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"content": "\u003cp>Activist Avital Raff stood in front of a crowd of mourners gathered at Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay and described her time in the occupied Palestinian territories, with the family of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ramadan is normally greeted with excitement for the happiest and holiest time of year, but it was greeted this year with dread and despair,” she said Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recalled Al-Hathaleen’s wife, Hanady, telling her that she feared the idea of waking up early for the pre-fast meal alone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Awdah would normally prepare for Suhoor for her,” Raff said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Raff said she also helped babysit Al-Hathaleen’s three sons. The youngest began to walk in February. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12093065\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rev. Michael Yoshii leads mourners in prayer during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12093062\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093062\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Community members offer condolences and watch a slideshow of photos under a Muharram mourning tent during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We cheered and clapped for him, but we did so with tears in our eyes, knowing that his father was not here for this milestone,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raff was one of many who attended and spoke at a Tuesday night memorial in Piedmont, honoring the life of 31-year-old Awdah Al-Hathaleen, who had deep ties to the Bay Area. A year after his killing, attendees shared memories, photos and videos of the teacher and his loved ones, recited \u003ca href=\"https://www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-should-never-be-extinguished/\">a poem by his widow\u003c/a> and emphasized his mission: protecting his village, Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another speaker, Shira Wolkenfeld, said she worked with Al-Hathaleen on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/?hl=en\">Humans of Masafer Yatta \u003c/a>on social media, which documents Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes. She said they would often talk about how to end a story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Do you leave people with a piece of hope to hold onto, a call to action, something to keep them going?” she said. “Awdah usually chose to end his stories and his presentations with a simple request to share his story: to tell people what’s happening, to help others understand, not to let this be ignored.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friends of Awdah Al-Hathaleen listen to memories and prayers during his memorial, at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the memorial video, Al-Hathaleen is leaning down, translating a young Palestinian girl’s words into English. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We love our land,” he said. “We will not leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among his activist work, Al-Hathaleen captured footage for the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971802/no-other-land-review-palestinian-israeli-documentary-west-bank\">\u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which follows the Israeli government’s bulldozing of a Palestinian community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last June, Al-Hathaleen was slated to speak at a series of events at synagogues and other places of worship in the Bay Area as part of a humanitarian mission. However, Al-Hathaleen and his cousin, another speaker, were denied \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">entry at San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>, detained overnight and then sent back home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, Al-Hathaleen was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">shot and killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a> whom witnesses identified as Yinon Levi, according to Phil Weintraub, an organizer with the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, which sponsored Al-Hathaleen’s visit. A memorial video shown during the service said that Al-Hathaleen was filming settlers when he was killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I arrived in Umm al-Khair for the first time this past September, Awdah’s blood still stained the ground of the community center,” said another speaker, Emily Axelrod.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kehilla is the host of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, an organization created \u003ca href=\"https://kehillasynagogue.org/act/face-to-face-a-jewish-palestinian-reparations-alliance/\">in 2021\u003c/a> that connects allies in the Bay Area with residents of Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last October, Face-to-Face advocates sounded the alarm over the future of Umm al-Khair, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">reports of Israel’s plan\u003c/a> to demolish the village. A recent investigation by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/17/they-took-toilet-settlement-squeezed-palestinian-village\">\u003cem>Al Jazeera\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported several Palestinians’ fears of a new Israeli outpost established nearby that has prevented them from moving and working freely in the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want to stress that this gathering is not just a memorial to Awdah,” Kehilla Rabbi David Cooper said. “It is an active recommitment to Umm al-Khair and to Palestinian freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rabbi David speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna — who was among \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">several Bay Area elected officials\u003c/a> who condemned Al-Hathaleen’s detention and deportation from SFO last year — recently visited the village during his three-day \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">visit to the West Bank\u003c/a> this summer, according to Israeli American peace activist Ben Linder who accompanied the politician during the trip. Khanna has also recently shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RoKhannaUSA/videos/umm-al-khair-is-surrounded-on-all-sides-by-settlements-listen-to-them-share-thei/2491224254724033/\">a social media post\u003c/a> featuring residents of the village, writing “Umm al-Khair is surrounded on all sides by settlements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the trip, in the town of Khirbet Zanuta, Khanna said settlers and the Israeli military detained him, and he was only able to leave after contacting the American Embassy in Jerusalem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Israeli military said, “IDF troops were dispatched to the scene, quickly dispersed the Israeli civilians, and reopened the blocked road … The IDF soldiers operating in the area did not take part in blocking the road.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Khanna pushed back on the explanation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893386/rep-ro-khanna-on-being-detained-by-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">on NPR\u003c/a>, saying that the IDF is “now claiming that they were just waiting for orders from the police, and that’s why they had detained us. But it still does not change the facts that there were illegal settlers that detained us and that the IDF sided with the settlers, as the videotape shows.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093063\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mourners gather at a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raff was one of many who attended and spoke at a Tuesday night memorial in Piedmont, honoring the life of 31-year-old Awdah Al-Hathaleen, who had deep ties to the Bay Area. A year after his killing, attendees shared memories, photos and videos of the teacher and his loved ones, recited \u003ca href=\"https://www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-should-never-be-extinguished/\">a poem by his widow\u003c/a> and emphasized his mission: protecting his village, Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another speaker, Shira Wolkenfeld, said she worked with Al-Hathaleen on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/?hl=en\">Humans of Masafer Yatta \u003c/a>on social media, which documents Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes. She said they would often talk about how to end a story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Do you leave people with a piece of hope to hold onto, a call to action, something to keep them going?” she said. “Awdah usually chose to end his stories and his presentations with a simple request to share his story: to tell people what’s happening, to help others understand, not to let this be ignored.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friends of Awdah Al-Hathaleen listen to memories and prayers during his memorial, at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the memorial video, Al-Hathaleen is leaning down, translating a young Palestinian girl’s words into English. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We love our land,” he said. “We will not leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among his activist work, Al-Hathaleen captured footage for the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971802/no-other-land-review-palestinian-israeli-documentary-west-bank\">\u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which follows the Israeli government’s bulldozing of a Palestinian community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last June, Al-Hathaleen was slated to speak at a series of events at synagogues and other places of worship in the Bay Area as part of a humanitarian mission. However, Al-Hathaleen and his cousin, another speaker, were denied \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">entry at San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>, detained overnight and then sent back home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, Al-Hathaleen was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">shot and killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a> whom witnesses identified as Yinon Levi, according to Phil Weintraub, an organizer with the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, which sponsored Al-Hathaleen’s visit. A memorial video shown during the service said that Al-Hathaleen was filming settlers when he was killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I arrived in Umm al-Khair for the first time this past September, Awdah’s blood still stained the ground of the community center,” said another speaker, Emily Axelrod.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kehilla is the host of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, an organization created \u003ca href=\"https://kehillasynagogue.org/act/face-to-face-a-jewish-palestinian-reparations-alliance/\">in 2021\u003c/a> that connects allies in the Bay Area with residents of Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last October, Face-to-Face advocates sounded the alarm over the future of Umm al-Khair, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">reports of Israel’s plan\u003c/a> to demolish the village. A recent investigation by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/17/they-took-toilet-settlement-squeezed-palestinian-village\">\u003cem>Al Jazeera\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported several Palestinians’ fears of a new Israeli outpost established nearby that has prevented them from moving and working freely in the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want to stress that this gathering is not just a memorial to Awdah,” Kehilla Rabbi David Cooper said. “It is an active recommitment to Umm al-Khair and to Palestinian freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rabbi David speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna — who was among \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">several Bay Area elected officials\u003c/a> who condemned Al-Hathaleen’s detention and deportation from SFO last year — recently visited the village during his three-day \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">visit to the West Bank\u003c/a> this summer, according to Israeli American peace activist Ben Linder who accompanied the politician during the trip. Khanna has also recently shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RoKhannaUSA/videos/umm-al-khair-is-surrounded-on-all-sides-by-settlements-listen-to-them-share-thei/2491224254724033/\">a social media post\u003c/a> featuring residents of the village, writing “Umm al-Khair is surrounded on all sides by settlements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the trip, in the town of Khirbet Zanuta, Khanna said settlers and the Israeli military detained him, and he was only able to leave after contacting the American Embassy in Jerusalem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Israeli military said, “IDF troops were dispatched to the scene, quickly dispersed the Israeli civilians, and reopened the blocked road … The IDF soldiers operating in the area did not take part in blocking the road.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Khanna pushed back on the explanation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893386/rep-ro-khanna-on-being-detained-by-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">on NPR\u003c/a>, saying that the IDF is “now claiming that they were just waiting for orders from the police, and that’s why they had detained us. But it still does not change the facts that there were illegal settlers that detained us and that the IDF sided with the settlers, as the videotape shows.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093063\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mourners gather at a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Al-Hathaleen’s ceremony ended with a Kaddish, a mourner’s prayer, recited by San Francisco Rabbi Faryn Borella.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When we mourn a loved one, we get this opportunity to remember, to praise, to remember to look toward what is beautiful in the world and look through their eyes at what they saw,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked the crowd what the ways Al-Hathaleen praised the world he lived in “even in the midst of such suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093072\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shira Wolkenfeld speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People chimed in:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Friendship.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Soccer.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Barbecue.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The children.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked them to hold these praises during the prayer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see the world through his eyes for a moment,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A San Francisco jury \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086262/san-franciscos-case-against-pro-palestinian-activists-who-blocked-bridge-heads-to-jury\">failed to reach a unanimous decision\u003c/a> on whether protesters who blocked traffic on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-gate-bridge\">Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> in 2024 are guilty of felony conspiracy, charges that could have resulted in more than a decade-long prison sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury found the seven Bay Area activists — Bhavika Anandpura, River Allen, Sara Cantor, Rocky Chau, Conrad de Jesus, Sarah Ferrell and Em Tillotson — guilty of multiple misdemeanors, including four counts of false imprisonment, obstructing a thoroughfare and unlawful assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantor, who acted as a liaison between police and protesters on the day of the incident, was also found guilty of refusal to disperse at a riot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the verdict was read, supporters, including some who were crying, flooded out of the packed courthouse, chanting “Free Palestine” and “No justice, no peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the protesters had not disputed that their clients brought Golden Gate Bridge traffic to a standstill for hours on Tax Day in 2024, but argued that they believed their actions were legally protected because they were “necessary” to save the lives of Palestinians in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today remains a victory,” public defender Nuha Abusamra said, following the verdict. “We do not fight solely to win. We fight for the resistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVerdict-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVerdict-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVerdict-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVerdict-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manan Kocher gathers with supporters during a rally outside a courtroom at the Superior Court of California in San Francisco on July 2, 2026, after a jury deadlocked on a felony conspiracy charge against seven protesters accused of blocking the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taking a bridge and blocking traffic for a few hours years ago is the bare minimum that we should be doing as American citizens while our tax dollars continue to fund the mass genocide of Palestinians,” she continued. “We will all go home and sleep safely in our homes. But Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and the occupied territories, they will not … And that is why we will keep fighting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstration was part of an international movement protesting the U.S.’s involvement in Israel’s recent military incursion in the region.