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"content": "\u003cp>Most Bay Area universities are back in session for the fall semester, and with the return of classes comes the return of student organizers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986812/some-bay-area-universities-reach-deal-to-end-encampments-but-students-say-their-fight-continues\">whose mass demonstrations and encampments \u003c/a>rocked campuses across the country last spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those organizers say they haven’t given up on their demands but are shifting tactics away from the 24/7 encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, university leaders have also announced policy changes that students fear will violate their First Amendment rights and hamper their ability to organize effectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susu Steyteyieh is a member of Students for Palestine at the University of San Francisco who helped organize that school’s roughly three-week-long encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after graduation ceremonies ended, campus employees cleared away the tents. The next day, 25 students, including Steyteyieh, were placed on interim suspension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh said she signed a form accepting responsibility for violating student conduct rules, including failure to comply and disruptive conduct. In return, her suspension was lifted, and she and the others were placed on probation through next May. She said she doesn’t want to be suspended again, but that won’t stop her from organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that I have to be careful,” Steyteyieh said. “But I also understand that there is nothing to stop me from organizing because of my duty as a Palestinian to be able to speak because that’s the bare minimum I can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh also echoed what several student organizers across the Bay Area said regarding the fall semester. Some of the biggest priorities now include increasing outreach efforts, growing their base of members, coordinating across different campuses and using larger numbers to push for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first week of school, Students for Palestine set up a table at USF to engage with incoming students and also called on current members to wear keffiyehs to class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large part of our idea was to be able to do something that is very low risk but still shows the presence of the Palestinian student movement here on campus,” Steyteyieh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of San Francisco campus in San Francisco on Aug. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh said student activists plan to resume talks with the university over their demands and will organize actions based partly on how cooperative administrators are in those talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF President Paul Fitzgerald sent a message to the campus community earlier this month where he said that the university would not allow any more encampments. But he added that the university is working to establish a task force to review the school’s investment policies, a step toward the student demand for the university to divest from Israeli companies or those who profit from Israel’s war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaders of both the \u003ca href=\"https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/updates-on-uc-campus-climate-efforts/\">University of California\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/transparency-accountability/Pages/campus-climate.aspx\">California State University\u003c/a> systems also announced in recent weeks that encampments will not be permitted. Both say they’re working to make rules more uniform across all campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC President Michael Drake \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Letter-from-President-Drake-Chancellors-Policies-Impacting-Expressive-Activity.pdf\">directed each campus\u003c/a> to compile a publicly available list of existing policies regarding protests. CSU leaders \u003ca href=\"https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/16412929/latest/#autoid-44r42\">issued system-wide time, place and manner policies \u003c/a>restricting protests, which are meant to supersede the policies of individual campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, university administrators instructed campus leaders to establish or reaffirm bans on: protests blocking walkways or doorways, masking for the purposes of hiding one’s identity or intimidating others and setting up unauthorized structures on campus property. Drake also said that UC campuses should clarify that people on university property cannot refuse to provide identification if asked by university officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These announcements come amid pressure from state legislators. California Senate Bill 1287, first introduced in March, would require that university administrators “prohibit violent, harassing, intimidating, or discriminatory conduct that creates a hostile environment on campus.” First Amendment advocates have expressed concern that the bill could be used to crack down on student protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pro-Palestinian student encampment at The University of San Francisco on April 30. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State legislators also decided this year to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/state-withholds-25m-from-uc-until-systemwide-free-speech-rules-enforced/article_7d1339d4-44db-11ef-bc87-d33ae1af64bb.html\">withhold $25 million in funding\u003c/a> from the UC until the university system creates a “systemwide framework” surrounding free speech rules for all UC campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley and San Francisco State are two campuses where administrators were notably hands-off and negotiated with students to end the encampments. Representatives from both campuses did not answer questions about whether the recent announcements would mean stricter enforcement of existing rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaid Yousef is a member of Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley and president of the campus Muslim Student Association. He called the announcement an effort to target and silence protests supporting Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear that this is just another attempt to honestly make Palestinian students and their allies more vulnerable to doxing, make them easier to identify, make it easier to suppress their speech,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that student organizers would not be deterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, any threat and any punishment the UC can dream of pales in comparison to a single life lost in Gaza,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UC Berkeley spokesperson said that the university still has the latitude to respond in a considered fashion to each individual demonstration or protest, but it will not tolerate violence, harassment or discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12000770,news_11989050,news_11989178\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zoe Hamstead is co-chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association. Speaking personally, she described efforts by higher education institutions to tamp down on protests or equate criticism of Israel with antisemitism as a “kind of new McCarthyism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In these actions, the language of inclusion and safety and civility is being used to justify repression,” Hamstead said. “It’s being used to militarize our campuses. It’s being used to discipline and criminalize forms of protest and free speech that have been on UC Berkeley campus since at least the free speech movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Hamstead, the UC system has already disciplined more than two dozen UC staff and faculty for their involvement in campus protests, with consequences including temporary bans from campus and arrest. Hamstead said many of those disciplinary investigations are still ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Naftalin-Kelman, executive director of Berkeley Hillel, a campus Jewish organization, expressed support for the new UC directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I appreciate the clarity provided by the administration and President Drake regarding how they will support all students to ensure they can be on campus and express their whole selves without fear of intimidation and threats, including Jewish students,” Naftalin-Kelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At San Francisco State University, student organizers said they aren’t thinking of returning anytime soon to encampments, which were resource-intensive and required lots of commitment from members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The encampments were super effective,” said Max Flynt, a member of Students for Gaza at SF State. “But one thing that we noticed was that we were kind of glued to the grass. We were glued to these tents. We weren’t able to go into different classrooms and talk. We weren’t able to table and talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of current outreach efforts there, student activists set up tables outside of student housing during move-in week with free food from a local Palestinian restaurant, information on upcoming events and free screen printing to make shirts or signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to come with open arms. We have to invite these new students to become organizers,” Flynt said. “Otherwise, we won’t get past the encampment. The encampment will be the peak, and that’s the opposite of what we want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students say they also plan to strengthen connections with other pro-Palestinian activist organizations and like-minded labor groups, and several mentioned a planned September convention in Oakland as a kick-off point for that collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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She said she doesn’t want to be suspended again, but that won’t stop her from organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that I have to be careful,” Steyteyieh said. “But I also understand that there is nothing to stop me from organizing because of my duty as a Palestinian to be able to speak because that’s the bare minimum I can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh also echoed what several student organizers across the Bay Area said regarding the fall semester. Some of the biggest priorities now include increasing outreach efforts, growing their base of members, coordinating across different campuses and using larger numbers to push for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first week of school, Students for Palestine set up a table at USF to engage with incoming students and also called on current members to wear keffiyehs to class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large part of our idea was to be able to do something that is very low risk but still shows the presence of the Palestinian student movement here on campus,” Steyteyieh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001364\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of San Francisco campus in San Francisco on Aug. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steyteyieh said student activists plan to resume talks with the university over their demands and will organize actions based partly on how cooperative administrators are in those talks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USF President Paul Fitzgerald sent a message to the campus community earlier this month where he said that the university would not allow any more encampments. But he added that the university is working to establish a task force to review the school’s investment policies, a step toward the student demand for the university to divest from Israeli companies or those who profit from Israel’s war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaders of both the \u003ca href=\"https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/updates-on-uc-campus-climate-efforts/\">University of California\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/transparency-accountability/Pages/campus-climate.aspx\">California State University\u003c/a> systems also announced in recent weeks that encampments will not be permitted. Both say they’re working to make rules more uniform across all campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC President Michael Drake \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Letter-from-President-Drake-Chancellors-Policies-Impacting-Expressive-Activity.pdf\">directed each campus\u003c/a> to compile a publicly available list of existing policies regarding protests. CSU leaders \u003ca href=\"https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/16412929/latest/#autoid-44r42\">issued system-wide time, place and manner policies \u003c/a>restricting protests, which are meant to supersede the policies of individual campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both cases, university administrators instructed campus leaders to establish or reaffirm bans on: protests blocking walkways or doorways, masking for the purposes of hiding one’s identity or intimidating others and setting up unauthorized structures on campus property. Drake also said that UC campuses should clarify that people on university property cannot refuse to provide identification if asked by university officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These announcements come amid pressure from state legislators. California Senate Bill 1287, first introduced in March, would require that university administrators “prohibit violent, harassing, intimidating, or discriminatory conduct that creates a hostile environment on campus.” First Amendment advocates have expressed concern that the bill could be used to crack down on student protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240430-USF-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pro-Palestinian student encampment at The University of San Francisco on April 30. