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Is such a big part of the reason why the genocide can go on. Being pumped into our social media feeds, into our conversations here in the United States to try and dehumanize Palestinians to say, well, they’re not starving, that’s fake. Talking about this one issue is important because to me I think it’s one of the biggest moral issues of our time. But then it allows us to open up other conversations about how our tech is being used not just to fuel genocide in Gaza, but how it’s being used. To track and surveil immigrants here in the U.S. And you can start making these connections if you start talking about topics like this. So to me, that’s why it’s so important to speak up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:19] It sounds like you think that this conversation is very much part of what your students in computer science should be learning right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:04:28] Right, exactly, and not only are these things that our students have to reckon with as they go into the workforce, a lot of the companies that our university and our department have close connections with are the companies that are directly complicit in Israeli genocide. Google and Amazon, these are companies that are students often go to work for, or they strive to work for Google or Amazon, and they come to our campus, and they do recruiting and career fairs and things like that. And it’s important to remember that these companies, even if they try to launder their reputation, they’re very much complicit in the genocide. 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But since this is my last chance to talk to you all, and also you all out in the recording in the world, uh, I have a couple things I want to say, and I just want to make it clear that this is, like only on my behalf. So, like nobody on 61B…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:05:50] They called it political advocacy or something like that. But really what it was, was an acknowledgement that, one, there is a genocide going on, something that has since been validated by… Genocide scholars and by human rights organizations, but also to have students think critically. Like, the U.S. Is the biggest backer of Israel and its current bombing campaign in Gaza, okay? Like, my tax dollars are being used to fund the bombing of children, hospitals, schools, universities, okay, safe zones. And so, as someone who is funding this, I think I have a right to say something against it. If you’re going to learn all these tools to write these programs and train these large AI models, what are those going to be used for? Are they going to used to mass surveil Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza? These are things that we have to be thinking critically about and I don’t think it’s necessarily political advocacy or that it’s controversial to say that we should have those conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:58] Tell me a little bit more about the reaction that you got from both students and, I mean, I’m also curious your department and also the university at large.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:07:09] And I would say the student reaction was largely positive. People want to talk about this because it’s such an important thing to talk about and not suppress it and say, Oh, you can’t even talk about it because that’s what the department did. They shut it down and they said, you’re not allowed to talk about this. They told all the students and they. Oh, what your instructor did was inappropriate. And, you know, he’s going to get in trouble for it and you should report him. This was sort of like record now that says, Oh well, you know, this guy got in trouble for a political advocacy. And they basically made it clear in no uncertain terms that if you do it again. You know, we’re not going to be very thrilled about it. And I would also mention that as a lecturer, I’m hired on year to year contracts. So I don’t have the same sort of job security that tenured faculty do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:52] In an email to KQED, UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor Dan Mogulof said the school always takes a quote, viewpoint neutral approach when it comes to supporting freedom of expression. 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There were lots of different reasons we went into it, but one reason I think is, again, there’s this dehumanization of Palestinians that goes on, and that means that when Palestinians die, it’s written like a statistic. It doesn’t even read like these are people, but they are people. That’s someone’s mother, that’s someone child, that’s someones doctor, that someone’s nurse. One of the goals of launching an action, like a hunger strike specifically, is to bring that starvation to Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:09:32] Effective today to protest this genocide, I am launching an open-ended hunger strike, and I call on all CSTech workers, students, and educators to do everything they can to stop the atrocities happening with our taxpayer dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:09:47] So that when people interact with me, you know, out on the street, or at a protest, or in the classroom, at office hours. They have to see someone starving in front of them and remember, well, the people that I see starving in Gaza, they’re just like this person that’s right in front of me and I mean, right around the time the hunger strike started, we read that one of the people that starved to death in Gaza. I looked at their job and it said university lecturer and that really hit me and it made me think, well, wait a minute, like that could have been me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:18] During the hunger strike, Kao pledged to live on a starvation diet of 250 calories per day. Organizers say that number mirrors the average amount of food available to Palestinians in Northern Gaza, based on a 2024 report by Oxfam. Kao vowed to remain on strike until the UC Berkeley administration met four demands. Which include acknowledging Israel’s occupation and genocide of Palestinians, as well as the university’s role in developing war technologies. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:02:38] I’ve been teaching for eight years total, but I’ve been a full-time lecturer here for three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:42] And what kind of classes do you have?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:02:45] Yeah, so like this semester I’m teaching the kind of intro to artificial intelligence class. It’s one of the classes I’m teaching. So just I’ve also taught like the computer security class, the computer networking class. So yeah, you kind of get tossed around a bit as a lecturer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:58] Computer science, it’s not typically the kind of subject that I might imagine typically engaging with subjects like Palestine, the war in Gaza. When did you first feel the need to speak out about what’s happening in Gaza?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:03:13] To me, the reason why it’s so important to speak out about this topic in particular, and the reason I’m saying this is because sometimes people will say, well, you’re really outspoken about this issue, but why aren’t you outspoking about the crackdown on immigrants or the attempt to erase transgender people? And it’s like, these are also really important issues that we should be talking about. And one of the reasons that I felt the need to speak about Palestine in particular is because this is an issue where the information war angle and the disinformation angle. Is such a big part of the reason why the genocide can go on. Being pumped into our social media feeds, into our conversations here in the United States to try and dehumanize Palestinians to say, well, they’re not starving, that’s fake. Talking about this one issue is important because to me I think it’s one of the biggest moral issues of our time. But then it allows us to open up other conversations about how our tech is being used not just to fuel genocide in Gaza, but how it’s being used. To track and surveil immigrants here in the U.S. And you can start making these connections if you start talking about topics like this. So to me, that’s why it’s so important to speak up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:19] It sounds like you think that this conversation is very much part of what your students in computer science should be learning right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:04:28] Right, exactly, and not only are these things that our students have to reckon with as they go into the workforce, a lot of the companies that our university and our department have close connections with are the companies that are directly complicit in Israeli genocide. Google and Amazon, these are companies that are students often go to work for, or they strive to work for Google or Amazon, and they come to our campus, and they do recruiting and career fairs and things like that. And it’s important to remember that these companies, even if they try to launder their reputation, they’re very much complicit in the genocide. And it is important to have these conversations to say, well, wait a minute, if you go and work for these companies where is your labor going? And when you’re building these things, like what is it being used for?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:14] Was there a point in the last two years where you made the decision to really speak out about this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:05:21] The first time that I brought it up in the workplace was actually November of 2023, when I talked to students about it after a class and the department wasn’t super happy with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:05:32] Uh, at this point, uh, 61B Electra is over, by the way, like, if you want to go, you can go. But since this is my last chance to talk to you all, and also you all out in the recording in the world, uh, I have a couple things I want to say, and I just want to make it clear that this is, like only on my behalf. So, like nobody on 61B…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:05:50] They called it political advocacy or something like that. But really what it was, was an acknowledgement that, one, there is a genocide going on, something that has since been validated by… Genocide scholars and by human rights organizations, but also to have students think critically. Like, the U.S. Is the biggest backer of Israel and its current bombing campaign in Gaza, okay? Like, my tax dollars are being used to fund the bombing of children, hospitals, schools, universities, okay, safe zones. And so, as someone who is funding this, I think I have a right to say something against it. If you’re going to learn all these tools to write these programs and train these large AI models, what are those going to be used for? Are they going to used to mass surveil Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza? These are things that we have to be thinking critically about and I don’t think it’s necessarily political advocacy or that it’s controversial to say that we should have those conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:58] Tell me a little bit more about the reaction that you got from both students and, I mean, I’m also curious your department and also the university at large.