[aside postID=news_12089634 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GlockBanCaliforniaGetty.jpg']Activists also shut down traffic on Interstate-880 in Oakland, and staged similar protests in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and across Mexico, Vietnam and Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group of protesters, part of a larger cohort nicknamed the “Golden Gate 26,” chained themselves to parked cars and each other in the southbound lanes of the bridge beginning at 7:30 a.m. on April 15, causing a significant traffic backup as commuters tried to travel into San Francisco from the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others, who participated in the demonstration by holding banners and blocking traffic but did not link themselves together, had charges against them dropped or reduced after many agreed to a diversion program, which included paying restitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorneys said the protesters had tried expressing their concern through less disruptive means, like calling their local representatives and participating in marches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, as Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge, they believed the escalation was necessary to save lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089844\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089844\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICTPRESSCONF-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICTPRESSCONF-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICTPRESSCONF-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICTPRESSCONF-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">River Allen speaks during a press conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on July 2, 2026, after a jury deadlocked on a felony conspiracy charge against seven protesters accused of blocking the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After weeks of deliberation, the jury said it could not come to unanimous decisions on the most serious conspiracy charge or misdemeanor trespassing with the intent to interfere with business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foreperson of the jury told the court Thursday that they took at least six votes on the conspiracy charge, which usually ended in a 10-to-2 vote split, with the majority of jurors finding the protesters guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a misdemeanor trespassing charge, all but one of the jurors leaned toward finding the group not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protester River Allen said the jury guarded against overprosecution by not delivering a guilty verdict on the conspiracy charge\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot allow that precedent to be set in San Francisco, and the jury did not allow that,” they told a crowd gathered outside of the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICT-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" 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stuck on the bridge — and cost the bridge thousands of dollars in uncollected fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Teresa Caffese declined to give the jury special instructions to consider a necessity defense, but at least some members of the jury appeared swayed by protesters’ attorneys’ closing argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office said it would “evaluate our options and consider next steps,” which could include retrying the undecided charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The jury plays a key role in our criminal justice system, and I would like to thank them for their service in this trial,” District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorneys said they expected to return to court next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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said the jury guarded against overprosecution by not delivering a guilty verdict on the conspiracy charge\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot allow that precedent to be set in San Francisco, and the jury did not allow that,” they told a crowd gathered outside of the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089841\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICT-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICT-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICT-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260702-GGBVERDICT-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters rally outside a courtroom at the Superior Court of California in San Francisco on July 2, 2026, after a jury deadlocked on a felony conspiracy charge against seven protesters accused of blocking the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Throughout the weekslong trial, the DAs office argued that the protesters’ actions had significant consequences for other Bay Area residents — some of whom missed doctors’ appointments or shifts at work while stuck on the bridge — and cost the bridge thousands of dollars in uncollected fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Teresa Caffese declined to give the jury special instructions to consider a necessity defense, but at least some members of the jury appeared swayed by protesters’ attorneys’ closing argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney’s office said it would “evaluate our options and consider next steps,” which could include retrying the undecided charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The jury plays a key role in our criminal justice system, and I would like to thank them for their service in this trial,” District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorneys said they expected to return to court next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> jury will decide whether seven pro-Palestinian protesters who halted traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge for hours in 2024 should each spend more than a decade in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the activists began closing arguments on Thursday, arguing that their clients believed their actions were necessary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082743/activists-defend-golden-gate-bridge-shutdown-in-gaza-war-protest-trial\">to save the lives of Palestinians\u003c/a> amid Israel’s military strikes on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necessary, urgent, lifesaving,” defense attorney Shaffy Moeel said during the trial. “Bhavika Anandpura showed up on the Golden Gate Bridge because she believed it was necessary. She showed up on that bridge because she believed it was urgent. 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The defendants are accused of blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her final statement, Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze quoted a person who was stuck on the Golden Gate Bridge that day: “We all have a right to protest, but I should have had a right to leave,” she said. “In this case, the defendants unilaterally decided to take that right away from everyone on the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said between 8 a.m. and noon, no cars passed through the bridge’s toll plaza, which usually records 5,000 vehicles in that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The evidence in this case is clear. These seven individuals broke the law, regardless of their message or beliefs,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roze spent much of her closing focused on proving conspiracy — the most serious of the charges that carries the longest sentence.[aside postID=news_12082743 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00089_TV-KQED.jpg']She said that the night before the protest, six of the defendants met in Berkeley and devised the plan to block a thoroughfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s when they became guilty of conspiracy to commit false imprisonment,” Roze said, adding that the seventh defendant received a call the same night telling him to meet at a BART station for the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants’ lawyers have focused throughout the trial on setting up a so called “necessity defense” — which requires attorneys to show that the protesters believed they were facing a real, specific and immediate threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attorneys said the protesters had tried expressing their concern through less disruptive means, like calling their local representatives and participating in marches. At the time, as Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge, they believed the escalation was necessary to save lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When their words were ignored, they had to get louder. And when the invasion of Rafah was imminent, they had to get loudest of all,” defense attorney John Viola said. “They weren’t there to break the law; they were there to enforce the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But ahead of closing arguments, Judge Teresa Caffese declined to give jurors special instructions to consider necessity in their deliberation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violette Mansour, with Palestinian Youth Movement, speaks during a rally across from the San Francisco Superior Courthouse on June 4, 2026, to support the “Golden Gate 26” ahead of closing arguments in their trial. 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"content": "\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian protesters who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084403/golden-gate-bridge-protest-trial-opens-in-san-francisco\">halted traffic across the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> in 2024 say they believed their actions were necessary to save lives amid Israel’s military strikes on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists facing more than a decade in prison told a San Francisco court on Friday that they felt they had exhausted other options to oppose the U.S.’s involvement in the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believed that it was an emergency; we needed to act very quickly,” said Conrad de Jesus, one of the seven defendants charged in connection with an April 15, 2024, protest that shut down travel across the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants face felony conspiracy and several misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly, willful restriction of free movement and multiple counts of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus’ testimony marked the first time he has spoken publicly about his involvement in the protest more than two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office argues that the defendants’ actions “clearly” broke the law: they planned to block traffic and trapped commuters when they chained themselves to parked vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The demonstration was part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on Interstate 880 in Oakland\u003c/a> and staged similar actions in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses who took the stand earlier this week said that they were stalled in traffic trying to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, they missed shifts at work and went hours without access to bathrooms and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regina Schneider said she was taking U.S. Interstate 101 from Marin into San Francisco for a doctor’s appointment. Sitting in her car, she was anxious and short of breath, she said.[aside postID=news_12084628 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GlobalSumudFlotillaGetty-scaled.jpg']But attorneys for the protesters are trying to prove that their clients believed their actions were justified under a necessity defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ll need to show that the activists believed they were facing a real, specific and imminent threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create a greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus said that, at the time of the protest, he’d already been involved with pro-Palestinian activism and had “exhausted” other means of trying to get the attention of political forces, including attending marches and writing to his local U.S. representative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said at the time Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew there were talks in the Israeli government to attack Rafah, and we knew it was a good time to take action,” he said on the stand on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he understands people’s anger and that the protest was inconvenient, but believed his actions were justified “because it was to prevent a greater evil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manan Kocher, one of dozens of people who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for a pro-Palestinian protest, poses for a portrait at the San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I believed that, in doing so, we would be saving lives,” he testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara Cantor, who faces the steepest sentence of the protesters for her role as their “police liaison,” testified that she believed her actions “would save at least one life, for at least one day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she believed the coordinated day of action had the possibility to be more impactful than any individual protest, and that she saw herself as a “lightning rod” in the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt important for me to try to keep people safe, and I knew as a white woman, I am typically treated with respect by the police,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution focused much of its cross-examination of the protesters, trying to clarify the timeline of events that led up to the protest on April 15, angling to develop a record of conspiracy by the defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze asked de Jesus about a call he’d gotten from a friend the day prior to the protest, telling him where to meet in the morning. She asked if de Jesus knew where he would be going and what the action was going to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He testified that he didn’t recall and said the first time he knew he was going to the Golden Gate Bridge was that day, at the meeting location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantor testified that protesters decided to target the bridge during a planning meeting in West Berkeley the night before the demonstration, attended by roughly 50 people, including all of the other defendants except de Jesus, where participants volunteered for specific roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait at the San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011165/felony-charges-against-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-can-go-to-trial-judge-rules\">felony conspiracy\u003c/a> carries the longest sentence and is one of the harshest brought against activists involved in similar actions in the past. Six of the protesters could face 14 years in prison. Cantor could face 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down westbound travel on the Bay Bridge in November 2023 were charged with misdemeanors and reached a deal with the San Francisco DA’s office to avoid jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys asked a judge last year to downgrade the felonies to misdemeanors, arguing that the protesters had been overcharged and targeted for their political beliefs, but the judge allowed the charges to stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charges against another 19 protesters, who rounded out the group that refers to itself as the “Golden Gate 26,” have been dropped or thrown out over the last year and a half. Sixteen defendants’ cases were dismissed after they agreed to a diversion program, which included paying restitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants face felony conspiracy and several misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly, willful restriction of free movement and multiple counts of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus’ testimony marked the first time he has spoken publicly about his involvement in the protest more than two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office argues that the defendants’ actions “clearly” broke the law: they planned to block traffic and trapped commuters when they chained themselves to parked vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The demonstration was part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on Interstate 880 in Oakland\u003c/a> and staged similar actions in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses who took the stand earlier this week said that they were stalled in traffic trying to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, they missed shifts at work and went hours without access to bathrooms and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regina Schneider said she was taking U.S. Interstate 101 from Marin into San Francisco for a doctor’s appointment. Sitting in her car, she was anxious and short of breath, she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But attorneys for the protesters are trying to prove that their clients believed their actions were justified under a necessity defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ll need to show that the activists believed they were facing a real, specific and imminent threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create a greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus said that, at the time of the protest, he’d already been involved with pro-Palestinian activism and had “exhausted” other means of trying to get the attention of political forces, including attending marches and writing to his local U.S. representative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said at the time Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew there were talks in the Israeli government to attack Rafah, and we knew it was a good time to take action,” he said on the stand on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he understands people’s anger and that the protest was inconvenient, but believed his actions were justified “because it was to prevent a greater evil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manan Kocher, one of dozens of people who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for a pro-Palestinian protest, poses for a portrait at the San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I believed that, in doing so, we would be saving lives,” he testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara Cantor, who faces the steepest sentence of the protesters for her role as their “police liaison,” testified that she believed her actions “would save at least one life, for at least one day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she believed the coordinated day of action had the possibility to be more impactful than any individual protest, and that she saw herself as a “lightning rod” in the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt important for me to try to keep people safe, and I knew as a white woman, I am typically treated with respect by the police,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution focused much of its cross-examination of the protesters, trying to clarify the timeline of events that led up to the protest on April 15, angling to develop a record of conspiracy by the defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze asked de Jesus about a call he’d gotten from a friend the day prior to the protest, telling him where to meet in the morning. 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"content": "\u003cp>Multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> residents detained by the Israeli military aboard an aid flotilla to Gaza have been deported to Istanbul, according to family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least three North Bay residents and a San Francisco native who now resides in Arizona were among more than 400 people who were detained early this week in international waters, more than 100 miles from Gaza’s coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The detainees were part of a Global Sumud Flotilla that first departed from Barcelona on April 12, carrying humanitarian aid workers, food and supplies. Israeli forces intercepted about half of the original fleet of ships at the end of April, and those activists were taken to Greece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, another 20 or so ships joined the fleet for the final leg of the journey in Turkey. But Israeli forces on Monday intercepted all of the remaining ships in international waters off Cyprus, according to the global flotilla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The activists were deported Thursday morning amid international outrage after the office of Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2057046925417824697\">video footage\u003c/a> on social media showing the far-right leader taunting detained activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One video featured a woman who yelled “Free Palestine” being pushed to the ground as Ben-Gvir walked past, while another showed dozens of activists with their hands tied behind their backs and their faces pressed to the ground in what appears to be a makeshift detention space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12080621 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shireen and other boats docked in Augusta, Sicily, on April 18, 2026, as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The mission included around 70 vessels and nearly 1,000 participants from 70 countries, making it significantly larger than a previous mission in September 2025, with 42 boats and 462 participants. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Chad Ashby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the footage, Ben-Gvir said, “Welcome to Israel, we are the landlords,” while waving an Israeli flag. He also said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “give them a long, long time, give them to us for the terrorist prisons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Logan Hollarsmith, one of the flotilla participants, grew up in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Israelis kidnapped these people in international waters,” his mother, Sidney Hollar, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least six of the more than a thousand flotilla participants had ties to California, and at least four with Bay Area connections — Hollarsmith, 34, and North Bay residents Kelly Riggle, Gregory Elias Terry and Silas Beaver, were among the most recent detainees.[aside postID=news_12080402 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9485-KQED.jpg']“I’m calling on Secretary Rubio and the State Department to ensure their safety and fair treatment,” North Bay Rep. Jared Huffman said in a statement on Thursday. “The U.S. has an obligation to protect Americans abroad, and my team and I are working to safely get them home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Ben-Gvir’s treatment of the activists “betrayed dignity of his nation,” while globally, the prime ministers of Spain and Italy, along with the president of the European Council, condemned the behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netanyahu also made a rare condemnation of Ben-Gvir’s behavior, releasing a statement that it was “not in line with Israel’s values and norms” and demanding that the participants be deported as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollar said that the detainees were initially held in a makeshift detention area on a military cargo ship, before they were taken through the city of Ashdod, to the maximum security prison Ktzi’ot, where they were held briefly before being deported to Istanbul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that upon their arrival in Turkey, many detainees were taken to receive medical care via stretchers, and others appeared barely able to walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really, really disconcerting, the torture that these people experienced,” Hollar said. She added that she had spoken to Hollarsmith, who said he was not tortured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the crew of the Shireen, a legal support boat, look out from the port of Augusta, Sicily, on April 18, 2026. The Global Sumud Flotilla includes around 70 vessels and nearly 1,000 participants from 70 countries, making it significantly larger than a previous mission in September 2025, which included 42 boats and 462 participants.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hollar said that while her son was detained in Ashdod, she and others tried calling the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem to ask for welfare checks on him, but were either hung up on or “cross-examined” when they mentioned the flotilla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollar said she was told that the flotilla was a “terrorist organization connected with Hamas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The activists will likely remain in Turkey for a few days to receive medical care and meet with a legal team before flying home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While I’m super glad he’s coming home, the focus should remain on the need to stop the genocide,” Hollar told KQED. “That’s where the focus of everything should be, the point of what their mission was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The felony trial for seven pro-Palestinian protesters who blocked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011165/felony-charges-against-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-can-go-to-trial-judge-rules\">traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> in 2024 opened in San Francisco on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District Attorney’s office has alleged that the activists conspired to and restricted commuters’ freedom of movement, trapping them suspended over a body of water. If found guilty, they could each face 14- or 15-year prison sentences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the activists said they plan to make the case that their clients believed their actions were necessary to save the lives of Palestinians amid Israel’s military strikes on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Shaffy Moeel said her client, Bhavika Anandpura, felt it was “immediate, urgent [and] necessary” to join the protesters, who chained themselves to parked vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge, shutting down traffic in both directions for about four hours in the early morning of April 15, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She posted on social media, she called Congress, she wrote letters, she joined protests … but nothing changes. The bombings continued, hunger spread,” Moeel said during her opening statement. “By April, this does not feel theoretical anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She thought an economic boycott could create real economic consequences that people in power can’t ignore,” Moeel told the courtroom packed with supporters donning keffiyehs. Some of the attendees have also participated in protests calling on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">local colleges to divest\u003c/a> from Israeli companies and weapons manufacturers and on the Port of Oakland to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056544/bay-area-groups-call-for-end-of-military-shipments-to-israel-from-oakland-airport\">end military cargo shipping\u003c/a> through the city’s airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12084463 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">First responders on The Golden Gate 26 on April 15, 2024. A group of Bay Area residents was arrested during a protest against the U.S. role in the war in Gaza on Tax Day. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Saman Qadir)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The seven are part of a larger group that participated in a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza on Tax Day 2024. Demonstrators also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on Interstate-880 in Oakland\u003c/a>, and staged similar protests in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida. Demonstrations were also held internationally, across Mexico, Vietnam and Australia, among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Months later, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged 26 Bay Area protesters, self-identified as the “Golden Gate 26,” in connection with the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cases against 18 of the defendants, who faced misdemeanor charges, have been dropped since, and an eighth person who initially faced felony charges had their case thrown out by a judge in 2024 due to lack of evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, San Francisco has seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081802/search-of-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-social-media-was-illegal-attorneys-argue\">Golden Gate Bridge protests\u003c/a> related to environmental justice and the handling of the AIDS crisis. More recently, dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down westbound travel on the Bay Bridge in November 2023 were charged with misdemeanors and reached a deal with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970376/demonstrators-pack-the-court-to-support-activists-arrested-for-blocking-bay-bridge-last-month\">San Francisco DA’s office\u003c/a> to avoid jail time.[aside postID=news_12080402 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9485-KQED.jpg']Compared to those, the charges against the remaining Golden Gate Bridge 26 defendants represent some of the harshest. Each is charged with felony conspiracy, along with a slew of misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly, willful restriction of free movement and multiple counts of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the defendants asked a judge last year to downgrade the felonies to misdemeanors, arguing their clients had been overcharged and targeted for their political beliefs. But the judge declined, saying his decision was influenced in part by a significant restitution claim from the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge operators initially sought \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063531/golden-gate-bridge-agency-drops-163k-restitution-claim-against-pro-palestinian-protesters\">more than $160,000 from the protesters\u003c/a> for lost toll revenue, though they reached a confidential deal last year and dropped their claim. Several individuals who were stuck on the bridge also filed restitution claims, mostly for the day’s lost wages. In a separate deal, 16 of the defendants, not including those facing felony charges, agreed to pay nine claimants a collective $5,300.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters’ attorneys are not disputing that their clients blocked bridge travel, but plan to make the case that they felt their actions were necessary to stop a genocide in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To prove a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justia.com/criminal/defenses/necessity/\">necessity defense\u003c/a>, they’ll need to show that the protesters believed they were facing a real, specific and immediate threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During opening statements, attorneys laid out each protester’s individual circumstances leading up to the action — from one who traveled to Palestine herself, to another who heard a trauma surgeon’s account of treating patients in Gaza, and multiple who said their clients had attended protests, sit-ins and called their representatives without response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011174\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on April 15, 2024, completely halting traffic for hours as part of a coordinated day of action against Israel’s war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Paul Kuroda / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorney Nuha Abusamra said her client “believed this was the only way to get U.S. officials to stop sending arms to Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze cited significant inconveniences the action caused for those trying to travel across the Golden Gate Bridge that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People missed doctors’ appointments, nurses were missing from their jobs, children were forced to defecate in bags, people had little to no water,” Roze said. “Because these seven individuals decided that their cause, their message, was more important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roze said it is against the law to block traffic, restrict others’ movement and make a plan to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The evidence is clear: these individuals broke the law,” Roze told the jury. “And while you may agree with their message, their cause, and it may be an important one, it does not justify breaking the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that defendants paid Golden Gate Bridge operators $5,300 to settle a restitution claim. That total was paid to settle restitution claims from private individuals.