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State legislators also decided this year to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/state-withholds-25m-from-uc-until-systemwide-free-speech-rules-enforced/article_7d1339d4-44db-11ef-bc87-d33ae1af64bb.html\">withhold $25 million in funding\u003c/a> from the UC until the university system creates a “systemwide framework” surrounding free speech rules for all UC campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley and San Francisco State are two campuses where administrators were notably hands-off and negotiated with students to end the encampments. Representatives from both campuses did not answer questions about whether the recent announcements would mean stricter enforcement of existing rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaid Yousef is a member of Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley and president of the campus Muslim Student Association. He called the announcement an effort to target and silence protests supporting Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear that this is just another attempt to honestly make Palestinian students and their allies more vulnerable to doxing, make them easier to identify, make it easier to suppress their speech,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said that student organizers would not be deterred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frankly, any threat and any punishment the UC can dream of pales in comparison to a single life lost in Gaza,” Yousef said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UC Berkeley spokesperson said that the university still has the latitude to respond in a considered fashion to each individual demonstration or protest, but it will not tolerate violence, harassment or discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zoe Hamstead is co-chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association. Speaking personally, she described efforts by higher education institutions to tamp down on protests or equate criticism of Israel with antisemitism as a “kind of new McCarthyism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In these actions, the language of inclusion and safety and civility is being used to justify repression,” Hamstead said. “It’s being used to militarize our campuses. It’s being used to discipline and criminalize forms of protest and free speech that have been on UC Berkeley campus since at least the free speech movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Hamstead, the UC system has already disciplined more than two dozen UC staff and faculty for their involvement in campus protests, with consequences including temporary bans from campus and arrest. Hamstead said many of those disciplinary investigations are still ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Naftalin-Kelman, executive director of Berkeley Hillel, a campus Jewish organization, expressed support for the new UC directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I appreciate the clarity provided by the administration and President Drake regarding how they will support all students to ensure they can be on campus and express their whole selves without fear of intimidation and threats, including Jewish students,” Naftalin-Kelman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At San Francisco State University, student organizers said they aren’t thinking of returning anytime soon to encampments, which were resource-intensive and required lots of commitment from members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The encampments were super effective,” said Max Flynt, a member of Students for Gaza at SF State. “But one thing that we noticed was that we were kind of glued to the grass. We were glued to these tents. We weren’t able to go into different classrooms and talk. We weren’t able to table and talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of current outreach efforts there, student activists set up tables outside of student housing during move-in week with free food from a local Palestinian restaurant, information on upcoming events and free screen printing to make shirts or signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to come with open arms. We have to invite these new students to become organizers,” Flynt said. “Otherwise, we won’t get past the encampment. The encampment will be the peak, and that’s the opposite of what we want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students say they also plan to strengthen connections with other pro-Palestinian activist organizations and like-minded labor groups, and several mentioned a planned September convention in Oakland as a kick-off point for that collaboration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>CHICAGO — What will Kamala Harris do about the Gaza war if she’s elected president? To some Californians watching, the best indicator might be what she’s doing now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vice president seemed to take a stronger stance against Israel’s military response since Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/03/1235712368/kamala-harris-gaza-ceasefire-israel-aid\">calling for a cease-fire before President Joe Biden\u003c/a> did and skipped Israeli Prime Minister \u003ca href=\"https://www.c-span.org/video/?536521-1/israeli-prime-minister-address-joint-meeting-congress\">Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress\u003c/a> in July. After meeting him, she said she pressed him for a cease-fire and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">pledged not to stay silent about the humanitarian crisis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then came her \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/harris-rally-gaza-protesters.html\">shutdown of pro-Palestinian protesters at a campaign rally\u003c/a> this month in Michigan. And, perhaps most importantly, she declined to support an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/harris-israel-arms-embargo.html\">arms embargo on weapons sold to Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mixed messaging has had mixed reactions from those who oppose the war at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with delegates and protesters from California seeking different ways to pressure the party for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the convention hall, some delegates want the party platform to call for the arms embargo, though the one adopted on a voice vote on Monday does not include it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph Salas, a delegate from California, said he wants a stronger stand from Harris and wants to see the party acknowledge Palestinians’ loss of land in its platform. “We need to hold our elected officials accountable to the platform we write,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the streets outside the United Center, hundreds of protesters marched Monday to send a message to Democratic leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstrators included Wassim Hage, a community leader with the San Francisco-based Arab Resource and Organizing Center, who traveled to Chicago not for the convention but for the March on DNC, arranged by a coalition that included labor, gender justice and other groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hage said he sees an opportunity in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/11/gaza-war-california-leaders/\">activism from within the party\u003c/a> and those on the outside: “We are watching the cracks in the Democratic Party establishment emerge, and I think our goal is to pressure those cracks, to make sure that support for Israel, support for Zionism in the short-term and the long-term is not, is not tenable for American politicians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/blinken-urges-hamas-to-accept-bridging-proposal-agreed-to-by-israel\">While cease-fire talks continue\u003c/a>, as of this week, Israel’s military has killed 40,000 people, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-palestinians-statistics-40000-7ebec13101f6d08fe10cedbf5e172dde\">a quarter of them reported to be children\u003c/a>, the Associated Press reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11996920,forum_2010101905301,news_11982112\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts\">Council on Foreign Relations\u003c/a>, since October, the United States has allocated at least $12.5 billion in military aid to Israel and has provisionally agreed to provide Israel with $3.8 billion per year through 2028. As of June, the U.S. had pledged $674 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians since October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many attending the convention, the choice between Harris and former president Donald Trump is an obvious one — and one they’re excited about, donning Harris-emblazoned shirts and other fashion accessories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for others for whom the conflict is central, the path forward weighs heavy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabrene Odeh, an uncommitted delegate from Washington state, said for her to vote for Harris, she wants to see tangible movement on the Gaza issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of folks have been talking about sympathetic words, feelings, vibes,” said Odeh, who is Palestinian. “That, unfortunately, doesn’t save lives, and we need lives saved now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the convention adopted the party platform, Liano Sharon, a delegate from Michigan, said some still plan to push for language that would include a cease-fire plus an arms embargo, which was a main point of contention during the public drafting phase, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/18/dnc-platform/\">\u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FINAL-MASTER-PLATFORM.pdf#page=83\">The platform (PDF)\u003c/a> currently states that Democrats “commitment to Israel’s security, its qualitative military edge, its right to defend itself, and the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding is ironclad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The platform also states the party recognizes the worth of every innocent life, “whether Israeli or Palestinian.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separate from the platform push, delegates from around the U.S. are collecting signatures on \u003ca href=\"https://airtable.com/appPU7Smi9CEtJq2A/pagMCamXvS2MUj2I4/form\">a letter\u003c/a> asking Harris to “turn the page on President Biden’s policy on Gaza.” One delegate who signed the letter on Sunday said there were about 150 signatures at that point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his convention speech on Monday night, \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/08/20/biden-dnc-gaza-war-protesters-point\">Biden said\u003c/a> he’s “working around the clock” to end civilian suffering, “finally deliver a cease-fire and end this war.” He also said that protesters on the streets “have a point. 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"content": "\u003cp>Lawyers for the 26 people charged in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest that blocked the Golden Gate Bridge in April are calling on the district attorney to recuse herself from the case, alleging a conflict of interest and a “pattern of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism” in her office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters, known to their supporters as the Golden Gate 26, each \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">face more than 40 counts\u003c/a>, including felonies for eight defendants. Their defense team alleges that the charges are politically motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter sent via email on Tuesday to District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, the defense team accused prosecutors of overcharging the protesters with false imprisonment and conspiracy charges, noting that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10837192/activism-inconvenience-and-a-slice-of-protest-history-on-the-bay-bridge\">past Bay Area bridge protests\u003c/a> that blocked traffic “were handled as infractions and/or ultimately dismissed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter cites potential conflicts of interest, saying Jenkins “had at least two unpublicized meetings with the Israeli Consulate” in February and December last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Wozniak, an attorney for the protesters, said he and the legal team looked into Jenkins’ office after feeling that the case was overcharged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jenkins met with the Israeli Consulate in December. It was a meeting that was not on Jenkins’ public calendar. The only reason we know about it is because of wine that was gifted to her during that meeting,” he said. “We don’t know who was in the meeting. We don’t know what was discussed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wine totaled $17.49 and was received on Dec. 12, according to a statement of economic interests filed by the district attorney’s office. Days later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970376/demonstrators-pack-the-court-to-support-activists-arrested-for-blocking-bay-bridge-last-month\">80 protesters were charged\u003c/a> with five misdemeanors each in connection with a protest that blocked the Bay Bridge in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12000770 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240424-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-06_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office also reported a $60 gift of wine from the Israeli Consulate in February 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wozniak said he believes the charges could have something to do with bias in Jenkins’ office after she allegedly met with the Israeli Consulate in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter to her office also cites potential conflicts among members of her staff, including that her director of public affairs previously worked for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a major pro-Israel lobbying group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, it points to emails from Assistant District Attorney Michael Menesini, revealed in February by the San Francisco Standard, that described Palestinians as “brutal Arab invaders,” “hate mongers,” and “Nazis” who need to be “sent back to their native homelands.” The district attorney’s office said at the time that Menesini’s communications reflected his “personal views,” and he quietly retired in April, \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/05/san-francisco-prosecutor-michael-menesini-retires-anti-arab-emails/\">the Standard reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office said in a statement that a meeting with consular staff “does not create a real or apparent conflict of interest” and added that Jenkins’ office meets periodically with consulates for “discussions around [the] safety of consulates, consulate staff and their citizen populations.” The statement does not say whether Jenkins met with Israeli consular staff around the dates of the gifts or what she discussed if they did meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000928\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_DABrookeJenkins_07072022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins speaks during a press conference at City Hall on July 7, 2022. On Tuesday, lawyers for the “Golden Gate Bridge 26” called on Jenkins to recuse herself from the case, alleging a conflict of interest and a “pattern of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism” in her office. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If the defense files a recusal motion, we will litigate that in court, not in the press,” the statement continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office’s statement also rejects the notion that the charges levied against the Golden Gate Bridge protesters are “political,” as Wozniak and the defense team have suggested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Charging decisions are made based on the facts, evidence and the law,” the office said. “We do not pursue political prosecutions under any circumstances at any time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In cases where there is a real or apparent conflict of interest, the office takes steps, including recusing specific staff, up to and including the district attorney or the office as needed, the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wozniak said the defense team plans to file motions for vindictive prosecution, discriminatory prosecution and recusal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jenkins should recuse herself. The attorney general should take over the case,” he told KQED. “And I think the attorney general, when they review this case, will see that it’s completely and utterly overcharged. This is a political prosecution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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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. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://www.barrons.com/news/health-ministry-in-hamas-run-gaza-says-war-death-toll-at-39-897-a6776d98\">at least 39,897 people have now been killed\u003c/a> in the war as it enters its 11th month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstration, which shut down traffic across the bridge in both directions for about four hours, was part of a wider “economic blockade” of protests across 55 cities and six continents, according to organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters also shut down traffic on I-880 in Oakland, and similar demonstrations took place in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida. 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"content": "\u003cp>Seven hundred people packed into a ballroom at the iconic Fairmont Hotel on Sunday to hear from Vice President Kamala Harris at a fundraiser that reportedly hauled in more than $12 million for her presidential bid and attracted some of the region’s biggest names in politics, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Harris’s first visit back to the city where she got her start in politics since her presidential campaign unexpectedly launched three weeks ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will win this election,” said Harris as she stood in front of a blue “Harris- Walz” sign, flanked by the U.S. and California flags. “And we do not have a day to waste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In attendance was a long roster of elected officials, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and Rep. Barbara Lee — and other civic and business leaders, like Giants President Larry Baer and former Walt Disney CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. Katzenberg is a co-chair of Harris’ campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris acknowledged Newsom and Breed from the stage, as well as Reps. Barbara Lee and Jared Huffman — and Oakland congressional candidate Lateefah Simon, who’s running for Lee’s seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the vice president spent much of her speech stressing what’s at stake this November and didn’t hold back when discussing her opponents and their plans. She framed it as a fight for freedoms — to vote, to be safe from gun violence, to love freely, and to have control over one’s own body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that if Donald Trump were to win this election, he would sign a national abortion ban,” she said. “If a national abortion ban is in play, California, and many other states that have protected that right, will not be immune.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris promised to put “middle-class families and working-class families first,” declaring that “when the middle class is strong, our whole nation is strong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And what we know is, while we are focused on a future with optimism and with a sense of yes, ambition, about what is possible, Donald Trump has a different plan,” she said. “Just look at his \u003ca href=\"https://www.project2025.org/\">Project 2025\u003c/a> agenda.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"presidential-election\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris was referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998288/what-is-project-2025-donald-trump-heritage-foundation-director-steps-down\">the 900-page Project 2025 plan created by the conservative Heritage Foundation,\u003c/a> which calls for consolidating presidential power, sidelining critics and pursuing a long list of right-wing policy priorities. Democrats have seized on the plan while Trump has tried to distance himself from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turning toward Pelosi, who was seated in the audience, Harris went on, to laughter, “Nancy, I just joke sometimes that — can you believe that they actually put that thing in writing? I mean, they had the gall to put it, like — it’s bound, and then they distributed it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tickets for the event ranged from $3,300 to $500,000. In addition to the who’s who of Bay Area Democratic politicians and donors, it attracted dozens of wealthy Democrats eager to support a potentially history-making presidential ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees began showing up hours before Harris took the stage, lining up in the fog along California Street for the security queue. The crowd milled around under giant crystal chandeliers, sipping coffee and mimosas while they waited for the event to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris was introduced by Pelosi, who praised Harris and stressed the work ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She makes us all so proud. She brings us so much joy,” Pelosi said. “Personally, I know Kamala is a person of great strength, great faith. … She knows the issues. She knows the strategy. She has gotten an enormous amount done working with Joe Biden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holly Ward attended the fundraiser and said afterward she was particularly struck by one thing Harris said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re voting for a country of freedom and compassion and the rule of law. And I just thought, that’s right. No one is above the law,” Ward said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in attendance: San Francisco Board of Supervisors president and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin. He went to elementary school with Harris in Berkeley more than 50 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has laid out a very clear case for what is before American voters and what the choices are, and has clearly shown that she is strong enough and smart enough and experienced enough to lead America forward and not go backward,” he said after the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, over 100 protesters marched from Union Square up the steep hills to the Fairmont, calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel and a cease-fire to what they repeatedly referred to as the genocide in Gaza. Protesters, shouting chants through bullhorns, accused Harris of being a “killer” for her and Biden’s ongoing support of Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999796\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 100 protesters marched to the Fairmont Hotel on Aug. 11, 2024, calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel. Vice President Kamala Harris was at the Fairmont Hotel to fundraise in her first San Francisco event since the unexpected launch of her presidential campaign three weeks ago. \u003ccite>(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rami Abdelkarim, a Palestinian and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-releases-35-billion-israel-spend-us-weapons-military-equipment-cnn-reports-2024-08-09/\">the Biden Administration’s recent approval of $3.5 billion in aid to Israel\u003c/a> is a consistent pattern seen “throughout the last 10 months of this genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our demands are unignorable. We’ve been in the streets for 10 months. Every massacre, every time hundreds of Palestinians are killed, we’re in the streets demanding an arms embargo,” he said. “At every single rally, [Harris] says she wants a cease-fire, but her words are empty. Her promises are empty unless she completely cuts ties with Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Khoury, a Palestinian and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, criticized the fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris on Aug. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/10/harris-tells-pro-palestine-protesters-now-is-time-for-ceasefire-in-gaza\">Arizona on Saturday\u003c/a>, Harris told protesters at her rally that “now is the time to get a cease-fire deal and get the hostage deal done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the microphone on Sunday before marching to the hotel, Omar Khoury — also a Palestinian and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement — said while Harris was fundraising with tickets up to $500,000 “our working class and poor people are suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How can they say they care about the working class people when we know the true agenda behind Democratic establishment, behind the Republican establishment, and behind the U.S. Empire as a whole. It’s shameful,” Khoury said. “So we’re here after 300 days of genocide to show that whether it’s Kamala Harris in office or anybody else who’s supporting the Israeli genocide, we are the people, and we hold the U.S. empire to account.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris was referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998288/what-is-project-2025-donald-trump-heritage-foundation-director-steps-down\">the 900-page Project 2025 plan created by the conservative Heritage Foundation,\u003c/a> which calls for consolidating presidential power, sidelining critics and pursuing a long list of right-wing policy priorities. Democrats have seized on the plan while Trump has tried to distance himself from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turning toward Pelosi, who was seated in the audience, Harris went on, to laughter, “Nancy, I just joke sometimes that — can you believe that they actually put that thing in writing? I mean, they had the gall to put it, like — it’s bound, and then they distributed it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tickets for the event ranged from $3,300 to $500,000. In addition to the who’s who of Bay Area Democratic politicians and donors, it attracted dozens of wealthy Democrats eager to support a potentially history-making presidential ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees began showing up hours before Harris took the stage, lining up in the fog along California Street for the security queue. The crowd milled around under giant crystal chandeliers, sipping coffee and mimosas while they waited for the event to begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris was introduced by Pelosi, who praised Harris and stressed the work ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She makes us all so proud. She brings us so much joy,” Pelosi said. “Personally, I know Kamala is a person of great strength, great faith. … She knows the issues. She knows the strategy. She has gotten an enormous amount done working with Joe Biden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holly Ward attended the fundraiser and said afterward she was particularly struck by one thing Harris said:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re voting for a country of freedom and compassion and the rule of law. And I just thought, that’s right. No one is above the law,” Ward said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in attendance: San Francisco Board of Supervisors president and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin. He went to elementary school with Harris in Berkeley more than 50 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has laid out a very clear case for what is before American voters and what the choices are, and has clearly shown that she is strong enough and smart enough and experienced enough to lead America forward and not go backward,” he said after the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, over 100 protesters marched from Union Square up the steep hills to the Fairmont, calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel and a cease-fire to what they repeatedly referred to as the genocide in Gaza. Protesters, shouting chants through bullhorns, accused Harris of being a “killer” for her and Biden’s ongoing support of Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999796\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0438-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 100 protesters marched to the Fairmont Hotel on Aug. 11, 2024, calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel. Vice President Kamala Harris was at the Fairmont Hotel to fundraise in her first San Francisco event since the unexpected launch of her presidential campaign three weeks ago. \u003ccite>(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rami Abdelkarim, a Palestinian and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-releases-35-billion-israel-spend-us-weapons-military-equipment-cnn-reports-2024-08-09/\">the Biden Administration’s recent approval of $3.5 billion in aid to Israel\u003c/a> is a consistent pattern seen “throughout the last 10 months of this genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our demands are unignorable. We’ve been in the streets for 10 months. Every massacre, every time hundreds of Palestinians are killed, we’re in the streets demanding an arms embargo,” he said. “At every single rally, [Harris] says she wants a cease-fire, but her words are empty. Her promises are empty unless she completely cuts ties with Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/IMG_0388-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Khoury, a Palestinian and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, criticized the fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris on Aug. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/10/harris-tells-pro-palestine-protesters-now-is-time-for-ceasefire-in-gaza\">Arizona on Saturday\u003c/a>, Harris told protesters at her rally that “now is the time to get a cease-fire deal and get the hostage deal done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the microphone on Sunday before marching to the hotel, Omar Khoury — also a Palestinian and a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement — said while Harris was fundraising with tickets up to $500,000 “our working class and poor people are suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On July 21, President Joe Biden stepped down from the 2024 presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee. And soon after, reports began to circulate that \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/harriss-support-for-gaza-cease-fire-hints-at-foreign-policy-shift-bbe8dc2a\">Harris may shift away\u003c/a> from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/14/1244683830/politics-chat-biden-vows-to-continue-support-for-israel-aid-package-in-the-works\">her predecessor’s long-standing support of Israel.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crisis in Gaza came into even sharper focus last week after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u003c/a> on Thursday during his visit to Washington, D.C., following \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-kamala-harris-biden-trump-support-gaza-rcna162992\">her decision not to preside over Netanyahu’s address to Congress\u003c/a>. Harris said that while she had an “unwavering commitment to Israel,” which she said “has a right to defend itself,” she nonetheless urged a cease-fire deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating,” Harris said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">her official remarks after the meeting with Netanyahu\u003c/a>. “We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering, and I will not be silent.” It was a marked contrast from Biden’s previous statements around Gazans, which many criticized for his seeming \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/12/biden-empathy-lacking-palestinians/\">lack of empathy for Palestinians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian activists say they are now watching Harris’ campaign cautiously — and that they’re seeing this election season as a key moment to set the political priorities of the next few years. For these advocates, “Palestine has never been a single issue,” said Samer Araabi, San Francisco resident and member of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC). “It’s the perspective of how a government should function, vis-a-vis war and militarism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our moment to articulate a vision for a better version of this country,” Araabi said. “A version of this country that actually upholds the values that it espouses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-year-old Vallejo resident Halimah Houston said that while they saw Harris as “more competent than both Joe Biden and Trump to do the job,” they “hope she recognizes we need a cease-fire since she’ll have more power as president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth Miller, the political director of Jewish Voice for Peace Action, said Harris and the Democratic Party now have “an opportunity” to rebuild with their voting base — and engage younger voters like Houston too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Miller, Biden “has essentially broken apart the broad progressive coalition that helped him defeat Donald Trump in 2020” — something she attributes in part “to his unquestioning support for the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Netanyahu’s visit met with absences — and protests\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israeli forces have killed over 38,000, injured over 88,000 and displaced nearly 2 million Palestinians, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">according to the United Nations\u003c/a>. Now in its 10th month, the siege of Gaza began after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in which militants killed some 1,200 people and took 240 hostages, according to Israeli authorities. More than 100 of the hostages have been released or rescued. A network of human rights clinics in the United States — which includes institutions like Cornell and Yale universities — found in a May report that Israel’s actions \u003ca href=\"https://www.humanrightsnetwork.org/palestine\">“constitute breaches of the international law prohibitions on the commission of genocide.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Harris, dozens of members of Congress were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997141/as-netanyahu-speaks-to-congress-several-bay-area-lawmakers-are-skipping-out\">absent from Netanyahu’s Wednesday address\u003c/a>. In fact, according to \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1816173408918421683\">Axios\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, 100 of 212 House Democrats and 27 of 51 Senate Democrats were absent from Netanyahu’s address — a possible signal of change in the party’s reception to Israel, Araabi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This included at least six Bay Area representatives, like former \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/speakerpelosi/status/1816208313572364356?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a> and Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee, who said in a statement that “the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has taken countless lives, including the lives of women and children, and destroyed Palestinian homes and communities,” and that she would not “condone” Netanyahu’s “deeply divisive policies [that] put the peace and security of both Israelis and Palestinians at risk” with her presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998017\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the press after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the vice president’s ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu was greeted with applause and cheers by many pro-Israel activists — some of whom are \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-netanyahu-speech-1929811\">elected representatives\u003c/a>. Watching parts of Netanyahu’s visit from the Bay Area, Palestinian Santa Clara resident Ken Afi said the welcome that the Israeli PM received showed him that “these congressmen don’t stand for us. They don’t stand for the people. It’s just about trading power between them and suppressing the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the United States and our Congress and our executive branch had a shred of moral clarity, they would be putting this man behind bars as soon as he landed his flight,” Afi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AROC’s Araabi was one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-gaza-war-congress-joint-session-9a7885972989b2397b49e5b971ffe0e0\">thousands of protesters who took to the streets of D.C. to protest the Israeli PM’s visit\u003c/a> and attempt to block his passage to Congress. Protesters were reported to have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/capitol-police-pepper-spray-demonstrators-protesting-netanyahu-visit-rcna163502\">pepper sprayed, and relatives of the remaining \u003c/a>Israeli hostages, who wore shirts \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/capitol-police-pepper-spray-demonstrators-protesting-netanyahu-visit-rcna163502\">demanding a cease-fire deal to free their loved ones, were also detained by police.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/24/rashida-tlaib-netanyahu-israel-gaza\">some of her fellow Democrats\u003c/a>, Harris did not say anything publicly about Netanyahu’s presence at Congress, either before or in her remarks after their meeting. And on Thursday morning, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/vp/status/1816490945501708660?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">Harris condemned some of the protesters\u003c/a>, specifically denouncing “pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric,” the burning of the U.S. flag and “despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lydiakiesling/status/1816517309835673949?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">For some\u003c/a>, this has \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/soulkhan/status/1816515410516377895?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">soured\u003c/a> the optimism they felt around Harris and Gaza, saying Harris’ remarks were Islamophobic for \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C93DdMwP4WP/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==\">equating these protesters with terrorists\u003c/a> and for conflating anti-Semitism with anti-Zionist activism.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Kamala Harris and Israel\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris’ decision not to preside over Netanyahu’s address to Congress was, for many onlookers, the greatest indication yet that she might split from Biden’s support for Israel if she were to become the official Democratic nominee. The \u003cem>Wall Street Journal \u003c/em>also reported that current and former officials say \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/harriss-support-for-gaza-cease-fire-hints-at-foreign-policy-shift-bbe8dc2a\">Harris is not likely to keep key Biden advisers and staff, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C94imq-smNp/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA%3D%3D\">An anonymous Israeli official was reported as reacting negatively\u003c/a> to Harris’ speech after the Netanyahu meeting — which centered on the suffering of Palestinians — saying it could lead to “regression in the [cease-fire] talks.” Miller of \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/\">Jewish Voice for Peace Action\u003c/a> — which describes itself as a “multiracial, intergenerational movement of Jews and allies working towards justice and equality for Palestinians and Israelis by transforming U.S. policy” — said that while she “was glad to see that [Harris] was more stern in her wording around her meeting with Netanyahu,” she insisted that “we cannot and will not just accept rhetoric.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/362782/kamala-harris-gaza-israel-palestine-biden-netanyahu\">news outlets and commentators\u003c/a> have noted Harris has historically appeared \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/07/21/biden-quit-harris-president-gaza/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept\">more sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians\u003c/a> — as well as to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kamala-harris-interview-profile-excerpt/\">pro-Palestinian activists protesting in the United States on their behalf\u003c/a>. In March, she described the conditions in Gaza as a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/03/03/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-commemorating-the-59th-anniversary-of-bloody-sunday-selma-al/\">humanitarian catastrophe\u003c/a>” and called for a temporary cease-fire. In the same speech, Harris said she was also more willing to be stricter with Israel’s blockade of aid being delivered to Gaza — something Biden had shied away from. Her 25-year-old stepdaughter Ella Emhoff, whose father, Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, is Jewish — has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-ella-emhoff-the-achingly-hip-knitwear-queen-in-line-to-be-the-first-step-daughter\">publicly raised money for Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back in June, pro-Palestinian activists protested \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-05/vp-kamala-harris-greeted-by-over-a-hundred-protesters-outside-fundraiser-in-san-francisco\">Harris’ official appearance in San Francisco\u003c/a>. Araabi said activists like him are observing Harris’ burgeoning campaign “cautiously,” especially for her pick of vice president. Names like \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/07/24/josh-shapiro-kamala-harris-vp-short-list\">Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\u003c/a> have been circulated — and critics are worried about \u003ca href=\"https://newrepublic.com/article/184151/one-vice-president-ruin-democratic-unity-josh-shapiro\">Shapiro’s hostile attitudes\u003c/a> toward pro-Palestinian college campus protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of disillusionment with the Biden-Harris administration generally,” Araabi said, adding that he thinks Harris is now “trying to chart a different course.