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:07:09] And I would say the student reaction was largely positive. People want to talk about this because it’s such an important thing to talk about and not suppress it and say, Oh, you can’t even talk about it because that’s what the department did. They shut it down and they said, you’re not allowed to talk about this. They told all the students and they. Oh, what your instructor did was inappropriate. And, you know, he’s going to get in trouble for it and you should report him. This was sort of like record now that says, Oh well, you know, this guy got in trouble for a political advocacy. And they basically made it clear in no uncertain terms that if you do it again. You know, we’re not going to be very thrilled about it. And I would also mention that as a lecturer, I’m hired on year to year contracts. So I don’t have the same sort of job security that tenured faculty do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:52] In an email to KQED, UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor Dan Mogulof said the school always takes a quote, viewpoint neutral approach when it comes to supporting freedom of expression. Mogulof says staff and faculty speaking for themselves and on their own time have every right to voice their beliefs, but that it’s a different story in the classroom. When it came to Peyrin Kao’s lecture in November of 2023, Mogulof pointed to UC policy, which requires its universities to be non-partisan and quote, prohibits faculty from using the classroom or class time as venues or opportunities for political advocacy or indoctrination. One way you really pushed is you decided to go on a hunger strike. What was the goal of the hunger strike and when did you start that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:08:57] Yeah, the hunger strike started on the first day of class, which was August 27th, and it lasted until October 3rd or 4th, which was 38 days in. There were lots of different reasons we went into it, but one reason I think is, again, there’s this dehumanization of Palestinians that goes on, and that means that when Palestinians die, it’s written like a statistic. It doesn’t even read like these are people, but they are people. That’s someone’s mother, that’s someone child, that’s someones doctor, that someone’s nurse. One of the goals of launching an action, like a hunger strike specifically, is to bring that starvation to Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:09:32] Effective today to protest this genocide, I am launching an open-ended hunger strike, and I call on all CSTech workers, students, and educators to do everything they can to stop the atrocities happening with our taxpayer dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:09:47] So that when people interact with me, you know, out on the street, or at a protest, or in the classroom, at office hours. They have to see someone starving in front of them and remember, well, the people that I see starving in Gaza, they’re just like this person that’s right in front of me and I mean, right around the time the hunger strike started, we read that one of the people that starved to death in Gaza. I looked at their job and it said university lecturer and that really hit me and it made me think, well, wait a minute, like that could have been me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:18] During the hunger strike, Kao pledged to live on a starvation diet of 250 calories per day. Organizers say that number mirrors the average amount of food available to Palestinians in Northern Gaza, based on a 2024 report by Oxfam. Kao vowed to remain on strike until the UC Berkeley administration met four demands. Which include acknowledging Israel’s occupation and genocide of Palestinians, as well as the university’s role in developing war technologies. He also asked that the university pledge to avoid any kind of relationship with the military and to create standards and practices around funding that aligned with international human rights law. When asked for comment about Kao’s hunger strike, UC Berkeley reiterated its “viewpoint neutral” approach to issues of free speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:25] What was the response to your hunger strike, right? I mean, did you get the response that you anticipated?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:11:35] Well, I’d say the response from the students and the community at large has been very positive. Again, I think people really see that they don’t want to be a part of a mass starvation campaign. From the university, their reaction was no more than sending me a nice letter saying, well, you’ve been reported to the Department of Education as part of the so-called anti-Semitism lawsuit. Have a nice day. And that was basically the only response I ever got from the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:00] And you’re referring to the story that came out in September about UC Berkeley sending the names of more than 150 students and faculty to the Trump administration as part of its investigation into alleged antisemitism on UC Berkeley’s campus and other universities around the country. Do you remember where you were when you learned that your name was shared\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:12:25] I was somewhere in the hunger strike. I was like day 12 or something like that. I don’t remember exactly where I was, but I do remember that the reaction I had was just not surprised at all. I think it’s very clear to me that the only reason why my name is on there has nothing to do with antisemitism and everything to do with the fact that I’m outspoken about Palestine and that I’ve talked about it before. I mean, with the Trump administration, we already know that they weaponized antisemitism to crack down on pro-Palestinian speech. I’m a lecturer in the CS department at UC Berkeley, I am on day 22 of a hunger strike to protest Israel’s starvation and stage five famine and genocide in Gaza. In the statement that I made to the UC regions where I went and told them that they had just reported me and that I wasn’t very pleased about it, I told them this action that they decided to take, it puts my safety at risk and it puts the safety of my family at risk. My family and I are a word for our safety because my name has been sold out to the Trump administration. And we’ve seen what they’ve done to try and crack down on pro-Palestinian speech. I call on the… You see what the Trump administration does when they want to suppress speech. They will abduct people off the streets. They will try and cancel people’s visas and try and deport them just for speaking out about Palestine. And not even doing any sort of action, just like talking about it is enough to get you deported or abducted or thrown into ice prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:44] You decided to stop your hunger strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Peyrin Kao \u003c/strong>[00:13:48] Yeah, well, that was sort of on advice from the people who helped organize the hunger strike behind the scenes, like medical teams and things like that. And they said that if you go any longer, there’s going to be permanent damage to your health. And that’s why we made the difficult decision to stop. But as I stop, I’m very well aware that I have a choice to stop and one of the things we’ve transitioned toward as we sort of left the hunger strike as an action and started to move toward other actions, we launched this fundraiser for someone we found in Gaza. So we threw some organizations we met up with someone in Gaza named Nadal Mohammed, and Nadal Mohammad and his team, they are providing food and water and basic care to these displaced families that are arriving at the camps in central Gaza. So we started this fundraiser because Nadal mentioned, we really just need money right now to afford the astronomical prices of food and Water. And while I had the choice to stop and I had resources to help me recover, people in Gaza don’t have those resources. And the best thing we can do now is to mitigate that by giving them at least some limited resource to find some relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:55] What do you think your hunger strike accomplished?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Families are calling on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> lawmakers for support nearly a week after their loved ones, who were part of a global flotilla aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, were detained by Israeli military forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sidney Hollar told KQED that her son Logan Hollarsmith, who grew up in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, was detained early Wednesday while captaining the Ohwayla, a boat carrying U.S. veterans, as part of the high-profile maritime initiative that also included Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollar said that since the detentions, U.S. lawmakers in California and Washington have done little to ensure that the citizens are able to return to the U.S. safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“United States citizens are being held in an Israeli prison — the whole United States Senate should have been up in arms,” she said Monday morning. “There should have been pressure on [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio and [U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike] Huckabee. I saw very little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Silicon Valley, announced Monday afternoon on the social media platform X that he and 24 other California officials, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1975290771151462548\">sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u003c/a> demanding he ensure the release and safe return of 21 U.S. citizens still detained in Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. has an obligation to protect its citizens abroad and must act immediately,” it reads. “We call on you to work for the immediate and safe release, including arranging the logistics of a plane to ensure their speedy recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Ro Khanna holds a town hall meeting at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025, the first of three town hall events Khanna was set to have in Republican-held congressional districts across the state. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Hollarsmith, 33, now resides in Tucson, Arizona, his mother still lives in San Francisco. She said she has made repeated attempts to contact legislators, including California senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, for support after he was detained. As of Monday morning, she said she had not heard from either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just find it appalling [that] we’ve received very little from our United States government to help get our citizens, especially the ones that were the United States [veterans], home,” Hollar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla’s office confirmed Monday evening that it had been in contact with Hollar, as well as the State Department and the Israeli Embassy, regarding the detentions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re continuing to relay information to the families of the activists regarding their state of well-being, transfer status, and are urgently calling for the US Government to do everything in its power to facilitate their transfer back to the United States,” spokesperson Edgar Rodriguez said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollarsmith is one of about 500 activists, humanitarians and citizens from more than 40 countries who launched the Global Sumud Flotilla this summer, aiming to break a yearslong Israeli blockade. The fleet was aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, where hunger is widespread and the United Nations Secretary General has \u003ca href=\"https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165702\">declared a famine\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12058616 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest1.jpg']Hundreds of the flotilla’s participants were detained and reportedly arrested last week after the activists said the Israeli navy blocked and illegally entered a number of vessels. According to the California lawmakers’ letter, the majority of the fleet was in international waters, about 70 nautical miles from shore, when it was boarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers confirmed that California residents David Adler, Windfield Beaver, Tommy Marcus and Geraldine Ramirez were among the Americans detained. Advocacy organization Veterans for Peace said \u003ca href=\"https://www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/news/2025/09/12/usmc-veteran-aid-flotilla-struck-twice-israel?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">McCall Nichols,\u003c/a> a California Army veteran aboard the Ohwayla, was also detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the flotilla said Beaver had been released, but believed that Adler was still being held on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Adler’s] mother tells me: ‘David is now in an Israeli prison and his U.S. senators (Schiff and Padilla) are not being helpful,’” journalist Peter Beinart wrote on X on Friday. “‘The EU is all over the prison and our embassy has not shown up at all.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, Adler’s sister, Laura, told Khanna that her family had been \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/1974661890933424175\">unable to contact\u003c/a> Adler since Oct. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That day, Adler wrote on X, where he had been documenting the flotilla’s journey, that his ship was just 120 nautical miles away from Gaza, and that Israeli authorities had intercepted multiple vessels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992647\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED.jpg\" alt='Several people march down the street holding signs and banners. One red and black sign says \"Ceasefire Now.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march on 18th Street during the “No Pride in Genocide” protest in San Francisco on June 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As I write this, we are preparing ourselves for such an imminent attack,” he \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/davidrkadler\">posted on social media.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of lawyers representing the flotilla participants say that detainees, many of whom were taken to Ketziot Prison outside of Beersheba, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPcfzh7CLXE/?img_index=1\">reported mistreatment\u003c/a> — including having food, water and medications withheld, not being allowed to contact family and having to sleep in crowded cells or on floors — in the detention facility. They say that last week, a tribunal reviewing the detainees’ detention orders illegally held hearings without their representatives present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Israeli Foreign Ministry refuted claims of mistreatment on X, calling them “brazen lies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the detainees’ legal rights are fully upheld,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/IsraelMFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">the ministry wrote\u003c/a> on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollar said she heard from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem early Monday that Hollarsmith and the other U.S. citizens still in detention were expected to be deported in the next 24 hours. She said that she was told they would be flown out of the country, but not given information about where they would land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, the U.S. would “loan them money for a hotel and for a flight home,” she said. She called the prospect “outrageous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t fund a little chartered flight to get our U. S. citizens, including U.S. vets, home?” Hollar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Americans are being punished by the American government for delivering humanitarian aid,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“United States citizens are being held in an Israeli prison — the whole United States Senate should have been up in arms,” she said Monday morning. “There should have been pressure on [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio and [U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike] Huckabee. I saw very little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Silicon Valley, announced Monday afternoon on the social media platform X that he and 24 other California officials, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1975290771151462548\">sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u003c/a> demanding he ensure the release and safe return of 21 U.S. citizens still detained in Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. has an obligation to protect its citizens abroad and must act immediately,” it reads. “We call on you to work for the immediate and safe release, including arranging the logistics of a plane to ensure their speedy recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Ro Khanna holds a town hall meeting at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025, the first of three town hall events Khanna was set to have in Republican-held congressional districts across the state. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Hollarsmith, 33, now resides in Tucson, Arizona, his mother still lives in San Francisco. She said she has made repeated attempts to contact legislators, including California senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, for support after he was detained. As of Monday morning, she said she had not heard from either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just find it appalling [that] we’ve received very little from our United States government to help get our citizens, especially the ones that were the United States [veterans], home,” Hollar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla’s office confirmed Monday evening that it had been in contact with Hollar, as well as the State Department and the Israeli Embassy, regarding the detentions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re continuing to relay information to the families of the activists regarding their state of well-being, transfer status, and are urgently calling for the US Government to do everything in its power to facilitate their transfer back to the United States,” spokesperson Edgar Rodriguez said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollarsmith is one of about 500 activists, humanitarians and citizens from more than 40 countries who launched the Global Sumud Flotilla this summer, aiming to break a yearslong Israeli blockade. The fleet was aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, where hunger is widespread and the United Nations Secretary General has \u003ca href=\"https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165702\">declared a famine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Hundreds of the flotilla’s participants were detained and reportedly arrested last week after the activists said the Israeli navy blocked and illegally entered a number of vessels. According to the California lawmakers’ letter, the majority of the fleet was in international waters, about 70 nautical miles from shore, when it was boarded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers confirmed that California residents David Adler, Windfield Beaver, Tommy Marcus and Geraldine Ramirez were among the Americans detained. Advocacy organization Veterans for Peace said \u003ca href=\"https://www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/news/2025/09/12/usmc-veteran-aid-flotilla-struck-twice-israel?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">McCall Nichols,\u003c/a> a California Army veteran aboard the Ohwayla, was also detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the flotilla said Beaver had been released, but believed that Adler was still being held on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Adler’s] mother tells me: ‘David is now in an Israeli prison and his U.S. senators (Schiff and Padilla) are not being helpful,’” journalist Peter Beinart wrote on X on Friday. “‘The EU is all over the prison and our embassy has not shown up at all.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, Adler’s sister, Laura, told Khanna that her family had been \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/1974661890933424175\">unable to contact\u003c/a> Adler since Oct. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That day, Adler wrote on X, where he had been documenting the flotilla’s journey, that his ship was just 120 nautical miles away from Gaza, and that Israeli authorities had intercepted multiple vessels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992647\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED.jpg\" alt='Several people march down the street holding signs and banners. One red and black sign says \"Ceasefire Now.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/20240630_NoPrideinGenocide_GC-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march on 18th Street during the “No Pride in Genocide” protest in San Francisco on June 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As I write this, we are preparing ourselves for such an imminent attack,” he \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/davidrkadler\">posted on social media.