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Shaffy Moeel said her client, Bhavika Anandpura, felt it was “immediate, urgent [and] necessary” to join the protesters, who chained themselves to parked vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge, shutting down traffic in both directions for about four hours in the early morning of April 15, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She posted on social media, she called Congress, she wrote letters, she joined protests … but nothing changes. The bombings continued, hunger spread,” Moeel said during her opening statement. “By April, this does not feel theoretical anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She thought an economic boycott could create real economic consequences that people in power can’t ignore,” Moeel told the courtroom packed with supporters donning keffiyehs. Some of the attendees have also participated in protests calling on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">local colleges to divest\u003c/a> from Israeli companies and weapons manufacturers and on the Port of Oakland to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056544/bay-area-groups-call-for-end-of-military-shipments-to-israel-from-oakland-airport\">end military cargo shipping\u003c/a> through the city’s airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12084463 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260520-GGB-PROTEST-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">First responders on The Golden Gate 26 on April 15, 2024. A group of Bay Area residents was arrested during a protest against the U.S. role in the war in Gaza on Tax Day. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Saman Qadir)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The seven are part of a larger group that participated in a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza on Tax Day 2024. Demonstrators also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on Interstate-880 in Oakland\u003c/a>, and staged similar protests in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida. Demonstrations were also held internationally, across Mexico, Vietnam and Australia, among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Months later, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged 26 Bay Area protesters, self-identified as the “Golden Gate 26,” in connection with the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cases against 18 of the defendants, who faced misdemeanor charges, have been dropped since, and an eighth person who initially faced felony charges had their case thrown out by a judge in 2024 due to lack of evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, San Francisco has seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081802/search-of-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-social-media-was-illegal-attorneys-argue\">Golden Gate Bridge protests\u003c/a> related to environmental justice and the handling of the AIDS crisis. More recently, dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down westbound travel on the Bay Bridge in November 2023 were charged with misdemeanors and reached a deal with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970376/demonstrators-pack-the-court-to-support-activists-arrested-for-blocking-bay-bridge-last-month\">San Francisco DA’s office\u003c/a> to avoid jail time.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Compared to those, the charges against the remaining Golden Gate Bridge 26 defendants represent some of the harshest. Each is charged with felony conspiracy, along with a slew of misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly, willful restriction of free movement and multiple counts of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the defendants asked a judge last year to downgrade the felonies to misdemeanors, arguing their clients had been overcharged and targeted for their political beliefs. But the judge declined, saying his decision was influenced in part by a significant restitution claim from the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge operators initially sought \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063531/golden-gate-bridge-agency-drops-163k-restitution-claim-against-pro-palestinian-protesters\">more than $160,000 from the protesters\u003c/a> for lost toll revenue, though they reached a confidential deal last year and dropped their claim. Several individuals who were stuck on the bridge also filed restitution claims, mostly for the day’s lost wages. In a separate deal, 16 of the defendants, not including those facing felony charges, agreed to pay nine claimants a collective $5,300.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters’ attorneys are not disputing that their clients blocked bridge travel, but plan to make the case that they felt their actions were necessary to stop a genocide in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To prove a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justia.com/criminal/defenses/necessity/\">necessity defense\u003c/a>, they’ll need to show that the protesters believed they were facing a real, specific and immediate threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During opening statements, attorneys laid out each protester’s individual circumstances leading up to the action — from one who traveled to Palestine herself, to another who heard a trauma surgeon’s account of treating patients in Gaza, and multiple who said their clients had attended protests, sit-ins and called their representatives without response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011174\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GGBridgeProtestAprilGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on April 15, 2024, completely halting traffic for hours as part of a coordinated day of action against Israel’s war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Paul Kuroda / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorney Nuha Abusamra said her client “believed this was the only way to get U.S. officials to stop sending arms to Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze cited significant inconveniences the action caused for those trying to travel across the Golden Gate Bridge that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People missed doctors’ appointments, nurses were missing from their jobs, children were forced to defecate in bags, people had little to no water,” Roze said. “Because these seven individuals decided that their cause, their message, was more important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roze said it is against the law to block traffic, restrict others’ movement and make a plan to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The evidence is clear: these individuals broke the law,” Roze told the jury. “And while you may agree with their message, their cause, and it may be an important one, it does not justify breaking the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that defendants paid Golden Gate Bridge operators $5,300 to settle a restitution claim. That total was paid to settle restitution claims from private individuals.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Activists opposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s contract this week with an Israeli cellphone data extraction company, which they say has been used in Israeli military operations in Gaza and to surveil journalists and activists across the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oakland Police Department has contracted with digital intelligence company Cellebrite since 2014, the City Council voted Wednesday to extend the contract through June 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By approving this contract, Oakland has chosen to bring in technology tied directly to Israeli occupation forces, the surveillance of Palestinians, and immigration enforcement here in the U.S.,” said Zahra Billoo, the executive director of the Bay Area’s office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. “That decision should never have been made without meaningful engagement with the communities most likely to be impacted by expanded surveillance and discriminatory policing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OPD has used some version of Cellebrite’s technology to download cellphone data, but the most updated version, which the department has used since about 2024, allows it to access data from cellphones without a passcode, according to Sgt. Yun Zhou. According to city records, the technology is used in both internal audits of OPD members’ work phones and to aid in criminal investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Zhou said, the department used Cellebrite to search more than 200 devices obtained through search warrants and thought to be involved in robberies, homicides and other crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1180x802.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-960x653.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-240x163.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-375x255.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The City Council’s vote to extend the contract, for a price of $140,000, was 6 to 2, with Councilmembers Janani Ramachandran and Carroll Fife opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Fife, Cellebrite’s technology has been used against journalists in Myanmar and Botswana, and activists in Serbia, whose phones were “secretly” unlocked. CAIR also said the technology has been used to collect data from Palestinians who have been detained in Gaza.[aside postID=news_12081173 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2216992312-2000x1334.jpg']And last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a contract to obtain Cellebrite’s tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just don’t want Oakland to be part of that list of bad actors who continuously violate human rights,” Fife said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou said that Oakland’s data is stored locally through \u003ca href=\"http://evidence.com\">evidence.com\u003c/a> and that Cellebrite does not touch it. According to the Police Department’s 2024 annual report, “OPD has not shared any Cellebrite extraction data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s meeting, more than 20 people spoke in opposition to the contract, many echoing Fife’s and CAIR’s concerns about human rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tools provide access to phones, messages, location data, photos, deleted files and obviously that’s immensely intrusive,” said Musa Tariq, CAIR Bay Area’s policy coordinator. “This company is kind of part of a broader ecosystem of surveillance where these tools that are developed in militarized or occupation contexts are being exported globally. That’s raising concerns about the normalization of these practices, both abroad and then over here at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilmember Carroll Fife speaks during a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2025, condemning President Trump’s recent remarks about Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zhou said the department “does understand the optics of this company,” but hasn’t been able to identify a comparable alternative for extracting data from Android devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are tied to it because of necessity,” he told the councilmembers. “If there is a viable replacement, just because of cost alone, I think most of us would switch over.” He said the department has tested alternative technologies, including one in the midst of a 30-day trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Zhou told the council, the alternative tool has been used to try to unlock eight phones and failed each test. By contrast, he said, Cellebrite has worked to access seven of the eight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Charlene Wang, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, said it was “undeniable” that Cellebrite had been used by authoritarian governments to surveil people without consent, but added that it’s also used in democratic nations to investigate violent organized crime and human trafficking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said not approving the contract would hurt OPD’s ability to solve violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have trade-offs to make,” she said. “We have an obligation to protect our citizens, and to use this technology wisely here in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12082805 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene Wang speaks after being sworn in as a city council member for District 2 at City Hall in Oakland, California, on May 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang said next year, she would like to see a competitive bidding process for the phone-extraction contract — a usual process for city contracts that was waived in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife asked the department to conduct a review of other vendors that might be available to offer similar technology, as well as an independent legal analysis assessing Cellebrite’s access to the city’s data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also asked that the department publicly report concrete statistics of how the data extraction technology is leading to a decrease in crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep having to approve contracts that have been shown around the world to have proven violations of people’s human rights,” Fife said. “I don’t support the use of this vendor. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Activists opposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s contract this week with an Israeli cellphone data extraction company, which they say has been used in Israeli military operations in Gaza and to surveil journalists and activists across the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Oakland Police Department has contracted with digital intelligence company Cellebrite since 2014, the City Council voted Wednesday to extend the contract through June 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By approving this contract, Oakland has chosen to bring in technology tied directly to Israeli occupation forces, the surveillance of Palestinians, and immigration enforcement here in the U.S.,” said Zahra Billoo, the executive director of the Bay Area’s office of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. “That decision should never have been made without meaningful engagement with the communities most likely to be impacted by expanded surveillance and discriminatory policing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OPD has used some version of Cellebrite’s technology to download cellphone data, but the most updated version, which the department has used since about 2024, allows it to access data from cellphones without a passcode, according to Sgt. Yun Zhou. According to city records, the technology is used in both internal audits of OPD members’ work phones and to aid in criminal investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Zhou said, the department used Cellebrite to search more than 200 devices obtained through search warrants and thought to be involved in robberies, homicides and other crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-1180x802.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-960x653.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-240x163.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-375x255.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/OPDbldg-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police headquarters on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The City Council’s vote to extend the contract, for a price of $140,000, was 6 to 2, with Councilmembers Janani Ramachandran and Carroll Fife opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Fife, Cellebrite’s technology has been used against journalists in Myanmar and Botswana, and activists in Serbia, whose phones were “secretly” unlocked. CAIR also said the technology has been used to collect data from Palestinians who have been detained in Gaza.