds Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 19: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000770/uc-president-orders-new-rules-on-encampments-masks-as-students-return-to-school\">UC President Orders New Rules on Encampments, Masks as Students Return to School\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">Student Organizers Are Shifting Tactics as Universities Impose New Restrictions on Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">San Francisco State Divests From Weapons Makers After Working With Student Activists\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003439/a-ucsf-student-advocate-spoke-up-for-faculty-of-color-then-she-was-fired\">A UCSF Student Advocate Spoke Up for Faculty of Color. Then She Was Fired\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 10: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">UC Santa Cruz Students, Professor Sue Over Campus Bans After Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003861/uc-berkeley-launches-new-palestinian-studies-program-this-fall\">UC Berkeley Launches New Palestinian Studies Program This Fall\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005030/sfpd-deployed-to-8-campus-protests-including-2-major-incidents-outside-the-bay-area\">SFPD Deployed to 8 Campus Protests, Including 2 Major Incidents Outside the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005195/stanfords-new-protest-policies-ban-tents-overnight-require-students-to-remove-masks-when-asked\">Stanford’s New Protest Policies Ban Tents Overnight, Require Students to Remove Masks When Asked\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 27: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">UC Santa Cruz Campus Bans for Protesters Are ‘Fundamentally Unfair,’ Lawyers Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students hold up homemade signs and shirts to protest against UC Berkeley during the 2024 commencement ceremony at the California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"SiliconValley\">\u003c/a>On Silicon Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israel and its military have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">many connections to the tech world\u003c/a> in the Bay Area, which activists have rallied against for the past year. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971467/protesting-project-nimbus-what-rights-do-silicon-valley-employees-have\">Tech workers in Silicon Valley\u003c/a> have also been part of this pressure and said they have been \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/googleopenletter-868f0c4477db\">retaliated against for showing support for Palestinians\u003c/a> and specifically for speaking out against Google’s Project Nimbus, a seven-year, $1.2 billion contract with Amazon and the Israeli government and military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 14, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969898/protesters-outside-google-in-san-francisco-call-for-immediate-end-to-project-nimbus\">Protesters Outside Google in San Francisco Call for Immediate End to ‘Project Nimbus’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 10, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">Divestment from Israeli Tech Is a Tall Order for Silicon Valley. Here’s Why\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986136/demonstrators-rally-outside-google-conference-call-for-end-to-israel-contracts\">Demonstrators Rally Outside Google Conference, Call for End to Israel Contracts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 20, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986743/the-tech-employees-who-want-to-sever-silicon-valleys-deep-ties-with-israel\">The Tech Employees Who Want to Sever Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather outside Google offices in downtown San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023, to call for an immediate end to ‘Project Nimbus,’ Google’s billion-dollar cloud computing project with the Israeli government. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the online world, social media has been a double-edged sword in the past year. Immediately after Oct. 7 and amid the ongoing siege of Gaza, hate-speech watchers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965403/social-media-companies-get-big-fat-f-in-moderating-israel-hamas-war-content-say-hate-speech-watchers\">critics slammed social media\u003c/a> companies like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook for not controlling the surge of misinformation seen on its platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Oct. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965186/on-x-false-information-about-the-israel-hamas-war-is-spreading\">On X, Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas War Is Spreading\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Americans have unprecedented access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war\">the first-person view\u003c/a> from Gazans amid the siege. Through social media like TikTok and Instagram, even despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and\">alleged censorship\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-translation/\">biases\u003c/a>, people across the U.S. and the world have been tuned into the lives of Palestinians they follow, such as journalists \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-journalism-fa34150f2930bd502b4baf5fd1af2322\">Plestia Alaqad\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/gaza-nine-year-old-journalist-contd-sn-cn-orig.cnn\">9-year-old Lama Jamous\u003c/a> and Bisan Owda, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/26/palestinian-journalist-bisan-owda-and-aj-win-emmy-for-gaza-war-documentary\">recently won an Emmy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jan. 