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of lawyers representing the flotilla participants say that detainees, many of whom were taken to Ketziot Prison outside of Beersheba, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPcfzh7CLXE/?img_index=1\">reported mistreatment\u003c/a> — including having food, water and medications withheld, not being allowed to contact family and having to sleep in crowded cells or on floors — in the detention facility. They say that last week, a tribunal reviewing the detainees’ detention orders illegally held hearings without their representatives present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Israeli Foreign Ministry refuted claims of mistreatment on X, calling them “brazen lies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the detainees’ legal rights are fully upheld,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/IsraelMFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">the ministry wrote\u003c/a> on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollar said she heard from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem early Monday that Hollarsmith and the other U.S. citizens still in detention were expected to be deported in the next 24 hours. She said that she was told they would be flown out of the country, but not given information about where they would land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, the U.S. would “loan them money for a hotel and for a flight home,” she said. She called the prospect “outrageous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t fund a little chartered flight to get our U. S. citizens, including U.S. vets, home?” Hollar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Americans are being punished by the American government for delivering humanitarian aid,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Jewish residents supportive of Israel, however, said they worry the new investment policy will normalize hate against Israel and, in turn, Jewish people at a time when reports of antisemitism are on the rise in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy would also encourage investment in entities that align with the county’s stated goals and values. But it does not take effect until the county can hire a consultant who, with local officials, would conduct a peer review of the drafted policy and present findings or recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ethical investment policy was drafted by Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector Henry C. Levy. The board’s approval of the policy followed a December 2024 decision by Levy to sell off the county’s $32 million worth of bonds from construction company Caterpillar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s use of Caterpillar’s armored heavy machinery — including in their construction of West Bank settlements that are illegal under international law — has made the company a frequent target of divestment advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy, who is Jewish, explained his rationale in \u003ca href=\"https://jweekly.com/2025/01/10/im-a-jewish-elected-official-heres-why-i-divested-our-county-from-caterpillar/\">a January opinion article\u003c/a> for The Jewish News of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian activists tried to block access to the Port of Oakland on Sept. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The bulldozing of Palestinian homes appeared to be against our county’s official goals for our own residents that include ‘eliminate homelessness,’ ‘eliminate poverty and hunger’ and ‘accessible infrastructure.’ In the end, it was not a difficult decision for me to sell Caterpillar,” Levy wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of people showed up to the meeting, hoping to share public comment, many wearing keffiyehs and holding signs reading “LET GAZA LIVE” or “NO BOMBS IN OUR MONEY.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My congregation, along with the vast majority of people who have come here to speak, is in strong support of the EIP,” said Allison Tanner, a pastor at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland. “It reflects the faith values of my congregation, affirming the sacredness of all human beings and also the need to create structures that ensure their safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the policy, including members of the Jewish Community Relations Council, also spoke.[aside postID=news_12056787 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-GAZA-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MD-03-KQED.jpg']“While there’s nothing wrong with ethical investment, that’s not really what this policy is about. How do I know that? By looking around this room, people talking about it are talking only about Israel,” said Karen Stiller, senior director of Jewish affairs for JCRC. “The only foreign conflict that ever gets discussed in this room is Israel and Palestine. Why is that a problem? It’s a problem because it’s created an environment where antisemitism thrives and Jews are simply attacked for caring about their Israeli friends and family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Jewish speakers mentioned rising antisemitism and fears for their safety as part of their reason for opposing the policy, while others emphasized that their Jewish beliefs compelled them to support the policy and minimize complicity in the suffering of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas was the only member of the board to vote no on Friday, only because she preferred that the new policy be implemented immediately — not just approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I support the policy as is, I think this is not the right decision,” Fortunato Bas said, eliciting cheers from the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several members of the board said they had concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nate Miley said he was \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Ethical_Investment_Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncomfortable with a provision\u003c/a> that singled out specific industries — discouraging investments in companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from oil, gas and coal, firearms, tobacco, casinos and gaming, security and correctional facilities, alcoholic beverages and defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a real visceral reaction to singling out certain [industries] — you know, I drink alcohol,” Miley said. “I don’t gamble. 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"content": "\u003cp>A Santa Clara County grand jury has indicted a group of pro-Palestinian Stanford University students on felony vandalism and trespassing charges, stemming from a June 2024 incident in which they broke into the campus president’s office and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989050/pro-palestinian-stanford-protesters-detained-after-occupying-presidents-office\">barricaded\u003c/a> themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors with the District Attorney’s office secured the indictment against 11 students on Sept. 29, pushing the case toward a trial and rankling defense attorneys who say the move shunts key elements of a thus far public prosecution into secrecy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They made this a very public case. They decided to charge felonies, they decided to hold a press conference, they decided to seek national media coverage of this charging decision,” Jeff Wozniak, a defense attorney in the case, told KQED on Wednesday. “And now to hold a secret non-public hearing to secure an indictment is just outrageous to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group of students were previously arraigned on identical felony charges from the DA’s office in the spring, a little less than a year after their action, which marked one piece of a broader campaign pushing Stanford to divest from companies or industries supporting Israel’s military offensive of Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wozniak and a group of other attorneys representing the students were seeking a preliminary hearing regarding those charges in open court, where a judge and defense attorneys can hear and question the validity of evidence from prosecutors before a case can head to a trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Deputies stand guard outside Building 10 at Stanford University, where pro-Palestinian protesters broke into the university president’s office and occupied it before being arrested on June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week’s indictment, however, supersedes the prior charges, and allows the DA’s office to circumvent the preliminary hearing process. In indictment proceedings, prosecutors are the only people presenting evidence and witness testimony to a grand jury panel, which then privately deliberates to reach a decision on whether to bring charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that they’re scared to have a public hearing and to be held accountable for what they’re alleging in this case. I think they’ve overcharged it. I don’t think that these are felony cases,” Wozniak said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Baker, a deputy district attorney heading up the case, disagreed with Wozniak’s characterization, and said the decision to use an indictment was for efficiency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We presented the case to the grand jury to get the case to trial as soon as possible and conserve judicial resources,” Baker told KQED. “We feel confident that the evidence is strong and that we can prove our case to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker said trying to coordinate the schedules of 11 defendants and several defense attorneys for the preliminary hearing process would cause significant “logistical issues” and could take weeks of a courtroom’s time.[aside postID=news_12058155 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2220045842-2000x1334.jpg']In this case, the grand jury heard testimony from two Stanford employees, including Caesar Campos, a public safety lieutenant, and Mitchell Bousson, the director of facilities. One other witness, John Richardson, was not a student but took part in the action in June 2024, but has since testified for the prosecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richardson pleaded no contest to both felony charges earlier this year under a deferred judgement program for young people, and if he completes a probationary period without any other legal trouble, the charges against him will be dismissed, Baker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Jeff Rosen, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035346/santa-clara-da-charges-12-pro-palestinian-protesters-took-over-stanford-university-presidents-office\">announcing\u003c/a> the initial felony charges in April, said the students crossed a line with their actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dissent is American, vandalism is criminal,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-profile case is being prosecuted as the university itself has come under investigation by the Trump administration’s Department of Education, along with dozens of other schools, for alleged antisemitic discrimination and harassment, putting pressure on the schools to quell pro-Palestinian Gaza War protests on their campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian demonstrations roiled college campuses across the country last year, and while thousands of students were arrested, many saw charges dropped or faced misdemeanors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker, when asked if he has been pressured at all in the case, said “absolutely not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The decisions in this case were made entirely by the district attorney’s office without any outside pressure from Stanford, the Stanford Police Department or any other federal or state agency,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007721\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. 