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a contract to obtain Cellebrite’s tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just don’t want Oakland to be part of that list of bad actors who continuously violate human rights,” Fife said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhou said that Oakland’s data is stored locally through \u003ca href=\"http://evidence.com\">evidence.com\u003c/a> and that Cellebrite does not touch it. According to the Police Department’s 2024 annual report, “OPD has not shared any Cellebrite extraction data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s meeting, more than 20 people spoke in opposition to the contract, many echoing Fife’s and CAIR’s concerns about human rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tools provide access to phones, messages, location data, photos, deleted files and obviously that’s immensely intrusive,” said Musa Tariq, CAIR Bay Area’s policy coordinator. “This company is kind of part of a broader ecosystem of surveillance where these tools that are developed in militarized or occupation contexts are being exported globally. That’s raising concerns about the normalization of these practices, both abroad and then over here at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250814-OAKLANDPUSHBACK-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilmember Carroll Fife speaks during a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2025, condemning President Trump’s recent remarks about Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zhou said the department “does understand the optics of this company,” but hasn’t been able to identify a comparable alternative for extracting data from Android devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are tied to it because of necessity,” he told the councilmembers. “If there is a viable replacement, just because of cost alone, I think most of us would switch over.” He said the department has tested alternative technologies, including one in the midst of a 30-day trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Zhou told the council, the alternative tool has been used to try to unlock eight phones and failed each test. By contrast, he said, Cellebrite has worked to access seven of the eight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Charlene Wang, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, said it was “undeniable” that Cellebrite had been used by authoritarian governments to surveil people without consent, but added that it’s also used in democratic nations to investigate violent organized crime and human trafficking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said not approving the contract would hurt OPD’s ability to solve violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have trade-offs to make,” she said. “We have an obligation to protect our citizens, and to use this technology wisely here in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12082805 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2215577954-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene Wang speaks after being sworn in as a city council member for District 2 at City Hall in Oakland, California, on May 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang said next year, she would like to see a competitive bidding process for the phone-extraction contract — a usual process for city contracts that was waived in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife asked the department to conduct a review of other vendors that might be available to offer similar technology, as well as an independent legal analysis assessing Cellebrite’s access to the city’s data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also asked that the department publicly report concrete statistics of how the data extraction technology is leading to a decrease in crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep having to approve contracts that have been shown around the world to have proven violations of people’s human rights,” Fife said. “I don’t support the use of this vendor. 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"content": "\u003cp>Aziz Abu Sarah, who is Palestinian, hesitated before sending a condolence message to his Israeli acquaintance, Maoz Inon. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974526/bay-area-jewish-community-heartbroken-by-harrowing-stories-from-oct-7-survivors\">It was Oct. 8, 2023\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day earlier, Hamas militants had fatally shot Inon’s parents, Yakovi and Bilha, and set fire to their home near the Gaza border. Abu Sarah wondered whether hearing a Palestinian voice would only magnify Inon’s pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he sent it because he knew from experience it was the right thing to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inon replied within a few hours. His heart was broken, he said, but his grief did not stop with his parents. He was also crying for the “children being killed in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both men had lost family members to violence tied to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/israel-hamas-war\">Israel-Hamas war\u003c/a>. Instead of retreating further into grief and anger, they built an unlikely friendship grounded in dialogue, shared loss and a belief that coexistence remains possible even amid war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082165\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maoz Inon, a peace activist who lost both his parents when they were killed in an assault by Hamas on Israeli communities near Gaza. \u003ccite>(Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That exchange became the beginning of a friendship neither man expected. Today, they describe it as something closer to brotherhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost so many,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913639/when-the-world-expects-hate-a-palestinian-and-an-israeli-choose-peace\">Inon said recently on KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “But I won Aziz. I won Aziz as a brother.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abu Sarah grew up in occupied Jerusalem. One Ramadan morning, Israeli soldiers with machine guns stormed his home and took his 18-year-old brother, Tayseer, who was accused of throwing rocks. Tayseer refused to confess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was tortured, imprisoned and released with grave internal injuries. He died soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abu Sarah was 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very angry. I was very bitter,” he said. “I think it felt more like if I don’t avenge his death, then I’m a terrible brother.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082172\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis greets Maoz Inon and Aziz Sarah, two entrepreneurs from Israel and Palestine, respectively, from whom the war has torn away their family members, during the meeting ‘Arena of Peace’ at the Verona Arena on May 18, 2024, in Verona, Italy. \u003ccite>(Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, though, something changed in Abu Sarah. He’d refused to learn Hebrew in high school because it was the “language of the enemy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then, realizing he couldn’t go to college or get a job without it, he began his studies. “That,” he said, “was my first introduction to Israelis who treated me like a human being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A teacher greeted him in Arabic. Classmates spoke to him as an equal. It did not erase his loss, but it disrupted the story he had been telling about himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not Israelis versus Palestinians anymore,” he said. “It’s those of us who believe in justice… and those who don’t yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Shared travel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Inon and Abu Sarah’s friendship grew not just through conversation, but through shared travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both men have backgrounds in tourism. When they began working together, they built “dual narrative” tours, led by both an Israeli and a Palestinian. People told them it would fail. Instead, their company, MEJDI Tours, became a model for citizen diplomacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1959px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082173\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2269561567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1959\" height=\"1306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2269561567.jpg 1959w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2269561567-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2269561567-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1959px) 100vw, 1959px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli forces conduct identity checks and close a road to traffic during a raid on Ain Sara Street in Hebron, southern West Bank, Palestine, on April 6, 2026. \u003ccite>(Amer Shallodi/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For their new book, “The Future Is Peace,” the men took an eight-day journey across Israel and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">West Bank\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Abu Sarah, returning to his hometown of Bethany meant painful memories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 16, he was denied an ID card because his home fell outside newly drawn municipal boundaries. 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Caller Radhika wondered whether their approach managed to convince people on either side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inon responded that those who believe that war will bring safety are naive. “The only way to achieve security… is through dialogue.” He pointed to a growing movement of Israelis and Palestinians working together, even as political leaders remain entrenched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rabbi from Sonoma County described taking one of the guests’ dual-narrative tours, finding it “challenging and eye-opening,” and said Inon and Abu Sarah’s work has shown how we can “rehumanize each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another listener, Maureen, expressed despair. “It seems like peaceful coexistence is impossible, at least in my lifetime,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00956_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00956_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00956_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00956_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters block Montgomery Street outside the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2025. Jewish community members are calling on the Israeli government to let food aid into Palestine as starvation progressively gets worse. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Abu Sarah did not dismiss that feeling, but he pushed back on its conclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot allow ourselves to put this responsibility… on the next generation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came sharper critique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One listener wrote that efforts like this risk “equalizing” histories that are not equal. “If this was Nazi Germany,” the listener asked, “and they were offering German and Jewish tours to share stories, would it be OK?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working with Israelis, Abu Sarah said, is not about ignoring injustice. 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He was raised on a narrative of a land largely empty before Jewish settlement. Only later did he learn the scale of Palestinian presence and displacement. That realization did not erase his identity but rather complicated it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without doubting my own narrative,” he said, “I would never… recognize that there is another people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near the end of the program, a listener named Joyce wrote that she was “still in tears,” but felt something else, too: hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish their voices could be heard all over the world,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inon replied within a few hours. His heart was broken, he said, but his grief did not stop with his parents. He was also crying for the “children being killed in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both men had lost family members to violence tied to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/israel-hamas-war\">Israel-Hamas war\u003c/a>. Instead of retreating further into grief and anger, they built an unlikely friendship grounded in dialogue, shared loss and a belief that coexistence remains possible even amid war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082165\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1757397061-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maoz Inon, a peace activist who lost both his parents when they were killed in an assault by Hamas on Israeli communities near Gaza. \u003ccite>(Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That exchange became the beginning of a friendship neither man expected. Today, they describe it as something closer to brotherhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lost so many,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913639/when-the-world-expects-hate-a-palestinian-and-an-israeli-choose-peace\">Inon said recently on KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “But I won Aziz. I won Aziz as a brother.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abu Sarah grew up in occupied Jerusalem. One Ramadan morning, Israeli soldiers with machine guns stormed his home and took his 18-year-old brother, Tayseer, who was accused of throwing rocks. Tayseer refused to confess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was tortured, imprisoned and released with grave internal injuries. He died soon after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abu Sarah was 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very angry. I was very bitter,” he said. “I think it felt more like if I don’t avenge his death, then I’m a terrible brother.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082172\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2153510497-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis greets Maoz Inon and Aziz Sarah, two entrepreneurs from Israel and Palestine, respectively, from whom the war has torn away their family members, during the meeting ‘Arena of Peace’ at the Verona Arena on May 18, 2024, in Verona, Italy. \u003ccite>(Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, though, something changed in Abu Sarah. He’d refused to learn Hebrew in high school because it was the “language of the enemy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then, realizing he couldn’t go to college or get a job without it, he began his studies. “That,” he said, “was my first introduction to Israelis who treated me like a human being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A teacher greeted him in Arabic. Classmates spoke to him as an equal. It did not erase his loss, but it disrupted the story he had been telling about himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not Israelis versus Palestinians anymore,” he said. “It’s those of us who believe in justice… and those who don’t yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Shared travel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Inon and Abu Sarah’s friendship grew not just through conversation, but through shared travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both men have backgrounds in tourism. When they began working together, they built “dual narrative” tours, led by both an Israeli and a Palestinian. People told them it would fail. 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It is about working with people who share values, including equality, dignity and a future where neither side dominates the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact he’s Israeli doesn’t make him my enemy,” he said of Inon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also acknowledged the criticism from within his own community, including accusations of betrayal and “normalization.” But if people only “sit and cry and do nothing,” the situation will not change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Friendship\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If their friendship has a philosophy, it is not rooted in agreement about the past but a shared commitment to a better future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not agree on everything in history,” Abu Sarah said. “But… we can definitely agree on everything in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That idea surfaced again and again: listening without forcing consensus, allowing different narratives to exist and recognizing that empathy is not betrayal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051789\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00998_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00998_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00998_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00998_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters hold one another on Montgomery Street outside the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Inon, that recognition includes confronting his own upbringing. 