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985952/how-to-support-your-mental-health-amidst-vicarious-trauma-and-war\">How to Protect Your Mental Health When Viewing War on Social Media\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Arts\">\u003c/a>On the arts world\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Artists in the Bay Area displayed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13940282/artists-against-genocide-counterpulse\">an overwhelming amount\u003c/a> of support for Palestinians, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955463/indigenous-artists-oakland-to-palestine\">Indigenous artists selling their work\u003c/a> to raise emergency funds to a fundraiser that raised \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937219/bay-area-artists-palestinian-childrens-relief-fund-continental-club\">thousands of dollars for Gazan children\u003c/a> to creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13962355/habibi-palestinian-ceramics-keffiyeh-reems-port-of-mokha-campbell\">keffiyeh-inspired decorations\u003c/a> for Bay Area restaurants and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993183/ramzi-salti-champions-indie-arab-musicians-with-arabology-podcast\">reciting poems by Palestinian poets on radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, like students, many artists also mobilized to put pressure on Bay Area cultural institutions to express solidarity with Gaza. Last November, over 400 Bay Area artists — including San Francisco favorites like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963789/la-dona-los-altos-de-la-soledad\">singer La Doña\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">signed a letter that stated an intent to turn down collaboration\u003c/a> with Israeli institutions. In June, several drag artists said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990430/why-these-queer-pro-palestinian-advocates-are-calling-for-a-boycott-of-sf-pride\">they would not perform at San Francisco Pride\u003c/a> events due in part to some of the parade’s corporate sponsors’ ties to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley students at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the largest impacts in the arts scene was at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood after artists altered their own work during an event with pro-Palestinian messages in early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Feb. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952460/artists-deface-work-ybca-pro-palestine-protest\">Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feb. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953032/ybca-pro-palestinian-artist-protest-censorship-allegations-boycott\">YBCA Gallery Remains Closed; Pro-Palestinian Artists Claim Censorship\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953653/ybca-ceo-resigns-after-pro-palestinian-protest-and-boycott\">YBCA CEO Resigns After Pro-Palestinian Protest and Boycott\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954119/an-embattled-ybca-to-reopen-amid-censorship-accusations-ceos-resignation\">An Embattled YBCA to Reopen Amid Censorship Accusations, CEO’s Resignation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955613/pro-palestinian-jewish-artists-withdraw-from-contemporary-jewish-museum-exhibit\">Pro-Palestinian Jewish Artists Withdraw from Contemporary Jewish Museum Exhibit\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956575/sfmoma-workers-open-letter-palestinians-gaza-pacbi\">SFMOMA Workers Urge the Museum to Support Palestinians in an Open Letter\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sammy Obeid, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, outside his home in Fremont on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fremont resident Sammy Obeid is the co-host of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightsemites/\">Friday Night Semites podcast\u003c/a>, which he runs with Oakland-based Jewish comedian Josh Healey. Obeid said that as an American, Palestinian and Lebanese comedian, he feels he has a lot to say. And his work as a comedian has been able to bring levity to pro-Palestinian activists “who are very, very emotionally involved in the issue and have seen the horrific images and videos over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They feel solace in my stand-up because I am conscious of that and what I’m saying,” he said. “They also tell me that they find comfort in what I’m doing — giving hope and giving reassurance, which I do feel is motivating for people who are active.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007725\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Healey, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, at his home in Oakland on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The next year\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At this one-year mark, nobody knows what will happen in the next 24 hours, let alone “what next year will bring,” said South Bay physician Subeh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the type of terrifying uncertainty Pacific Grove’s Alaydi knows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">all too well\u003c/a>. For her, this news is not far away or hypothetical — she still has brothers, nieces, and nephews in Gaza, and, as the family’s only American citizen, they need her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just to imagine that after this year, they would be even able to survive,” she said through tears. “Because every day, I’m giving myself hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept.18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005005/its-just-killing-me-the-palestinian-americans-trying-to-get-family-out-of-gaza\">‘It’s Just Killing Me’: The Palestinian Americans Trying to Get Family Out of Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But despite it all, Alaydi said she found solace in her community and her neighbors of Monterey County, who have supported her this past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a tough year, and I lost so many of my family,” she said. “But I still believe in humanity. I’m going to have hope. I’m not going to give up. I’m going to keep speaking up and calling for the cease-fire and calling for the end of this genocide because this is not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Annelise Finney, Lakshmi Sarah, Rachael Vasquez, Nastia Voynovskaya, Rachael Myrow, Marisol Medina-Cadena, Elize Manoukian and Alexis Madrigal contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The radio segment was reported by KQED’s Annelise Finney, Nisa Khan, Juan Carlos Lara and Lakshmi Sarah. It was edited by Rachael Vasquez, Annelise Finney and Ted Goldberg. Mixing by Christopher Beale and Jim Bennett. Scoring by Christopher Beale.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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