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Nearly all were bound for Nevatim Airbase, where Israel stations its F-35 fleet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We, the people of the Bay Area, do not want to and will not allow that to continue to happen,” said a protester who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds gathered at the Huey P. Newton sculpture on Mandela Parkway at 6 a.m. to call on the port to cease the shipments and express solidarity for the Global Sumud Flotilla, a cohort of boats loaded with food and aid headed to Gaza. The fleet carrying pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, set sail from Barcelona last week and is expected to reach Gaza in the next few days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056821\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056821\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-GAZA-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-GAZA-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-GAZA-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-GAZA-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian activists block an intersection on Seventh Street in West Oakland near the 880 freeway on Sept. 19, 2025.. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland activists said they are joining a global call from Italian dockworkers to hold up shipments if the flotilla is not allowed onto Gaza’s shores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group marched to the Seventh Street northbound exit of Interstate 880, where they attempted to block semi-trucks headed for the port’s access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters donning keffiyehs and raising Palestinian flags circled around the intersection, blocking traffic, and wrote “Let Gaza Live” in large, white letters in its center. By 8:30 a.m., rows of cars and trucks were backed up exiting the freeway in both directions, but they did not appear to be causing significant traffic on the freeway itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate fleet of about a dozen kayakers protesting the port’s shipments to Israel also paddled into its inner harbor early Friday, though protesters on land said the two groups were not affiliated.[aside postID=news_12056544 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-01-KQED.jpg']Port of Oakland officials told KQED that as of 7:30 a.m., all of its terminal operations were proceeding normally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have visibility of a small group of kayaks in the Inner Harbor, but there is no security threat or impact to vessel traffic for maritime operations, including S.F. 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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of protesters rallied in Oakland on Thursday to call on local officials to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053637/palestinian-activists-urge-oakland-to-stop-military-shipments-to-israel\">end the shipment of military cargo to Israel\u003c/a> through the city’s airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group waved Palestinian flags and chanted, “Oakland Airport, drop your cargo! We demand an arms embargo!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report from the Palestinian Youth Movement last month found that at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053637/palestinian-activists-urge-oakland-to-stop-military-shipments-to-israel\">280 shipments of military cargo\u003c/a> had flowed through the Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport via FedEx this year. 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AROC Action is one of the organizations leading the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo Coalition, which calls for an end to military cargo shipments through Oakland’s airport. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organized labor has also joined a coalition, led by the Palestinian Youth Movement and AROC Action, to pressure city leaders to block the shipments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>United Auto Workers member Renee Coe announced that the union’s region 6, which represents some 120,000 workers in various fields including manufacturing and higher education across the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii endorsed the coalition’s efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our members join our union because they want a dignified life. They want dignified jobs,” Coe said. “Working people need free healthcare, safe schools, lower rents and healthy communities with strong public infrastructure. We don’t want our taxes to pay or our public infrastructure to be used for murdering children in imperialist wars.”[aside postID=news_12053637 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240412-OAKAirport-004-BL_qed.jpg']“People of Oakland, across faiths and religions, have steadily raised calls for the end to Israel’s violence against Gaza, and have been advocating for elected officials across California to do their part to stop arming Israel,” said Rev. Jeanelle Ablola, with the California-Nevada Philippine Solidarity Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the call of our faith to love our neighbor, to support those targeted and oppressed by dominant powers and to do what we can to make peace based on justice rather than a false peace based on military domination and subjugation,” Ablola said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few members at Thursday’s protest unfurled a large banner which read “KILLER CARGO OUT OF OAK. 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Jeanelle Ablola with the California-Nevada Philippine Solidarity Task Force speaks to the crowd about increasing militarization in the United States and the Philippines on Sept. 18, 2025. Ablola joined other organizers in calling for Oakland officials to issue an arms embargo against Israel. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The calls for action come as Israel’s military has begun a new offensive in Gaza City. Bombings have destroyed several high-rise buildings and killed dozens, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/16/nx-s1-5543151/israel-begins-large-offensive-in-gaza-city-as-airstrikes-kill-scores#:~:text=The%20military%20says%20it's%20begun,families%20are%20trapped%20under%20rubble.\">NPR reported. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report released this week by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has also accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of other organizations have joined in demanding an end to the shipments since the report’s release, the coalition said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were shocked to learn that our very own airport here in Oakland has been serving as a major hub in the supply chain of military cargo being shipped straight to Israel, military cargo that has been directly used in massacring Palestinians,” said Mohamed Shehk, with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Action. “This is unconscionable and unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056704\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Shehk, with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Action, leads rally attendees in chants of “Free, Free Palestine” on Sept. 18, 2025. AROC Action is one of the organizations leading the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo Coalition, which calls for an end to military cargo shipments through Oakland’s airport. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organized labor has also joined a coalition, led by the Palestinian Youth Movement and AROC Action, to pressure city leaders to block the shipments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>United Auto Workers member Renee Coe announced that the union’s region 6, which represents some 120,000 workers in various fields including manufacturing and higher education across the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii endorsed the coalition’s efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our members join our union because they want a dignified life. They want dignified jobs,” Coe said. “Working people need free healthcare, safe schools, lower rents and healthy communities with strong public infrastructure. We don’t want our taxes to pay or our public infrastructure to be used for murdering children in imperialist wars.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“People of Oakland, across faiths and religions, have steadily raised calls for the end to Israel’s violence against Gaza, and have been advocating for elected officials across California to do their part to stop arming Israel,” said Rev. Jeanelle Ablola, with the California-Nevada Philippine Solidarity Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the call of our faith to love our neighbor, to support those targeted and oppressed by dominant powers and to do what we can to make peace based on justice rather than a false peace based on military domination and subjugation,” Ablola said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few members at Thursday’s protest unfurled a large banner which read “KILLER CARGO OUT OF OAK. ARMS EMBARGO NOW.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaley Skantz, the airport’s public information officer, told KQED in a statement that OAK is “legally required to accommodate federally authorized air traffic, including air cargo arranged by the U.S. government and/or private air cargo providers, including FedEx.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“FedEx has a long-term ground lease with the Port of Oakland and is the largest air cargo carrier operating at the airport,” Skantz added. “All of FedEx’s flight and loading operations are carried out by FedEx employees directly in areas that FedEx exclusively controls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056705\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Jeanelle Ablola with the California-Nevada Philippine Solidarity Task Force speaks to the crowd about increasing militarization in the United States and the Philippines on Sept. 18, 2025. Ablola joined other organizers in calling for Oakland officials to issue an arms embargo against Israel. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The calls for action come as Israel’s military has begun a new offensive in Gaza City. Bombings have destroyed several high-rise buildings and killed dozens, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/16/nx-s1-5543151/israel-begins-large-offensive-in-gaza-city-as-airstrikes-kill-scores#:~:text=The%20military%20says%20it's%20begun,families%20are%20trapped%20under%20rubble.\">NPR reported. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report released this week by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has also accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. The commission joined the list of groups, including two human rights groups within Israel, accusing the Israeli government of genocide, which Israel denies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Oakland City Council members have not responded to questions about shipments passing through OAK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson from Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s office told KQED: “Mayor Lee values Oaklanders’ voices when residents speak to global issues locally. Our office has asked the Port to verify the facts on this and to get back to the office with details.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee was famously the only member of Congress in 2001 to vote against a bill authorizing widespread use of military force in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047251/chancellor-lyons-to-testify-in-house-hearing-on-uc-berkeley-antisemitism-policies\">growing action nationwide\u003c/a> to combat antisemitism in places of education, a bill that seeks to address the issue in California’s TK–12 schools is swiftly working through the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.trint.com/public/1206e858-ede3-4f83-be3d-3e393aa43637\">AB 715\u003c/a> would establish an Office of Civil Rights, which would become home to a new antisemitism prevention coordinator position. The governor would appoint the coordinator and have a broad remit to both administer antisemitism education to teachers and school administrators, as well as track and report on incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard from hundreds and hundreds of families across California who have tried to speak up when there were antisemitic materials or instruction in the school campus or in the classroom, and that their concerns went unheard,” said Assemblymember Dawn Addis, D-Morro Bay, who co-introduced the bill with Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, D-Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After passing the state Senate Committee on Education with a near-unanimous vote on Wednesday, lawmakers are racing to clear the Senate’s Appropriations Committee and a floor vote before they can return the bill to the Assembly for final votes — all before a Saturday deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While proponents of the law see this as a necessary step to combat a rise in antisemitism in California schools, opponents say the bill would have a chilling effect on free speech and learning in schools, especially when it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032227\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032227\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240311-JewishProtest-JY-24_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbi Gil Leeds of Berkeley Chabad, left, and Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman, executive director of Berkeley Hillel, right, embrace as Jewish Berkeley students, faculty and community members rally on campus in Berkeley, California, on March 11, 2024. The crowd of over 100 rallied to protest antisemitism and blockage of Sather Gate by pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students, stating that the University had not been enforcing its policy of keeping the gate path clear. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We, too, want to challenge antisemitism. This is not the way to do it,” said Theresa Montaño, a member of the California Faculty Association and a professor at California State University, Northridge. “This bill does nothing to challenge antisemitism. It does everything to create an environment that is divisive and that creates fear where teachers have to look around to see who in their classroom is likely to report them when they teach issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law would require teacher instruction to be “factually accurate and align with the adopted curriculum and standards in existing law, and be consistent with accepted standards of professional responsibility, rather than advocacy, personal opinion, bias or partisanship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the bill, like the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said “factual accuracy” is a vague standard and could be used to “prohibit statements that could be construed as ‘advocacy’ and ‘personal opinion,’ inviting politically motivated complaints,” according to a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oussama Mokeddem, legislative and government affairs director for the CAIR’s California chapter, said the bill doesn’t speak to the specific needs of other communities that are also experiencing hate.[aside postID=news_12050654 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/UCLAGetty.jpg']“To create an antisemitism prevention coordinator — which represents about 5% of the student population in California — with a substantive charge to address hate against the Jewish community, while relegating all other minority groups to coordinators based on general categories is a lopsided approach,” Mokeddem said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law has been heavily modified as it works its way through the halls of Sacramento. Earlier versions mandated instructional materials on Jews, Israel and the Israel-Palestine conflict, which have since been removed from the bill’s language. The bill also does not define antisemitism. Instead, the law looks to a \u003ca href=\"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/02/the-u-s-national-strategy-to-counter-antisemitism-key-actions-by-pillar-2/\">strategy\u003c/a> from the Biden administration as a means to identify, respond to, prevent and counter antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the law, if a school is found to be in violation of existing anti-discrimination laws involving antisemitism, it would be required to implement an improvement plan developed in consultation with the antisemitism prevention coordinator and use alternative instructional materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s meeting of the state Senate Committee on Education, some lawmakers voiced concern that the bill was being rushed through the legislative process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Steven Choi at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 15, 2019. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We only received the new language for this bill last night at about 6 o’clock,” state Sen. 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Out of all religious-based hate crimes in the state, Jewish people reported experiencing the vast majority during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite this surge, California was recently named the top state for fighting antisemitism in a report by the Anti-Defamation League, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/19/independent-review-california-leads-the-nation-in-combating-antisemitism-through-statewide-initiatives/\">receiving a score of 94. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Jewish groups welcomed the bill’s passage in the state’s education committee. “This is a pivotal step forward toward safer, more inclusive classrooms for all students,” the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California wrote in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“To create an antisemitism prevention coordinator — which represents about 5% of the student population in California — with a substantive charge to address hate against the Jewish community, while relegating all other minority groups to coordinators based on general categories is a lopsided approach,” Mokeddem said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law has been heavily modified as it works its way through the halls of Sacramento. Earlier versions mandated instructional materials on Jews, Israel and the Israel-Palestine conflict, which have since been removed from the bill’s language. The bill also does not define antisemitism. Instead, the law looks to a \u003ca href=\"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/02/the-u-s-national-strategy-to-counter-antisemitism-key-actions-by-pillar-2/\">strategy\u003c/a> from the Biden administration as a means to identify, respond to, prevent and counter antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the law, if a school is found to be in violation of existing anti-discrimination laws involving antisemitism, it would be required to implement an improvement plan developed in consultation with the antisemitism prevention coordinator and use alternative instructional materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s meeting of the state Senate Committee on Education, some lawmakers voiced concern that the bill was being rushed through the legislative process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055702\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055702\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/StevenChoi_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Steven Choi at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 15, 2019. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We only received the new language for this bill last night at about 6 o’clock,” state Sen. Steven Choi, R-Los Angeles, said. “Ultimately, I wonder if we should be supporting such big changes to this bill when the public has had less than 24 hours to read the new language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choi said he struggled with whether to support the measure, but ultimately decided to vote yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At a time when antisemitism and other forms of hate are rising across our nation, it is vital that our schools are equipped to respond with both clarity and compassion,” Choi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 2015 to 2024, reported hate crime events \u003ca href=\"https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/Hate%20Crime%20In%20CA%202024.pdf\">increased\u003c/a> 141.7% in California, according to the state’s Department of Justice. Out of all religious-based hate crimes in the state, Jewish people reported experiencing the vast majority during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite this surge, California was recently named the top state for fighting antisemitism in a report by the Anti-Defamation League, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/19/independent-review-california-leads-the-nation-in-combating-antisemitism-through-statewide-initiatives/\">receiving a score of 94. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Jewish groups welcomed the bill’s passage in the state’s education committee. “This is a pivotal step forward toward safer, more inclusive classrooms for all students,” the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California wrote in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Palestinian activists are calling on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> officials to halt military cargo shipments through the city’s airport to Israel, saying the shipments have supported Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://armsembargonow.com/report\">report released Thursday\u003c/a>, the Palestinian Youth Movement said it documented at least 280 shipments of military equipment this year routed through Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, often via FedEx, to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shipping documents obtained by PYM and viewed by KQED show shipments appear to include replacement parts for the U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, which Israel has used in aerial bombardments of Gaza. Nearly all were bound for Nevatim Airbase, where Israel stations its F-35 fleet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report calls these shipments “a striking example of civilian infrastructure being used to sustain and enable a military campaign that leading human rights organizations have described as genocide under the Genocide Convention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is happening at an alarming frequency, multiple days per week. Every single week,” said Aisha Nizar, a Palestinian Youth Movement organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20240829-SFSUGazarally-JY-011_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20240829-SFSUGazarally-JY-011_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20240829-SFSUGazarally-JY-011_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20240829-SFSUGazarally-JY-011_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Palestinian Youth Movement press conference and rally to announce the university’s divestments from weapons manufacturers at Malcolm X Plaza on campus in San Francisco on Aug. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaley Skantz, OAK’s public information officer, said in a statement to KQED that the airport has no information about the contents of shipments by cargo carrier tenants and that all of FedEx’s flight and loading operations are carried out directly by FedEx employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that FedEx — which has recently faced criticism for its role in shipping military cargo — is the airport’s largest cargo carrier and accounts for most of the 1.1 billion pounds of air freight passing through annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most notable items listed in the shipping documents is the BRU-68, a bomb release unit made for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/pneumatic-single-carriage-and-release-systems\">F-35 Lightning II\u003c/a> and capable of dropping \u003ca href=\"https://www.l3harris.com/sites/default/files/2020-08/l3harris-release-systems-product-catalog-sas.pdf\">2,000-pound bombs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the same bombs that we have seen destroy hospitals, churches, mosques. They have leveled entire refugee camps over these past two years,” Nizar said. “And it’s concerning to us because this is being flown out of a civilian airport in a city that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">one of the first cities to call for a ceasefire\u003c/a>.”[aside postID=news_12047968 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250630-HUMANITARIANPAROLEDEEPDIVE-13-BL-KQED.jpg']On July 13, 2024, \u003ca href=\"http://aljazeera.com/features/2024/7/13/israeli-air-raid-on-al-mawasi-kills-90-people-what-we-know-so-far\">Israel bombed the al-Mawasi camp\u003c/a> in southern Gaza, where officials said two senior Hamas members were hiding. The local health ministry said the strike killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds of others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the strike, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s Minister of Defense at the time, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/yoavgallant/status/1812505691652808883\">posted to social media\u003c/a> a photo with fighter pilots, seated in front of what appeared to be an F-35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other F-35 parts in the shipments included components used to “guide weapons, power surveillance and targeting systems, and support critical flight operations — all essential to sustaining the combat readiness of Israel’s Air Force,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are able to conclude, beyond reasonable doubt, that military cargo being shipped out of OAK has been used by the Israeli Air Force to carry out airstrikes and commit genocide in Gaza,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>International human rights groups have sharply criticized Israel for what some describe as indiscriminate bombing of Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A United Nations special committee investigating Israeli practices cited the use of heavy bombs in a report last year, concluding that Israel’s campaign in Gaza is consistent with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide\">characteristics of genocide\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of Palestinians struggling with hunger in Gaza flock to the Zakim area in the north of the region to receive aid on July 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Hamza Z. 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Israeli officials have also blamed Hamas for operating within population centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Documents reviewed by KQED, along with FedEx tracking data, show the cargo originated from the city of Tracy, home to a military equipment distribution depot operated by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dla.mil/Distribution/Locations/San-Joaquin/\">Defense Logistics Agency\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12052642 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/GazaGetty.jpg']A 2021 post from the agency’s website said that, “Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, located in Tracy, California, was selected as the Wholesale Air Vehicle Storage and Distribution location for F-35 Lightning II aircraft parts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers stressed that they were limited by information accessible through public or commercially available datasets and that the total number of shipments could be higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An investigation by Belgian news outlets \u003ca href=\"https://www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/f-35-componenten-via-belgie-naar-israel-vredesactie-dient-klacht-in-strafbare-medewerking-aan-oorlogsmisdaden~b57ad7c0/?ref=ontheditch.com&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ontheditch.com%2Ffedex-under-criminal-investigation%2F\">\u003cem>De Morgen\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lesoir.be/684075/article/2025-06-26/une-plainte-contre-fedex-pour-des-cargaisons-suspectes-destination-disrael?ref=ontheditch.com\">\u003cem>La Soir\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported in June that FedEx transported F-35 parts through Belgium on their way to Israel. They also list Tracy as the origin of some of those shipments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a matter of policy, FedEx does not disclose customer shipment details,” FedEx wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PYM also examined a sample of 500 shipments to Israel routed through FedEx’s Global Superhub in Memphis, Tennessee, between April and June. Oakland was the second most frequent U.S. transit point, accounting for 16% of Israel-bound shipments, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The frequency, consistency, and content of these shipments underscore Oakland’s role not as a peripheral transit point, but as a dependable conduit for critical military technologies,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group is calling on Oakland officials to end these shipments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland has a history of standing against apartheid, standing against war. 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The children were injured in three separate bombings, according to Heal Palestine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billoo said children and caregivers who leave Gaza already undergo a “rigorous vetting process,” which includes approval from both the Israeli and U.S. government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How many specifically are waiting to travel to the United States is unclear, but the number of children in need is in the tens of thousands,” Billoo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department’s decision came less than a day after far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer falsely claimed on X that the children’s arrival — which is considered the largest single medical evacuation of injured children from Gaza to the country by organizers — that Heal Palestine was “mass importing GAZANS into the US.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the region’s health ministry \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/more-than-62000-people-have-been-killed-in-gaza-war-says-palestinian-health-ministry\">said on Monday\u003c/a>. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, more than 18,000 children have been killed in Gaza in the last 22 months.[aside postID=news_12051743 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250811-ISRAELICONSULATE_00956_TV-KQED.jpg']In her post, Loomer accused one of the leaders of Heal Palestine of “propping up Palestinian NGOS that have been accused of having Islamic terror ties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heal Palestine said it was “distressed” by the State Department’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HEAL Palestine is an American humanitarian nonprofit organization delivering urgent aid and medical care to children in Palestine, including sponsoring and bringing severely injured children to the U.S. on temporary visas for essential medical treatment not available at home,” the nonprofit said in a statement. “This is a medical treatment program, not a refugee resettlement program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Mohammad Subeh, a Palestinian American emergency doctor based in the Bay Area who aided in the evacuation and volunteers with Heal Palestine, told KQED that he was bewildered by the department’s decision because of how much vetting happens before children are brought over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It made it seem that the State Department had no clue as to the current processes in place to actually approve or disapprove the visa issuance for these children and their guardians. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, a spokesperson for the Israeli Consulate said it “is deeply regrettable that in the 675 days since the October 7th Massacre, these protesters never called for the release of the Israeli hostages” — a point that the organizers explicitly denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said that “despite the Hamas disinformation campaign, there is food in Gaza and Israel continues to flood Gaza with food and humanitarian aid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rabbi David Cooper at Kehilla Community Synagogue said those who gathered Monday would have stood directly in front of the Israeli Consulate for their demonstration if not for the barriers that went up in anticipation of the act of protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper called them “the barriers that have been put up to try and silence us, but we won’t be silenced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper said the group wrote a letter to Israeli Consul General Marco Sermoneta last week, asking to arrange a meeting there on Monday to discuss these issues. But, he said, the group received a polite response that Sermoneta was unable to meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will take advantage of that offer, but the situation in Gaza and in the West Bank has become too dire,” Cooper said. “Starvation in Gaza continues unabated every moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also mentioned his friend Awdah Al-Hathaleen, the Palestinian human rights activist who was denied entry at San Francisco International Airport in June, and subsequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">killed\u003c/a> by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank come late July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His known killer is walking free,” Cooper said. “We are here under a holy obligation to take action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group said they expected to be arrested for civil disobedience, but ultimately were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aug. 12: This article was updated after one of the rally’s lead organizers clarified that the activists’ three main demands included the release of all hostages, pushing back against a quote from the Israeli Consulate.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two critically injured Palestinian children and their families arrived in the Bay Area on Wednesday for long-term treatment as part of what organizers call the largest single medical evacuation of injured children from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Gaza\u003c/a> to the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of supporters — some wearing keffiyehs, others holding Palestinian flags or balloons — gathered at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>’s arrivals hall to welcome Ghazal, 6, Layan, 14, and their families following a monthslong evacuation effort from their homes or shelters in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghazal was injured in an explosion after being displaced from her home in Rafah, a southern city where many Palestinians fled to avoid bombardments in the north. Layan was burned and hit with shrapnel in the bombing of a school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third child, Anas, 8, arrived at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday with leg injuries from a bombing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three are part of the 11 children evacuated to cities across the country — including San José, Seattle and Dallas — that Heal Palestine, the group that arranged the evacuations, called the largest single medical evacuation of injured children from Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you can imagine, it’s been one block after the next,” Dr. Mohammad Subeh, a Palestinian American emergency room doctor in the South Bay who has taken two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999445/south-bay-doctor-returns-to-gaza\">humanitarian trips to Gaza \u003c/a>to offer medical services, told KQED at the airport. “It’s really a miracle in and of itself that they’ve just arrived. We’ve been waiting for this day for a long, long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051206\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anas, 8, who sustained leg injuries in a bombing and arrived from Gaza a day earlier for medical treatment, holds a balloon at San Francisco International Airport on Aug. 6, 2025, while sitting next to Dr. Mohammad Subeh, a Palestinian American emergency room doctor. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The welcome group, which included Anas, held a large sign reading “Welcome Leyan, Anas, Ghazal,” trailed by two rows of keffiyehs that served as makeshift barriers for their supporters to crowd around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anas, who Subeh treated in Gaza immediately after his injury in February, flashed a toothy grin upon seeing the doctor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like a dream that he’s here in front of me right now,” said Subeh, who crouched down to eye level with Anas as the boy leaned on his crutches. “It feels surreal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Subeh, after USAID funding cuts affected the hospital where he was working, Anas moved to a tent with his uncle. Subeh last saw him in July.[aside postID=news_12050131 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/PalestinianDetainees4.jpg']Subeh had initially notified advocates of the need to evacuate the children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the process to secure evacuations is lengthy, complicated and can be dangerous, said Dr. Zeena Salman, a pediatrician and co-founder of Heal Palestine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They may have to go to a different hospital that’s further away, they may have to be under bombardment to try and seek the evaluations that are necessary to get the right documentation to get approval from the local health ministry,” Salman told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the evacuation process is having the children undergo nutrition assessments because “every child in Gaza now is facing malnutrition and starvation,” Salman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a man-made starvation, particularly of children who are the most vulnerable because they’re growing, so they need that energy more than anyone else,” Salman said. “And we know when we do this to them, it can cause irreversible health damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subeh said that, especially in cases like Anas’, malnutrition would play a role in how well injuries heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051205\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Injured Palestinian children and their families from Gaza arrive at San Francisco International Airport on Aug. 6, 2025, to begin lifesaving medical care, in an effort led by the humanitarian nonprofit HEAL Palestine. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anas has half of his tibia — his shin bone — shattered. We have to do bone grafting, and how his body accepts those bone grafts is going to be based off of that fundamental nutritional health,” Subeh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salman added that getting approval from the Israeli government is a major barrier, and at times, officials have only approved 10% of requests to leave Gaza. Those who are approved aren’t allowed to take anything with them.[aside postID=news_12049575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty.jpg']“We have children who are bilateral amputees — who’ve lost both of their legs — and had wheelchairs taken away from them at the checkpoint,” Salman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the journey is perilous, Salman said it is necessary because Gaza’s healthcare system has been destroyed in the last nearly two years of war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s multiple layers of obstruction that are happening, but the healthcare infrastructure is unlike anything we’ll ever see,” Subeh said. “I can’t imagine it getting worse, but every time I say that, something new happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 18,000 children have been killed in Gaza in the last 22 months, an average of 28 children per day, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Human rights and advocacy groups have heavily criticized the Israeli Defense Forces for what some, including former U.S. President Joe Biden, have described as indiscriminate bombing of Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A United Nations special committee investigating Israeli practices regarding conditions imposed upon the Palestinian people cited the use of heavy bombs and the use of starvation in a report last year, to conclude that Israel’s warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide\">genocide\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051203\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-PALESTINIANCHILDREN-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anas, 8, who sustained leg injuries in a bombing and arrived from Gaza a day earlier for medical treatment, talks with a member of HEAL Palestine while waiting for other children to arrive at San Francisco International Airport on Aug. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Israel’s means and methods of warfare, including its indiscriminate bombing campaign, resulted in the widespread killing of civilians and mass destruction of civilian infrastructure, raising grave concerns of violations under international humanitarian law,” the committee wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel has rejected claims of genocide and defended its actions, stating that civilians are given advanced notice to evacuate areas where they plan to conduct military operations, while also blaming Hamas for establishing itself in population centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Israeli offensive operations have swept the entirety of the Gaza Strip, many advocates say that Palestinians have nowhere to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Layan, Ghazal and their families finally arrived at SFO, the crowd erupted in cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghazal, the younger girl, apparently overwhelmed by the grand reception, began to cry. Volunteers asked the crowd to move back, and the girl was given a balloon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subeh greeted Layan, whom he had also treated in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just can’t believe how much weight she’s lost. She’s 14 years old, malnourished, severe burns to her face and her body, it’s just astonishing,” Subeh said. “Layan’s mom was just telling me how hard it’s been to find a meal. She was just afraid Layan wouldn’t even make it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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