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"content": "\u003cp>As seven pro-Palestinian activists who blocked the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/golden-gate-bridge\">Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> two years ago prepare for felony trial, their attorneys are raising First Amendment concerns about a wide-ranging search of their social media activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol’s search warrant identified Facebook and Instagram accounts they believe belong to the defendants and sought three months of records from parent company Meta, including private messages, contact lists, liked posts, passwords and financial information. Defense attorneys aiming to block the data that was handed over from being used in court argue that the warrant was unconstitutionally broad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t just say, ‘I’m looking for evidence of any crime,’” attorney Shaffy Moeel said. “You have to actually have a very particularized, specified thing that you’re looking for if you’re going to ask a judge to sign off on a warrant like this. And so what they got from Meta is hundreds of gigs of data related to what we think is absolutely First Amendment-protected activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moeel filed a motion to suppress that evidence in court \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011165/felony-charges-against-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-can-go-to-trial-judge-rules\">ahead of trial\u003c/a>, where defendants face maximum sentences of 14 or 15 years in prison for charges including felony conspiracy, false imprisonment and trespassing to interfere with a business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the requested information, such as content from accounts the defendants allegedly interacted with, has no relevance to the question of whether the protesters conspired to block traffic, Moeel argued in the motion. Instead, she told KQED, authorities were looking to build “a map of political association.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have the district attorney using law enforcement and the court to get data from people, Americans, regarding their political association, what accounts they’re liking, what accounts they’re reposting, what comments they’re posting related to accounts that might have a political message on it,” Moeel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1246387515-scaled-e1742325160899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 20, 2019. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco district attorney’s office declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CHP analyst looked into Instagram accounts that “supported one another with spreading knowledge of events” as part of the agency’s assessment of protests, according to a CHP officer’s affidavit for the warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the list were accounts for some of the groups most consistently responsible for planning pro-Palestinian protests in the Bay Area in recent years, including local chapters for the Palestinian Youth Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace and the Arab Resource and Organizing Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP declined to comment, citing the pending case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meta said in a statement that the company pushes back or refuses requests that are illegal. It did not do so in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial comes more than two years after protesters\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975859/golden-gate-bridge-blocked-by-activists-calling-for-cease-fire-in-gaza\"> blocked vehicle lanes\u003c/a> for hours on the Golden Gate Bridge as part of a broader day of demonstrations against U.S. economic support for Israel amid its war in Gaza. In Oakland, protesters also blocked lanes on Interstate 880.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jury selection and opening statements are expected in the coming weeks, Moeel said.[aside postID=news_12080402 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9485-KQED.jpg']The defendants had previously hoped to avoid trial altogether and convince a judge to downgrade the felony charges to misdemeanors, but two judges ruled against them, most recently in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically, San Francisco has had other protests where they’ve blocked bridges for environmental justice or to raise awareness regarding \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvKAIPOBWlY\">disparities in providing AIDS treatment\u003c/a>,” Moeel said. “And so, I think this is a part of San Francisco history, and the district attorney here in this case took the unprecedented step of charging felony conspiracy to commit misdemeanor crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with those two demonstrations, which occurred in 1996 and 1989 respectively, protesters have also flocked to the Golden Gate Bridge more recently. The environmental justice protest, which involved actor Woody Harrelson, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/bridge/history-research/moments-events/key-dates/#1990s\">listed among key dates \u003c/a>on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-war protesters were also arrested on the bridge in 2002, though only one was charged with a felony for assaulting an officer, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Anti-war-rally-ties-up-bridge-Cops-stop-traffic-2818029.php\">SFGate.\u003c/a> In 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823356/day-8-of-protests-around-the-bay-taking-a-knee-for-change-and-a-march-across-the-golden-gate-bridge\">thousands marched\u003c/a> across the bridge as part of the wave of Black Lives Matter protests without incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants in this case note that their action two years ago was seemingly the first time the bridge district filed a restitution claim against protesters, originally set at $163,000 in lost toll revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When lawyers for the defendants first argued that the felony charges should be reduced, Judge Brendan P. 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"content": "\u003cp>Early last Wednesday, it was Gabriel Korty’s turn to take watch while \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059265/california-journalist-others-on-2nd-gaza-aid-flotilla-released-from-israeli-captivity\">sailing\u003c/a> across the Balearic Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He rose at dawn to look out from the deck of an eight-person wooden \u003ca href=\"https://www.vesselfinder.com/?mmsi=224114520\">sailboat\u003c/a> named Al Quds, an Arabic name for Jerusalem, as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian aid fleet destined for Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back home,\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gabekorty/\"> the Point Reyes artist\u003c/a> said he often struggled to discuss the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051743/bay-area-rabbis-jewish-leaders-demand-israel-let-aid-into-gaza-as-crisis-persists\">humanitarian crisis in Gaza\u003c/a> with those around him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people just don’t have the capacity to talk about it,” Korty, 36, said of his community in the foggy, rural beach town an hour north of San Francisco. “I think maybe because they feel that they can’t do anything about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, he set out to prove that regular people can do something. Today, he’s cruising around the coast of Sicily along with a fleet carrying over 1,000 people from more than 100 countries, and at least six people with ties to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s significantly larger than a previous mission in September 2025, which included 42 boats and 462 participants, but has the same aim: to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and remind the world of the enclave’s plight, Korty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really feels like people were forgetting that this genocide was still happening,” Korty said. “I wanted to be here so people in my community had some sort of connection to this flotilla and maybe would pay Gaza the attention it deserves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080589\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FOLITTLA-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FOLITTLA-02-KQED.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FOLITTLA-02-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portrait of Gabriel Korty, an artist, woodworker and event producer from Point Reyes. 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By April 2025, the blockade pushed \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/gaza-un-experts-urge-general-assembly-respond-famine-and-genocide\">parts of Gaza into famine\u003c/a>, according to the United Nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a ceasefire declared Oct. 10, 2025, Israel promised to freely allow aid to pass into Gaza. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has-israel-violated-the-gaza-ceasefire-here-are-the-numbers#:~:text=Israel%20still%20choking%20aid,%2C%20crisps%2C%20and%20soft%20drinks.\">analysis by Al Jazeera\u003c/a> found that aid deliveries in the weeks that followed faced major delays, if allowed in at all. Israel’s military and Hamas, meanwhile, have continued to trade attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel controls all inflow and outflow of personnel and aid on the borders of Gaza,” said Dr. Mohammad Subeh, an emergency room physician based in Saratoga. “Anything that is going to enter, whether it be on trucks or otherwise, has to be vetted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subeh, who is assisting the flotilla as part of the medical coordination team before heading to Lebanon for an aid mission, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">traveled to Gaza multiple times\u003c/a>, mainly to set up American-style field hospitals to evaluate and treat civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There, he experienced firsthand the challenges of providing lifesaving medical care under siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medications that contain ingredients like glycerin, which can be found in Children’s Tylenol, are rejected by the Israeli authorities as “dual-use” because they could be used for military purposes, Subeh said. Physicians have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-doctor-denied-gaza-entry-9.7080727\">reported\u003c/a> that Israel has limited the bringing in of \u003ca href=\"https://peaceandjustice.org/to-get-a-stethoscope-into-gaza-you-needed-to-buy-a-tv/\">stethoscopes\u003c/a>, a tool that is practically synonymous with the practice of medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going through this constant struggle to try to justify all the things that you are bringing in to treat patients,” said Subeh, 41.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Subeh traveled to Sicily to help train boat medics before another round of ships departs Saturday for the journey across the Mediterranean. Medics will also train in how to provide care in detention, in case the fleet is intercepted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>International activists \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983361/bay-area-residents-to-join-gaza-aid-flotilla\">have tried to reach Gaza’s shores\u003c/a> multiple times since Israel’s blockade started. None of the attempts has made it past the naval blockade, which has \u003ca href=\"https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israel-blockade-gaza-and-flotilla-incident\">closed\u003c/a> Gaza’s coast to maritime traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While no international law prohibits civilian vessels from reaching Gaza by boat, Israel said its naval blockade is legal and necessary for self-defense, as an attempt to stop the illegal transport of weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many flotilla participants, deemed a security threat, are banned for life from entering Palestinian territories. But Subeh said that’s a risk faced by anyone who provides aid. After being denied entry to Gaza twice, Subeh said he took his \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/08/israel-gaza-doctors-denied-entry/\">case\u003c/a> to an Israeli high court.[aside postID=news_12079164 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-21-BL_qed.jpg']“The question we should be asking is, what right does the state of Israel have of banning folks from going to Palestine?” said Subeh, who is Palestinian and grew up in Kuwait and Los Angeles as a refugee. “Everybody’s silence plays a huge role.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chad Ashby, a ship electrician from Los Angeles, considered joining the Freedom Flotilla, a precursor to the Global Sumud Flotilla, last year and interviewed with organizers at the time. A longtime activist who lived on boats in Bay Area marinas for a decade, Ashby said he’s made more than a dozen humanitarian trips to the Mediterranean with Sea-Watch, a German organization that rescues refugees off the Libyan coast and ferries them to boats bound for Europe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Sea-Watch, Ashby, 41, has come face to face with Libyan Coast Guard vessels, with machine guns mounted on their bows, as his crew worked to rescue people from sinking rubber boats and life rafts. He said he still remembers how his heart pounded for hours after his first encounter with Libya’s fleet, which is known for firing on migrants and activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Doing this type of work, your comfort level starts to change, and you just start to become more comfortable with doing things that seem a bit more risky,” Ashby said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, though, Ashby backed out of joining the Freedom Flotilla. In his research, he learned about an Israeli \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/activist-flotilla-seeking-to-break-the-israeli-blockade-of-gaza-says-drones-attacked-its-boats\">raid\u003c/a> on the Mavi Marmara, a passenger ferry headed to Gaza in 2010, that killed nine Turkish activists, including one Turkish American. The attack was condemned globally, and Israel eventually agreed to pay Turkey $20 million in compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hearing that story gave me great hesitation,” Ashby said. “It made me [think] I’m not sure if I’m really willing to die for this right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the crew of the Shireen, a legal support boat, look out from the port of Augusta, Sicily, on April 18, 2026. The Global Sumud Flotilla includes around 70 vessels and nearly 1,000 participants from 70 countries, making it significantly larger than a previous mission in September 2025, which included 42 boats and 462 participants.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of Ashby’s friends from the Sea-Watch community were on a Freedom Flotilla ship called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/conscience-drone-strike-gaza-flotilla-aftermath/\">Conscience\u003c/a> that was anchored off the coast of Malta last May when it was hit twice by drones in the middle of the night, ripping open the ship’s hull. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the months after, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">more ships embarked for Gaza\u003c/a>, carrying activists including Greta Thunberg and Amazon labor organizer Chris Smalls. That voyage made international news when Israel detained more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lk292jww4o\">400\u003c/a> participants 70 nautical miles off Gaza’s coast. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">California lawmakers and people around the world\u003c/a> called for the immediate release of the detained activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hearing about that mission changed a lot of minds for activists, because people before that thought that this is like a death sentence,” Ashby said. “Even though they were not able to deliver the aid, they were able to get the message out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Ashby packed a small bag, including his electrical equipment and his documents. He also brought his violin, he said, not only to keep up his daily practice but also as a form of meditation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9530-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9530-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9530-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/041526_CHADASHBY_9530-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chad Ashby plays violin at his home in Topanga on April 15, 2026. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, he traveled to Sicily’s eastern coast to join the crew of the Shireen, a sailboat named for Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank while reporting in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately, the crew got to work on a list of maintenance tasks needed before the boat could leave port. In the evenings, after working, the crew and others in the marina joined together to play music and \u003ca href=\"https://wavezero.world/?podcast=1f13347d-8921-68d2-8710-b31fe50b6f8e\">livestreamed\u003c/a> it as a radio show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s impressive how many people have come together to try to make an effort to put a stop to the genocide,” Ashby said. “I love to see all of the organization and the passion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Shireen doesn’t plan to reach Gaza and will stay in international waters for the duration of the voyage. As a legal support boat, it carries a handful of legal observers as well as a small group of people with the skills to fix other ships’ broken navigational systems, lights and whatever else they need to make it across the sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just inundated with this horrible information and feeling so bad for what was happening and feeling very powerless,” Ashby said. “And it seemed like a way that I could use my skill to be able to help out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, he set out to prove that regular people can do something. Today, he’s cruising around the coast of Sicily along with a fleet carrying over 1,000 people from more than 100 countries, and at least six people with ties to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s significantly larger than a previous mission in September 2025, which included 42 boats and 462 participants, but has the same aim: to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and remind the world of the enclave’s plight, Korty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really feels like people were forgetting that this genocide was still happening,” Korty said. “I wanted to be here so people in my community had some sort of connection to this flotilla and maybe would pay Gaza the attention it deserves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080589\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FOLITTLA-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FOLITTLA-02-KQED.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FOLITTLA-02-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portrait of Gabriel Korty, an artist, woodworker and event producer from Point Reyes. Korty is crewing on Al Quds, a sailboat with Spanish flags, headed to Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Gabriel Korty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated places on Earth. It is around two-thirds the size of San José, with twice the population. More than half of its residents are children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2007, after Hamas took control of Gaza’s governance from the Palestinian Authority, Israel began a blockade of the strip by air, land and sea, effectively caging in its 2 million Palestinians. Following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and the start of an Israeli military campaign that leveled entire cities and killed, by some estimates, around \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00522-4/fulltext\">75,000 \u003c/a>Palestinians, the stranglehold on humanitarian food, medicine and aid intensified. By April 2025, the blockade pushed \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/gaza-un-experts-urge-general-assembly-respond-famine-and-genocide\">parts of Gaza into famine\u003c/a>, according to the United Nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a ceasefire declared Oct. 10, 2025, Israel promised to freely allow aid to pass into Gaza. However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has-israel-violated-the-gaza-ceasefire-here-are-the-numbers#:~:text=Israel%20still%20choking%20aid,%2C%20crisps%2C%20and%20soft%20drinks.\">analysis by Al Jazeera\u003c/a> found that aid deliveries in the weeks that followed faced major delays, if allowed in at all. Israel’s military and Hamas, meanwhile, have continued to trade attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel controls all inflow and outflow of personnel and aid on the borders of Gaza,” said Dr. Mohammad Subeh, an emergency room physician based in Saratoga. “Anything that is going to enter, whether it be on trucks or otherwise, has to be vetted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subeh, who is assisting the flotilla as part of the medical coordination team before heading to Lebanon for an aid mission, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">traveled to Gaza multiple times\u003c/a>, mainly to set up American-style field hospitals to evaluate and treat civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There, he experienced firsthand the challenges of providing lifesaving medical care under siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medications that contain ingredients like glycerin, which can be found in Children’s Tylenol, are rejected by the Israeli authorities as “dual-use” because they could be used for military purposes, Subeh said. Physicians have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-doctor-denied-gaza-entry-9.7080727\">reported\u003c/a> that Israel has limited the bringing in of \u003ca href=\"https://peaceandjustice.org/to-get-a-stethoscope-into-gaza-you-needed-to-buy-a-tv/\">stethoscopes\u003c/a>, a tool that is practically synonymous with the practice of medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going through this constant struggle to try to justify all the things that you are bringing in to treat patients,” said Subeh, 41.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Subeh traveled to Sicily to help train boat medics before another round of ships departs Saturday for the journey across the Mediterranean. 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He said he still remembers how his heart pounded for hours after his first encounter with Libya’s fleet, which is known for firing on migrants and activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Doing this type of work, your comfort level starts to change, and you just start to become more comfortable with doing things that seem a bit more risky,” Ashby said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, though, Ashby backed out of joining the Freedom Flotilla. In his research, he learned about an Israeli \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/activist-flotilla-seeking-to-break-the-israeli-blockade-of-gaza-says-drones-attacked-its-boats\">raid\u003c/a> on the Mavi Marmara, a passenger ferry headed to Gaza in 2010, that killed nine Turkish activists, including one Turkish American. The attack was condemned globally, and Israel eventually agreed to pay Turkey $20 million in compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hearing that story gave me great hesitation,” Ashby said. “It made me [think] I’m not sure if I’m really willing to die for this right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080620\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260420-GAZA-FLOTILLA-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the crew of the Shireen, a legal support boat, look out from the port of Augusta, Sicily, on April 18, 2026. The Global Sumud Flotilla includes around 70 vessels and nearly 1,000 participants from 70 countries, making it significantly larger than a previous mission in September 2025, which included 42 boats and 462 participants.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of Ashby’s friends from the Sea-Watch community were on a Freedom Flotilla ship called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/conscience-drone-strike-gaza-flotilla-aftermath/\">Conscience\u003c/a> that was anchored off the coast of Malta last May when it was hit twice by drones in the middle of the night, ripping open the ship’s hull. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the months after, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">more ships embarked for Gaza\u003c/a>, carrying activists including Greta Thunberg and Amazon labor organizer Chris Smalls. That voyage made international news when Israel detained more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lk292jww4o\">400\u003c/a> participants 70 nautical miles off Gaza’s coast. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">California lawmakers and people around the world\u003c/a> called for the immediate release of the detained activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hearing about that mission changed a lot of minds for activists, because people before that thought that this is like a death sentence,” Ashby said. “Even though they were not able to deliver the aid, they were able to get the message out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Ashby packed a small bag, including his electrical equipment and his documents. 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In the evenings, after working, the crew and others in the marina joined together to play music and \u003ca href=\"https://wavezero.world/?podcast=1f13347d-8921-68d2-8710-b31fe50b6f8e\">livestreamed\u003c/a> it as a radio show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s impressive how many people have come together to try to make an effort to put a stop to the genocide,” Ashby said. “I love to see all of the organization and the passion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Shireen doesn’t plan to reach Gaza and will stay in international waters for the duration of the voyage. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> Democrats chose “Together We Win” as their slogan for their statewide convention this past weekend in San Francisco, but beyond solidarity in opposing President Donald Trump, there was decidedly little togetherness on the key issue of \u003ca href=\"https://cadem.org/endorsements/\">endorsements\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting the party’s official nod is a key indicator for voters deciding whom to support. But they’ll have no such help for the June primary when it comes to gubernatorial candidates, where none of the Democrats seeking that office came close to winning the 60% of delegates needed to secure the endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The closest was Rep. Eric Swalwell, who won just 24% support. The other leading candidates, based on recent polling, were well behind in delegate support:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Betty Yee:\u003c/strong> 17%\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Xavier Becerra:\u003c/strong> 14%\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Tom Steyer:\u003c/strong> 13%\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Katie Porter:\u003c/strong> 9%\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results also show how out of sync with voters party insiders are. In independent polls, Yee and Becerra are routinely in single digits, sometimes less than 5%. The indecisive result only heightened concerns that too many Democratic candidates could split the vote, leaving Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton in a November runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the convention, party Chair Rusty Hicks told KQED Democrats would “hopefully walk away with clarity” about who the leading candidates were. Nope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Hicks did not indicate any interest in using his position to pressure anyone to drop out. “I think that the primary process in and of itself is a natural winnowing process,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074214\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty T. Yee speaks during the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. Yee finished second in the party’s endorsement vote, which ended without consensus. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another landmine Democrats navigated was Israel’s war in Gaza and whether or not to use the word “genocide” to describe it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069409/scott-wiener-pivots-after-congressional-forum-israel-has-committed-genocide-in-gaza\">exploded at a January forum\u003c/a> in San Francisco for candidates running to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress, when each was asked to answer “Yes or No” to 10 questions in a lightning round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the question, “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?” two candidates — San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and former software engineer Saikat Chakrabarti held up a sign reading “yes” — prompting loud cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state Sen. Scott Wiener declined to hold up either sign, igniting anger and shouts of “shame” from some in the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather outside Moscone West during the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Days later — under fire from progressives — Wiener \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/2010464312792404192?s=20\">released a video\u003c/a>. He acknowledged that genocide has occurred. Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who is Jewish, said using a word originally used to describe the Nazi Holocaust in this case is painful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But despite that pain and that trauma, we all have eyes, and we see the absolute devastation and catastrophic death toll in Gaza inflicted by the Israeli government,” Wiener said in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, he told KQED, “For Saikat Chakrabarti and for Connie Chan, this issue is not even vaguely personal. This is pure politics for them. For me, it’s not politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, of course, any issue can be both personal and political. And one thing is clear: After that candidates’ forum, Wiener’s campaign was facing a backlash from supporters, according to political consultant Sam Lauter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12069062 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates running for California’s 11th Congressional District, (from left) Saikat Chakrabarti, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, take part in a forum at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were saying, ‘I need my congressman to take a moral position on this. And to me, it looks like genocide,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauter has endorsed Wiener for the seat, but said his use of the word genocide to describe Gaza was a gut-punch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it wasn’t a gut-punch that Scott did it, but that he had to do it,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after acknowledging genocide, Wiener resigned as co-chair of the state Legislature’s Jewish Caucus. Although he said he’d been wanting to step down for a while, it’s clear the caucus was not comfortable with Wiener’s use of the word genocide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Factions within the state party have been meeting for weeks to hammer out platform language both sides could live with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074586\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirvette Judeh of the Arab American Caucus gestures during an interview at the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike previous years, Mirvette Judeh, chair of the party’s Arab American Caucus, said she noticed a change of tone from Jewish Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This time, there was a lot of discussion; it wasn’t easy, it was extremely difficult. There were some challenges, victories and losses on both sides,” Judeh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be justice for Palestinians, a state of their own, and then there’s where they can live in dignity and peace, and that Israel should remain also a Jewish state where they also can live in dignity and peace,” said Andrew Lachman, president of California Jewish Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the platform language was finalized, Judeh told KQED she “felt that the other side really tried. We tried to work together. It wasn’t easy,” adding she was hopeful. “If we could walk away from this with this hope, and both sides not hating each other, to me that’s a win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074208\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Lachman, president of the California Jewish Democrats, at the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For now, that seems to have happened. But the issue of Israel and Gaza will continue to come up, said Erin Covey, who covers congressional races for the Cook Political Report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She notes that willingness to criticize Israel is becoming a litmus test in some elections, especially in liberal districts like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They all may be pretty progressive on social issues and on fiscal issues. Israel is one of the few areas where you do oftentimes see clear distinctions,” Covey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In most campaigns around the country right now, we’re seeing this issue becoming a particularly vivid litmus test in Democratic primaries, and it’s becoming more and more challenging for supporters of Israel to navigate that landscape,” USC political communications expert Dan Schnur said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at this weekend’s Democratic convention, none of the candidates running for governor mentioned Israel or Gaza. 