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araabi said he was ultimately “cautiously optimistic” that elected representatives will be more supportive of Palestinian self-determination and rights — that Americans are recognizing Palestinian rights as part of the wider progressive movement and anti-racism advocacy — but asked “how much of that shift is genuine and how much of it is campaign rhetoric?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that she’s not going to Netanyahu’s Congress address is a good sign,” Araabi said. “The fact that she’s meeting with him is not a good sign. We do not need to be meeting with war criminals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley resident Ellen Brotsky, a member of \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/\">Jewish Voice for Peace Action\u003c/a>, said she hoped Harris saw that many Americans are waiting for her to take “concrete actions to put pressure on Israel to stop the genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s an important part of her constituency,” said Brotsky, who has been involved with pro-Palestinian activism for a decade. “Words are helpful, but action is what is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Gaza and Biden’s legacy \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biden’s ongoing financial support of Israel has drawn continued criticism in an election year, setting up a difficult potential inheritance for Harris and the Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since October 2023, the bombardment of Gaza has sparked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">an outpouring of protests\u003c/a> in the streets — and in the last month, on college campuses — demanding a cease-fire in the Bay Area and across the country. Protesters have repeatedly called on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">the United States to cut its sizable aid to Israel’s military\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3754718/supplemental-bill-becomes-law-provides-billions-in-aid-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan/\">In April\u003c/a> alone, the United States approved $14.1 billion for Israel’s military. In contrast, around $1 billion was given to support humanitarian aid services in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars, sending weapons to Israel, and that money has much better uses here at home to actually fix our aging infrastructure and provide support for people who need it,” Araabi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and demand an end to the Biden administration’s support of Israel while protesting outside of a campaign fundraiser featuring Vice President Kamala Harris at a home in Oakland, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Biden stated he has “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/29/nx-s1-4983786/where-is-the-biden-administrations-red-line-when-it-comes-palestinian-deaths-in-gaza\">red lines’\u003c/a>” when it comes to Palestinian deaths and his support of Israel, his views came across as \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bidens-increasingly-contradictory-israel-policy\">contradictory\u003c/a> as Israeli forces have attacked refugee camps, aid workers and hospitals, exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">the humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation. For the activists, Biden’s legacy is forever intertwined with the suffering in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s going to go down in our community known as nothing but a butcher,” Santa Clara’s Afi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jewish Voice for Peace Action’s Miller said Biden made the United States government “directly complicit” in the siege of Gaza. ”I’m incredibly glad that he is not running for reelection because he has shown himself on this issue to be absolutely — both morally and politically — on the wrong side,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#vote-ceasefire-group-urges-california-voters-to-signal-gaza-support-through-ballot\">Voter opposition to the war in Gaza has already made itself known \u003c/a>to Democrats in 2024 during the primaries. In swing state Michigan — home to a large Arab American and Muslim population — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979450/how-many-californians-wrote-ceasefire-on-the-primary-ballot-its-complicated\">over 100,000 uncommitted votes\u003c/a> were cast. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-divide-gaza-war-campus-protests-hurting-biden-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-05-16/\">May poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos\u003c/a> found that “44% of Democratic registered voters responding to the May 7–14 poll said they disapprove of Biden’s handling of the crisis. Democrats who disapproved of his response were less likely to say they would vote for Biden.” According to a recent Gallup poll, only \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/647633/biden-approval-rating-hit-new-low-exit-race.aspx\">58% of Americans approved of his presidency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araabi said that during the primary process, he’d heard from many people “who are self-proclaimed Democrats who said that they would never, ever, ever vote for Joe Biden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the question now is, can Harris bring those people back in?” he said. “I don’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Looking ahead to November\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the Washington, D.C., protest, Araabi said it was “really incredible to see all those people together, all saying very clearly, ‘We won’t stand for this anymore. This can’t be done in our name,’” he said. “This is the thing that I’m sure every fight for social justice has experienced, in the same way that Congress wouldn’t let go of its support for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">apartheid South Africa\u003c/a> until it absolutely was forced to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p-Hp4uM1uU\">Hundreds of Jewish American activists\u003c/a> were at the Netanyahu protest, which, according to Brotsky, made the world see “that Israel is not committing genocide in the name of Jews. That Jewish safety doesn’t come from oppressing Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, who is Palestinian American, told \u003cem>NPR\u003c/em> last week that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">if she had “tried to go to a mosque or Arab community event and urged them to vote for Joe Biden, I would never be invited back.\u003c/a> The anger was so deep. And the hurt was so deep — even for me.” Nonetheless, Romman said she believed constituents would now be open to hearing Harris make her own case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists want Harris to take a bolder stance on Gaza. Some, like Santa Clara’s Afi, say they’re considering third-party options like Jill Stein. Eighteen\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">-year-old Aniya Butler\u003c/a> told KQED last week they would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">not be voting for Harris\u003c/a> due to the absence of a cease-fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an African American young woman, it’s amazing to think about the possibility of someone who looks like me being in that state of power,” Butler said. “But what is that power even rooted in? And what is that power being used for? And in terms of right now, it’s rooted in inequity, violence and oppression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brotsky said that whoever the Democratic presidential candidate is, Jewish Voice for Peace Action activists will continue to push for an arms embargo on Israel and a permanent cease-fire. The group also supports other pro-cease-fire candidates like \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/our-2024-candidates/\">Cori Bush of St. Louis\u003c/a> and plans to march at the Democratic National Convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing has changed,” Brotsky said. “[Cease-fire and arms embargo] was a demand of Biden in the Democratic Party. It’s still a demand of whoever the presidential nominee is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many activists are nonetheless worried that amid a media storm around the U.S. 2024 election, the death toll in Gaza and the suffering of Palestinians will be forgotten. Miller said she also fears that the government will wait until election season is over to take any action on Gaza and that “Palestinians cannot wait until November.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t afford to slip back into a sense of normalcy,” Afi said. “That’s kind of a scary concept to think the average American might just forget that people are being killed by bombs made in this country and shipped for free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to stay focused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Ezra David Romero 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>\u003cp>On July 21, President Joe Biden stepped down from the 2024 presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee. And soon after, reports began to circulate that \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/harriss-support-for-gaza-cease-fire-hints-at-foreign-policy-shift-bbe8dc2a\">Harris may shift away\u003c/a> from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/14/1244683830/politics-chat-biden-vows-to-continue-support-for-israel-aid-package-in-the-works\">her predecessor’s long-standing support of Israel.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crisis in Gaza came into even sharper focus last week after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u003c/a> on Thursday during his visit to Washington, D.C., following \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-kamala-harris-biden-trump-support-gaza-rcna162992\">her decision not to preside over Netanyahu’s address to Congress\u003c/a>. Harris said that while she had an “unwavering commitment to Israel,” which she said “has a right to defend itself,” she nonetheless urged a cease-fire deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating,” Harris said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">her official remarks after the meeting with Netanyahu\u003c/a>. “We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering, and I will not be silent.” It was a marked contrast from Biden’s previous statements around Gazans, which many criticized for his seeming \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/12/biden-empathy-lacking-palestinians/\">lack of empathy for Palestinians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian activists say they are now watching Harris’ campaign cautiously — and that they’re seeing this election season as a key moment to set the political priorities of the next few years. For these advocates, “Palestine has never been a single issue,” said Samer Araabi, San Francisco resident and member of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC). “It’s the perspective of how a government should function, vis-a-vis war and militarism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our moment to articulate a vision for a better version of this country,” Araabi said. “A version of this country that actually upholds the values that it espouses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-year-old Vallejo resident Halimah Houston said that while they saw Harris as “more competent than both Joe Biden and Trump to do the job,” they “hope she recognizes we need a cease-fire since she’ll have more power as president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth Miller, the political director of Jewish Voice for Peace Action, said Harris and the Democratic Party now have “an opportunity” to rebuild with their voting base — and engage younger voters like Houston too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Miller, Biden “has essentially broken apart the broad progressive coalition that helped him defeat Donald Trump in 2020” — something she attributes in part “to his unquestioning support for the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Netanyahu’s visit met with absences — and protests\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israeli forces have killed over 38,000, injured over 88,000 and displaced nearly 2 million Palestinians, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">according to the United Nations\u003c/a>. Now in its 10th month, the siege of Gaza began after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in which militants killed some 1,200 people and took 240 hostages, according to Israeli authorities. More than 100 of the hostages have been released or rescued. A network of human rights clinics in the United States — which includes institutions like Cornell and Yale universities — found in a May report that Israel’s actions \u003ca href=\"https://www.humanrightsnetwork.org/palestine\">“constitute breaches of the international law prohibitions on the commission of genocide.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Harris, dozens of members of Congress were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997141/as-netanyahu-speaks-to-congress-several-bay-area-lawmakers-are-skipping-out\">absent from Netanyahu’s Wednesday address\u003c/a>. In fact, according to \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1816173408918421683\">Axios\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, 100 of 212 House Democrats and 27 of 51 Senate Democrats were absent from Netanyahu’s address — a possible signal of change in the party’s reception to Israel, Araabi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This included at least six Bay Area representatives, like former \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/speakerpelosi/status/1816208313572364356?