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Nope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Hicks did not indicate any interest in using his position to pressure anyone to drop out. “I think that the primary process in and of itself is a natural winnowing process,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074214\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty T. Yee speaks during the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. Yee finished second in the party’s endorsement vote, which ended without consensus. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another landmine Democrats navigated was Israel’s war in Gaza and whether or not to use the word “genocide” to describe it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069409/scott-wiener-pivots-after-congressional-forum-israel-has-committed-genocide-in-gaza\">exploded at a January forum\u003c/a> in San Francisco for candidates running to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress, when each was asked to answer “Yes or No” to 10 questions in a lightning round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the question, “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?” two candidates — San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and former software engineer Saikat Chakrabarti held up a sign reading “yes” — prompting loud cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state Sen. Scott Wiener declined to hold up either sign, igniting anger and shouts of “shame” from some in the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather outside Moscone West during the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Days later — under fire from progressives — Wiener \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/2010464312792404192?s=20\">released a video\u003c/a>. He acknowledged that genocide has occurred. Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who is Jewish, said using a word originally used to describe the Nazi Holocaust in this case is painful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But despite that pain and that trauma, we all have eyes, and we see the absolute devastation and catastrophic death toll in Gaza inflicted by the Israeli government,” Wiener said in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, he told KQED, “For Saikat Chakrabarti and for Connie Chan, this issue is not even vaguely personal. This is pure politics for them. For me, it’s not politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, of course, any issue can be both personal and political. And one thing is clear: After that candidates’ forum, Wiener’s campaign was facing a backlash from supporters, according to political consultant Sam Lauter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12069062 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-16-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates running for California’s 11th Congressional District, (from left) Saikat Chakrabarti, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, take part in a forum at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were saying, ‘I need my congressman to take a moral position on this. And to me, it looks like genocide,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauter has endorsed Wiener for the seat, but said his use of the word genocide to describe Gaza was a gut-punch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it wasn’t a gut-punch that Scott did it, but that he had to do it,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after acknowledging genocide, Wiener resigned as co-chair of the state Legislature’s Jewish Caucus. Although he said he’d been wanting to step down for a while, it’s clear the caucus was not comfortable with Wiener’s use of the word genocide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Factions within the state party have been meeting for weeks to hammer out platform language both sides could live with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074586\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/022126_GazaDems_GH_008_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mirvette Judeh of the Arab American Caucus gestures during an interview at the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike previous years, Mirvette Judeh, chair of the party’s Arab American Caucus, said she noticed a change of tone from Jewish Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This time, there was a lot of discussion; it wasn’t easy, it was extremely difficult. There were some challenges, victories and losses on both sides,” Judeh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be justice for Palestinians, a state of their own, and then there’s where they can live in dignity and peace, and that Israel should remain also a Jewish state where they also can live in dignity and peace,” said Andrew Lachman, president of California Jewish Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the platform language was finalized, Judeh told KQED she “felt that the other side really tried. We tried to work together. It wasn’t easy,” adding she was hopeful. “If we could walk away from this with this hope, and both sides not hating each other, to me that’s a win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074208\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074208\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-GAZA-DEMS-GH-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Lachman, president of the California Jewish Democrats, at the California Democratic Party 2026 State Convention on Feb. 21, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For now, that seems to have happened. But the issue of Israel and Gaza will continue to come up, said Erin Covey, who covers congressional races for the Cook Political Report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She notes that willingness to criticize Israel is becoming a litmus test in some elections, especially in liberal districts like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They all may be pretty progressive on social issues and on fiscal issues. Israel is one of the few areas where you do oftentimes see clear distinctions,” Covey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In most campaigns around the country right now, we’re seeing this issue becoming a particularly vivid litmus test in Democratic primaries, and it’s becoming more and more challenging for supporters of Israel to navigate that landscape,” USC political communications expert Dan Schnur said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at this weekend’s Democratic convention, none of the candidates running for governor mentioned Israel or Gaza. 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"content": "\u003cp>State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/scott-wiener\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a>, who for years has refrained from calling Israel’s attacks on Gaza a genocide, has now changed his position as he hits the campaign trail for California’s 11th Congressional seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve stopped short of calling it genocide, but I can’t anymore,” Wiener, who is Jewish, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/2010464312792404192?s=20\">post on the social media platform X on Sunday evening\u003c/a>. “To me, the Israeli government has tried to destroy Gaza and to push Palestinians out and that qualifies as genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Democratic lawmaker’s shift comes less than a week after his appearance in a debate between candidates vying to fill Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s seat after she retires early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a lightning-question round, Wiener and the other two leading candidates, San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and former tech engineer Saikat Chakrabarti, were asked to respond “yes” or “no” to whether they think Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan and Chakrabarti said yes. Wiener did not answer the question, prompting boos and jeers from live audience members and scathing comments in online chat rooms following the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener pointed directly to the debate in a video he posted online on Sunday, explaining his position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-25-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-25-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-25-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-25-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates running for California’s 11th Congressional District, (from left) Saikat Chakrabarti, state Sen. Scott Wiener, and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, take part in a forum at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For those of you who saw the debate clip from last week, I want to clarify that I do believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza,” he said. “For many Jews, associating the word genocide with the Jewish state of Israel is deeply painful and frankly traumatic. But despite that pain and that trauma, we all have eyes, and we see the absolute devastation and catastrophic death toll in Gaza inflicted by the Israeli government. And we all have ears, and we hear the genocidal statements by certain senior members of the Israeli government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener previously has used phrases like “total destruction,” and “catastrophic levels of death” and “moral stain” to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza. By invoking genocide, he joins progressive members in Congress such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Rebecca Balint of Vermont. The vast majority of Jewish congressional leaders have not referred to Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September 2025, an independent United Nations commission concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Since the conflict escalated on Oct. 7, 2023, nearly 64,000 Palestinians have died, according to the World Health Organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason why it took me time to use the word genocide is because it is so fraught and raw in the Jewish community because of the Holocaust,” Wiener told KQED. “I see the devastation in Gaza, I see the settler violence and land grabs in the West Bank. I see the devastation of Palestinian communities. And for me as a Jew, Israel is important. To see the Israeli government engage in that level of destruction in Gaza, it is painful to see, and it’s unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents challenging Wiener for Pelosi’s seat criticized his shift in position after the debate, calling the timing suspect.[aside postID=news_12069366 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg']“At the debate, Scott Wiener refused to call Israel’s indiscriminate killing of women and children in Gaza a genocide,” Julie Edwards, a spokesperson for Chan’s campaign, said in an email. “People getting killed didn’t move him, but boos at a forum did. This is about politics, not principle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who previously served as chief of staff for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and worked on Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, said the issue is about “moral clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Genocide shouldn’t be something you say yes or no to based on the reporter you are talking to or how your poll numbers look,” he posted on X after Wiener’s statement on Sunday. “Thousands of real people have died and continue to die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three candidates in last week’s debate shared similar positions on many issues. They all support Medicare for All, believe San Francisco needs more housing, and want stronger protections for immigrants and LGBTQ people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the foreign policy question about Israel and Gaza marked a clear contrast between the candidates and painted Wiener as an outlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He had to take steps on this, otherwise it was going to be an issue that would haunt him,” said Democratic political consultant Jim Ross, who has worked on several San Francisco campaigns. He added that the senator’s response may not draw many new voters toward Wiener, but it could “inoculate” against a potential campaign crisis. “I think it is an issue that probably will stick around, but with less impact, for the next eight months, 10 months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069065\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069065\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-24-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates running for California’s 11th Congressional District, (from left) Saikat Chakrabarti, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, take part in a forum at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s decision to go further with his language on Israel has sparked criticism from Jewish groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The diminishment and weaponization of the term ‘genocide’ in this context has been deeply painful for our community, given our own historical experiences with the Holocaust,” reads a joint statement from five Jewish groups, including the San Francisco-based Jewish Community Relations Council. “All too often, those harboring antisemitic views have used the war to justify their hatred of our community… Framing this conflict in reductionist and inflammatory terms fuels further hostility toward our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The groups said their statement was not intended to support or oppose any candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian advocacy group Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Action said Wiener’s statement marks a positive step.[aside postID=news_12069239 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/12/DISASTER-DAYS-PART-3-photo-2-1-1020x724.jpg']“It’s better late than never for any politician, including Scott Wiener, to finally acknowledge what people of conscience and every major human rights organization has said, that the state of Israel is guilty of committing genocide,” said Mohamed Shehk, organizing director for AROC Action. “Unfortunately, it’s clear that Wiener only made this acknowledgement when it was politically convenient for him after realizing how unpopular support for Israel’s genocide is in this moment,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehk said he hopes to see more tangible expressions of support moving forward, such as Wiener backing legislation in Congress to stop the U.S. from providing weapons to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener does not support offensive arms sales to a government that’s “not committed to peace and democracy,” he said, adding that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, “is absolutely not committed to peace and democracy. I’m not going to support U.S. funding for the destruction of Palestinian communities. I have been very, very clear about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehk also pointed to a California bill Wiener sponsored, AB 715, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in October 2025, that aims to combat antisemitism in public schools. But critics such as the California Teachers Association say it also stifles free speech and censors topics around Gaza and Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There must be accountability moving forward for his ongoing legacy of attacking pro-Palestinian activism and speech despite his recent appellation,” Shehk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who said he’s received support from some Jewish groups as well for his statement, is now walking a tightrope trying to appeal to voters and potential constituents with a range of views on a sensitive topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a tough thing and certainly not something I was going to do as part of a yes-no game show-style lightning round,” Wiener said. “But ultimately, I thought about it, I talked to a lot of different people and I realized that the words I had been using to describe the destruction in Gaza were equivalent to genocide and ultimately I decided it was appropriate to call it that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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