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a> and Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee, who said in a statement that “the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has taken countless lives, including the lives of women and children, and destroyed Palestinian homes and communities,” and that she would not “condone” Netanyahu’s “deeply divisive policies [that] put the peace and security of both Israelis and Palestinians at risk” with her presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998017\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2162824876-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the press after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the vice president’s ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu was greeted with applause and cheers by many pro-Israel activists — some of whom are \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-netanyahu-speech-1929811\">elected representatives\u003c/a>. Watching parts of Netanyahu’s visit from the Bay Area, Palestinian Santa Clara resident Ken Afi said the welcome that the Israeli PM received showed him that “these congressmen don’t stand for us. They don’t stand for the people. It’s just about trading power between them and suppressing the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the United States and our Congress and our executive branch had a shred of moral clarity, they would be putting this man behind bars as soon as he landed his flight,” Afi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AROC’s Araabi was one of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-netanyahu-gaza-war-congress-joint-session-9a7885972989b2397b49e5b971ffe0e0\">thousands of protesters who took to the streets of D.C. to protest the Israeli PM’s visit\u003c/a> and attempt to block his passage to Congress. Protesters were reported to have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/capitol-police-pepper-spray-demonstrators-protesting-netanyahu-visit-rcna163502\">pepper sprayed, and relatives of the remaining \u003c/a>Israeli hostages, who wore shirts \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/capitol-police-pepper-spray-demonstrators-protesting-netanyahu-visit-rcna163502\">demanding a cease-fire deal to free their loved ones, were also detained by police.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/24/rashida-tlaib-netanyahu-israel-gaza\">some of her fellow Democrats\u003c/a>, Harris did not say anything publicly about Netanyahu’s presence at Congress, either before or in her remarks after their meeting. And on Thursday morning, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/vp/status/1816490945501708660?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">Harris condemned some of the protesters\u003c/a>, specifically denouncing “pro-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric,” the burning of the U.S. flag and “despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lydiakiesling/status/1816517309835673949?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">For some\u003c/a>, this has \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/soulkhan/status/1816515410516377895?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">soured\u003c/a> the optimism they felt around Harris and Gaza, saying Harris’ remarks were Islamophobic for \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C93DdMwP4WP/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==\">equating these protesters with terrorists\u003c/a> and for conflating anti-Semitism with anti-Zionist activism.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Kamala Harris and Israel\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Harris’ decision not to preside over Netanyahu’s address to Congress was, for many onlookers, the greatest indication yet that she might split from Biden’s support for Israel if she were to become the official Democratic nominee. The \u003cem>Wall Street Journal \u003c/em>also reported that current and former officials say \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/harriss-support-for-gaza-cease-fire-hints-at-foreign-policy-shift-bbe8dc2a\">Harris is not likely to keep key Biden advisers and staff, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C94imq-smNp/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA%3D%3D\">An anonymous Israeli official was reported as reacting negatively\u003c/a> to Harris’ speech after the Netanyahu meeting — which centered on the suffering of Palestinians — saying it could lead to “regression in the [cease-fire] talks.” Miller of \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/\">Jewish Voice for Peace Action\u003c/a> — which describes itself as a “multiracial, intergenerational movement of Jews and allies working towards justice and equality for Palestinians and Israelis by transforming U.S. policy” — said that while she “was glad to see that [Harris] was more stern in her wording around her meeting with Netanyahu,” she insisted that “we cannot and will not just accept rhetoric.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/362782/kamala-harris-gaza-israel-palestine-biden-netanyahu\">news outlets and commentators\u003c/a> have noted Harris has historically appeared \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/07/21/biden-quit-harris-president-gaza/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept\">more sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians\u003c/a> — as well as to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kamala-harris-interview-profile-excerpt/\">pro-Palestinian activists protesting in the United States on their behalf\u003c/a>. In March, she described the conditions in Gaza as a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/03/03/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-commemorating-the-59th-anniversary-of-bloody-sunday-selma-al/\">humanitarian catastrophe\u003c/a>” and called for a temporary cease-fire. In the same speech, Harris said she was also more willing to be stricter with Israel’s blockade of aid being delivered to Gaza — something Biden had shied away from. Her 25-year-old stepdaughter Ella Emhoff, whose father, Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, is Jewish — has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-ella-emhoff-the-achingly-hip-knitwear-queen-in-line-to-be-the-first-step-daughter\">publicly raised money for Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back in June, pro-Palestinian activists protested \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-05/vp-kamala-harris-greeted-by-over-a-hundred-protesters-outside-fundraiser-in-san-francisco\">Harris’ official appearance in San Francisco\u003c/a>. Araabi said activists like him are observing Harris’ burgeoning campaign “cautiously,” especially for her pick of vice president. Names like \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/07/24/josh-shapiro-kamala-harris-vp-short-list\">Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\u003c/a> have been circulated — and critics are worried about \u003ca href=\"https://newrepublic.com/article/184151/one-vice-president-ruin-democratic-unity-josh-shapiro\">Shapiro’s hostile attitudes\u003c/a> toward pro-Palestinian college campus protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of disillusionment with the Biden-Harris administration generally,” Araabi said, adding that he thinks Harris is now “trying to chart a different course.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araabi said he was ultimately “cautiously optimistic” that elected representatives will be more supportive of Palestinian self-determination and rights — that Americans are recognizing Palestinian rights as part of the wider progressive movement and anti-racism advocacy — but asked “how much of that shift is genuine and how much of it is campaign rhetoric?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that she’s not going to Netanyahu’s Congress address is a good sign,” Araabi said. “The fact that she’s meeting with him is not a good sign. We do not need to be meeting with war criminals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley resident Ellen Brotsky, a member of \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/\">Jewish Voice for Peace Action\u003c/a>, said she hoped Harris saw that many Americans are waiting for her to take “concrete actions to put pressure on Israel to stop the genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s an important part of her constituency,” said Brotsky, who has been involved with pro-Palestinian activism for a decade. “Words are helpful, but action is what is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Gaza and Biden’s legacy \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biden’s ongoing financial support of Israel has drawn continued criticism in an election year, setting up a difficult potential inheritance for Harris and the Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since October 2023, the bombardment of Gaza has sparked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">an outpouring of protests\u003c/a> in the streets — and in the last month, on college campuses — demanding a cease-fire in the Bay Area and across the country. Protesters have repeatedly called on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">the United States to cut its sizable aid to Israel’s military\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3754718/supplemental-bill-becomes-law-provides-billions-in-aid-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan/\">In April\u003c/a> alone, the United States approved $14.1 billion for Israel’s military. In contrast, around $1 billion was given to support humanitarian aid services in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars, sending weapons to Israel, and that money has much better uses here at home to actually fix our aging infrastructure and provide support for people who need it,” Araabi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155619547-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and demand an end to the Biden administration’s support of Israel while protesting outside of a campaign fundraiser featuring Vice President Kamala Harris at a home in Oakland, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Biden stated he has “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/29/nx-s1-4983786/where-is-the-biden-administrations-red-line-when-it-comes-palestinian-deaths-in-gaza\">red lines’\u003c/a>” when it comes to Palestinian deaths and his support of Israel, his views came across as \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bidens-increasingly-contradictory-israel-policy\">contradictory\u003c/a> as Israeli forces have attacked refugee camps, aid workers and hospitals, exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">the humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation. For the activists, Biden’s legacy is forever intertwined with the suffering in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s going to go down in our community known as nothing but a butcher,” Santa Clara’s Afi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jewish Voice for Peace Action’s Miller said Biden made the United States government “directly complicit” in the siege of Gaza. ”I’m incredibly glad that he is not running for reelection because he has shown himself on this issue to be absolutely — both morally and politically — on the wrong side,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#vote-ceasefire-group-urges-california-voters-to-signal-gaza-support-through-ballot\">Voter opposition to the war in Gaza has already made itself known \u003c/a>to Democrats in 2024 during the primaries. In swing state Michigan — home to a large Arab American and Muslim population — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979450/how-many-californians-wrote-ceasefire-on-the-primary-ballot-its-complicated\">over 100,000 uncommitted votes\u003c/a> were cast. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-divide-gaza-war-campus-protests-hurting-biden-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-05-16/\">May poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos\u003c/a> found that “44% of Democratic registered voters responding to the May 7–14 poll said they disapprove of Biden’s handling of the crisis. Democrats who disapproved of his response were less likely to say they would vote for Biden.” According to a recent Gallup poll, only \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/647633/biden-approval-rating-hit-new-low-exit-race.aspx\">58% of Americans approved of his presidency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araabi said that during the primary process, he’d heard from many people “who are self-proclaimed Democrats who said that they would never, ever, ever vote for Joe Biden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the question now is, can Harris bring those people back in?” he said. “I don’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Looking ahead to November\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the Washington, D.C., protest, Araabi said it was “really incredible to see all those people together, all saying very clearly, ‘We won’t stand for this anymore. This can’t be done in our name,’” he said. “This is the thing that I’m sure every fight for social justice has experienced, in the same way that Congress wouldn’t let go of its support for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">apartheid South Africa\u003c/a> until it absolutely was forced to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p-Hp4uM1uU\">Hundreds of Jewish American activists\u003c/a> were at the Netanyahu protest, which, according to Brotsky, made the world see “that Israel is not committing genocide in the name of Jews. That Jewish safety doesn’t come from oppressing Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, who is Palestinian American, told \u003cem>NPR\u003c/em> last week that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5048285/harris-gaza-war\">if she had “tried to go to a mosque or Arab community event and urged them to vote for Joe Biden, I would never be invited back.\u003c/a> The anger was so deep. And the hurt was so deep — even for me.” Nonetheless, Romman said she believed constituents would now be open to hearing Harris make her own case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists want Harris to take a bolder stance on Gaza. Some, like Santa Clara’s Afi, say they’re considering third-party options like Jill Stein. Eighteen\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">-year-old Aniya Butler\u003c/a> told KQED last week they would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">not be voting for Harris\u003c/a> due to the absence of a cease-fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an African American young woman, it’s amazing to think about the possibility of someone who looks like me being in that state of power,” Butler said. “But what is that power even rooted in? And what is that power being used for? And in terms of right now, it’s rooted in inequity, violence and oppression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brotsky said that whoever the Democratic presidential candidate is, Jewish Voice for Peace Action activists will continue to push for an arms embargo on Israel and a permanent cease-fire. The group also supports other pro-cease-fire candidates like \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/our-2024-candidates/\">Cori Bush of St. Louis\u003c/a> and plans to march at the Democratic National Convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing has changed,” Brotsky said. “[Cease-fire and arms embargo] was a demand of Biden in the Democratic Party. It’s still a demand of whoever the presidential nominee is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many activists are nonetheless worried that amid a media storm around the U.S. 2024 election, the death toll in Gaza and the suffering of Palestinians will be forgotten. Miller said she also fears that the government will wait until election season is over to take any action on Gaza and that “Palestinians cannot wait until November.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t afford to slip back into a sense of normalcy,” Afi said. “That’s kind of a scary concept to think the average American might just forget that people are being killed by bombs made in this country and shipped for free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to stay focused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Ezra David Romero contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>You can see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">Rolla Alaydi’s tables\u003c/a> almost every Sunday at Del Monte Beach in Monterey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tables are decorated with Palestinian flags that whip in the wind. There is a tray with little paper cups of coffee. Pins and stickers of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951631/who-is-handala-the-spiky-haired-boy-who-symbolizes-palestinian-resistance\">Handala\u003c/a>, a cartoon sketch of a young Palestinian boy, are for sale. So are keffiyehs, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/12/06/1216150515/keffiyeh-hamas-palestinians-israel-gaza\">a Palestinian scarf\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece is a long banner with an image of a young girl with downcast eyes. On the banner, a QR code to a GoFundMe titled, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rescue-my-family-from-humanitarian-crisis-in\">My Family is Trapped in Gaza. Help Me Get Them Out\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997611\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997611\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banner with a QR code to Rolla Alaydi’s GoFundMe page is displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Rolla has 21 family members stuck in Gaza and traveled to Egypt in April to try to help them escape. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to keep hope and faith,” Alaydi told KQED last month. “I’m just having all the fear from the bombing, from the starvation, from the disease. They are still there, and every day is worse than the day before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the United Nations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">more than 38,000 Palestinians have been killed\u003c/a> and over 88,000 have been injured during the siege of Gaza. Nearly 2 million people — almost the entire population of Gaza — have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/05/mass-forced-displacement-in-gaza-highlights-urgent-need-for-israel-to-uphold-palestinians-right-to-return/\">displaced\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monthslong military assault 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>Israeli forces have attacked aid workers and hospitals, exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">the humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation. Israel’s bombardment has sparked protests demanding a cease-fire in the Bay Area and around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997617\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi waves a Palestinian flag at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">Alaydi’s family\u003c/a> — 21 people, including 13 children — is in a refugee camp near the Egyptian border. Their family home was destroyed during the Israeli bombings. As of earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.conflict-damage.org/\">nearly 60% of buildings in the Gaza Strip\u003c/a> have been damaged or destroyed, according to Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, a network of researchers analyzing the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they are not killed by a missile, the starvation is hunting them,” Alaydi told KQED in February. “Death is chasing them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last nine months, Alaydi, a Palestinian American and Pacific Grove resident, has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">working with lawyers\u003c/a> to get her four younger brothers and their families out of Gaza as the Israeli bombardment continues. In the Bay Area, the Palestinian diaspora has been trying to navigate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">complex, frustrating process\u003c/a> of getting their loved ones across the Gaza-Egyptian border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997628\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997628\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinian goods for sale are displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A network of volunteer lawyers assisting Palestinian Americans said Gazans need to get their name on a list to cross the border, which often requires the approval of the American, Israeli and Egyptian governments. In late April, Alaydi’s brothers were approved to cross on May 20. She flew to Cairo, Egypt, with a suitcase full of medicine, vitamins and chocolate for the children.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was in Egypt, she met recently evacuated Gazans and listened to their stories. In their children’s faces, she saw her nephews and nieces like Alma, the girl on Alaydi’s GoFundMe banner. It would have been the first time Alaydi met some of her relatives. Now, she wonders if she will be lucky enough to see them outside of a phone screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997624\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997624\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A table with Palestinian goods for sale is displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Israel began its military offensive in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-hamas-war/?id=109948593\">May 6\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Egyptian border was closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did all this hard work, and I was about to reach something to be accomplished, and then I was not successful at all,” Alaydi said. “I’m just devastated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997625\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi offers individuals halva, a Persian pastry made of dates and rosewater, at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 28, she had to leave her family behind in an unpredictable siege with escalating \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-to-vaccinate-troops-as-polio-seen-in-gaza\">attacks on refugee camps\u003c/a>. Recently, 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. In the non-binding ruling, the court said Israel must pay reparations to Palestinians for lost property and income. In response, Israel claimed that the questions put to the court were \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-live-idf-explosion-tel-aviv-benjamin-netanyahu-visit-rafah\">prejudiced\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997619\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1909px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997619\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1909\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed.jpg 1909w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-1536x1073.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1909px) 100vw, 1909px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi (right) hugs Veronica Sanchez at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said she has a hard time coping, especially in front of her teenage son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a heavy, heavy weight in your chest,” said Alaydi, a single mother. “You feel like a big rock sitting there. I cannot even cry in front of him because I don’t want him to hear me crying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her respite from the heaviness is her Sundays at Del Monte Beach, where she displays Palestinian art and food, along with a book of her grandmother’s recipes and Barbie dolls dressed in traditional Palestinian clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said she started the display as an opportunity to connect with her community about Palestinian culture. Over time, a network of allies began showing up for her, some coming almost every Sunday. On the sidewalk next to Alaydi’s display, they hold up signs, chant and cheer for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When supporters of former president Donald Trump started setting up next to Alaydi, a group named Veterans for Peace began showing up for Alaydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997620\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs that spell ‘Gaza Ceasefire Now’ are displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Monterey County residents have become confidants as Alaydi grieves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would call me back, and she’s praying for me, giving me this support and the beautiful words that ease some of my stress,” Alaydi said of a friend she met at the beach. “We talk several times a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Sunday in late June, a crowd of around 50 gathered. Some were sprawled on the grass, painting slogans supporting Palestine on cardboard. A Cal State Monterey Bay student, who is a regular attendee, paced with their poster while wearing a keffiyeh they bought from Alaydi. Their pet lizard was perched on their shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997621\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997621\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Individuals supporting a cease-fire in Gaza gather at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pro-Palestinian people and a small group of Trump supporters exchanged harsh words. One woman in the Trump camp shoved a pro-Palestinian woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t touch me,” the woman snapped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997631\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\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. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi attempted to diffuse the tension by offering Turkish coffee and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1222718339/why-watermelons-are-symbol-of-palestinian-solidarity\">slices of watermelon\u003c/a>, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity. A male Trump supporter politely declined. The woman next to him shook her head — no — and refused to make eye contact with Alaydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997622\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi walks over to counterprotesters, supporting Former President Trump, to offer coffee at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said she avoids getting sucked into debates about Palestine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not here to talk any politics,” she said. “I’m just here to advocate for my family and tell the stories. And people here, they come to support and be in solidarity with Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-800x508.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-1536x975.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-1920x1219.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi offers watermelon to a counterprotester, supporting Former President Trump, at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aida Nikraftar, who was born in Iran but recently relocated to Monterey County from the Toronto area, regularly comes with her husband and their young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If (my daughter) asks me, ‘What did you do when an occupation was killing kids my age? What did you do in that genocide?’ I need to have something to say,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the people who pass by also see themselves in Alaydi’s story, like Monterey County resident Moumita Ahmed. Ahmed expressed her support for Alaydi and talked about her family’s experience during \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/16/bangladesh-50-years-liberation-war-victory-day-pakistan\">Bangladesh’s war of independence\u003c/a> from Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi hugged her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost my grandfather. We don’t know what happened to him till this day,” Ahmed told KQED. “So when I see what’s happening to Palestine and the people there, I just feel kind of triggered. I can’t even explain how I feel because I literally feel like it’s my family that is dealing with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-18_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jhoana Morales, a student at CSU Monterey Bay (left), calls for a cease-fire at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Morales has attended the cease-fire gatherings every Sunday since January. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marina Aiwaz, a college student who returned to the states at the end of last year after working at the West Bank Jenin Refugee Camp, came to Alaydi’s tables after a shift as a caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I see something come up — which is every day — that a Palestinian got killed in the West Bank, my heart drops. And I look for the word Jenin because that’s where most of my friends are,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiwaz, who was wearing scrubs, brought her own Palestinian flag, waving it as she marched on the street as drivers honked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-49_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marina Aiwaz holds a Palestinian flag at an intersection in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said the community support is giving her the energy to keep going until the borders open again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she also admitted that she often feels numb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The truth is, I’m here. I’m shouting with people, I’m sharing the food, and my body is here,” Alaydi said. “But my mind is with my family in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>You can see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">Rolla Alaydi’s tables\u003c/a> almost every Sunday at Del Monte Beach in Monterey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tables are decorated with Palestinian flags that whip in the wind. There is a tray with little paper cups of coffee. Pins and stickers of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951631/who-is-handala-the-spiky-haired-boy-who-symbolizes-palestinian-resistance\">Handala\u003c/a>, a cartoon sketch of a young Palestinian boy, are for sale. So are keffiyehs, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/12/06/1216150515/keffiyeh-hamas-palestinians-israel-gaza\">a Palestinian scarf\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece is a long banner with an image of a young girl with downcast eyes. On the banner, a QR code to a GoFundMe titled, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-rescue-my-family-from-humanitarian-crisis-in\">My Family is Trapped in Gaza. Help Me Get Them Out\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997611\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997611\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-3_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banner with a QR code to Rolla Alaydi’s GoFundMe page is displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Rolla has 21 family members stuck in Gaza and traveled to Egypt in April to try to help them escape. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to keep hope and faith,” Alaydi told KQED last month. “I’m just having all the fear from the bombing, from the starvation, from the disease. They are still there, and every day is worse than the day before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the United Nations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">more than 38,000 Palestinians have been killed\u003c/a> and over 88,000 have been injured during the siege of Gaza. Nearly 2 million people — almost the entire population of Gaza — have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/05/mass-forced-displacement-in-gaza-highlights-urgent-need-for-israel-to-uphold-palestinians-right-to-return/\">displaced\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monthslong military assault 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>Israeli forces have attacked aid workers and hospitals, exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">the humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation. Israel’s bombardment has sparked protests demanding a cease-fire in the Bay Area and around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997617\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-41_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi waves a Palestinian flag at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">Alaydi’s family\u003c/a> — 21 people, including 13 children — is in a refugee camp near the Egyptian border. Their family home was destroyed during the Israeli bombings. As of earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.conflict-damage.org/\">nearly 60% of buildings in the Gaza Strip\u003c/a> have been damaged or destroyed, according to Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, a network of researchers analyzing the destruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they are not killed by a missile, the starvation is hunting them,” Alaydi told KQED in February. “Death is chasing them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last nine months, Alaydi, a Palestinian American and Pacific Grove resident, has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">working with lawyers\u003c/a> to get her four younger brothers and their families out of Gaza as the Israeli bombardment continues. In the Bay Area, the Palestinian diaspora has been trying to navigate the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">complex, frustrating process\u003c/a> of getting their loved ones across the Gaza-Egyptian border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997628\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997628\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-40_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinian goods for sale are displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A network of volunteer lawyers assisting Palestinian Americans said Gazans need to get their name on a list to cross the border, which often requires the approval of the American, Israeli and Egyptian governments. In late April, Alaydi’s brothers were approved to cross on May 20. She flew to Cairo, Egypt, with a suitcase full of medicine, vitamins and chocolate for the children.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was in Egypt, she met recently evacuated Gazans and listened to their stories. In their children’s faces, she saw her nephews and nieces like Alma, the girl on Alaydi’s GoFundMe banner. It would have been the first time Alaydi met some of her relatives. Now, she wonders if she will be lucky enough to see them outside of a phone screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997624\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997624\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-5_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A table with Palestinian goods for sale is displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Israel began its military offensive in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-hamas-war/?id=109948593\">May 6\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Egyptian border was closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did all this hard work, and I was about to reach something to be accomplished, and then I was not successful at all,” Alaydi said. “I’m just devastated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997625\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-25_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi offers individuals halva, a Persian pastry made of dates and rosewater, at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On May 28, she had to leave her family behind in an unpredictable siege with escalating \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-to-vaccinate-troops-as-polio-seen-in-gaza\">attacks on refugee camps\u003c/a>. Recently, 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. In the non-binding ruling, the court said Israel must pay reparations to Palestinians for lost property and income. In response, Israel claimed that the questions put to the court were \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-live-idf-explosion-tel-aviv-benjamin-netanyahu-visit-rafah\">prejudiced\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997619\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1909px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997619\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1909\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed.jpg 1909w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-51_qed-1536x1073.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1909px) 100vw, 1909px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi (right) hugs Veronica Sanchez at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said she has a hard time coping, especially in front of her teenage son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a heavy, heavy weight in your chest,” said Alaydi, a single mother. “You feel like a big rock sitting there. I cannot even cry in front of him because I don’t want him to hear me crying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her respite from the heaviness is her Sundays at Del Monte Beach, where she displays Palestinian art and food, along with a book of her grandmother’s recipes and Barbie dolls dressed in traditional Palestinian clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said she started the display as an opportunity to connect with her community about Palestinian culture. Over time, a network of allies began showing up for her, some coming almost every Sunday. On the sidewalk next to Alaydi’s display, they hold up signs, chant and cheer for hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When supporters of former president Donald Trump started setting up next to Alaydi, a group named Veterans for Peace began showing up for Alaydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997620\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-13_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs that spell ‘Gaza Ceasefire Now’ are displayed at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Monterey County residents have become confidants as Alaydi grieves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would call me back, and she’s praying for me, giving me this support and the beautiful words that ease some of my stress,” Alaydi said of a friend she met at the beach. “We talk several times a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Sunday in late June, a crowd of around 50 gathered. Some were sprawled on the grass, painting slogans supporting Palestine on cardboard. A Cal State Monterey Bay student, who is a regular attendee, paced with their poster while wearing a keffiyeh they bought from Alaydi. Their pet lizard was perched on their shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997621\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997621\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-22_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Individuals supporting a cease-fire in Gaza gather at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pro-Palestinian people and a small group of Trump supporters exchanged harsh words. One woman in the Trump camp shoved a pro-Palestinian woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t touch me,” the woman snapped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997631\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-20_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\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. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi attempted to diffuse the tension by offering Turkish coffee and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1222718339/why-watermelons-are-symbol-of-palestinian-solidarity\">slices of watermelon\u003c/a>, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity. A male Trump supporter politely declined. The woman next to him shook her head — no — and refused to make eye contact with Alaydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997622\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-31_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi walks over to counterprotesters, supporting Former President Trump, to offer coffee at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alaydi said she avoids getting sucked into debates about Palestine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not here to talk any politics,” she said. “I’m just here to advocate for my family and tell the stories. And people here, they come to support and be in solidarity with Palestinians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-800x508.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-1536x975.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240623_GazaEvacuation_GC-30_qed-1920x1219.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi offers watermelon to a counterprotester, supporting Former President Trump, at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aida Nikraftar, who was born in Iran but recently relocated to Monterey County from the Toronto area, regularly comes with her husband and their young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If (my daughter) asks me, ‘What did you do when an occupation was killing kids my age? What did you do in that genocide?’ I need to have something to say,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the people who pass by also see themselves in Alaydi’s story, like Monterey County resident Moumita Ahmed. Ahmed expressed her support for Alaydi and talked about her family’s experience during \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/16/bangladesh-50-years-liberation-war-victory-day-pakistan\">Bangladesh’s war of independence\u003c/a> from Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi hugged her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost my grandfather. We don’t know what happened to him till this day,” Ahmed told KQED. “So when I see what’s happening to Palestine and the people there, I just feel kind of triggered. 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