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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, October 7, 2024…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s been one year since \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1204436940/palestinian-militants-launch-rockets-into-israel\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hamas-led militant groups launched attacks on Israel\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, killing more than 1200 Israelis and taking more than 200 people hostage. Many of those hostages have still not been released. And more than 41,500 people in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli bombardment according to Palestinian health officials, with a ceasefire still nowhere in sight. The war in the Middle East has also led to growing tensions here in the US. An LA-based organization is working to ease the tensions between the two communities.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The state Department of Public Health is investigating \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR24-030.aspx\">a possible third human case of bird flu\u003c/a> in the Central Valley. The first two confirmed human cases were in Tulare County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Organization Pushes For Productive Engagement Between Muslim And Jewish Communities\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last year has been extremely challenging for Muslim and Jewish communities across California. Following the attack on Israel by Hamas-led militant groups on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/07/1204436940/palestinian-militants-launch-rockets-into-israel\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">October 7, 2023\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, there’s been growing tension and discourse here in the United States.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Los Angeles, \u003ca href=\"https://mjnewground.org/\">the group NewGround\u003c/a> is trying to ease some of those tensions. The nonprofit describes \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://mjnewground.org/vision-mission-values/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">its mission\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as envisioning an America where Muslims and Jews and others, both secular and religious, model lasting partnerships and engagement in authentic communication and mutual cooperation. Program Director Tasneem Noor says conversations have been open and honest since last October 7. “They have been raw. They have been a process of leaning into that deep desire to open up, while also recognizing one’s own limitations. Conversations on Zionism and from the river to the sea. And is it a genocide? Is it not a genocide? All of those conversations have been happening and continue to happen,” she said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR24-030.aspx\">\u003cstrong>State Investigating Third Possible Human Case Of Bird Flu \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state Department of Public Health is investigating a possible third human case of bird flu in the Central Valley. Health officials say the person was in contact with infected dairy cattle, and was experiencing mild symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s believed that this case occurred in Kern County. Health officials there released\u003ca href=\"https://kernpublichealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BirdFluKern102024.pdf\"> a statement over the weekend\u003c/a> saying they’re working with the state and CDC to investigate the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]M[/dropcap]onday marks one year since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants launched a cross-border attack into Southern Israel — killing more than 1,200 people and taking approximately 240 hostages, according to the Israeli government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after, Israel began its continuing, unrelenting assault on Gaza, which has now killed more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">41,600 Palestinians\u003c/a>, according to Gaza health officials — a number that is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-how-many-palestinians-has-israels-campaign-killed-2024-07-25/\">likely an undercount\u003c/a>, according to U.N. human rights officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 96,000 Palestinians have been injured and 1.9 million — almost the entire population of Gaza — have been completely displaced, with more than 70,000 housing units destroyed. With Israeli \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981650/world-central-kitchen-has-fed-crisis-zones-for-years-including-in-california\">attacks killing aid workers\u003c/a> and destroying hospitals, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation has unfolded in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And ahead of the Oct. 7 mark, fears of a more widespread regional war have taken hold after Iran \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/nx-s1-5135646/iran-missile-strike-israel-appears-to-hit-some-targets\">launched a missile strike\u003c/a> on Oct. 1 into Israel in reprisal for Israeli attacks into Lebanon against Iran-backed Hezbollah. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, over \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-02-2024-7d93f71b7894177b4f9c303671ee55de\">1,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes\u003c/a> so far in the past two weeks — and this week, Israel started \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/g-s1-25657/israel-ground-offensive-lebanon\">a ground offensive\u003c/a> in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amaani Cassim marches in downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The death tolls of the last year have been staggering. But for people like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997602/in-an-oceanside-town-a-woman-fights-for-her-familys-survival-in-gaza\">Rolla Alaydi of Pacific Grove\u003c/a>, they go far beyond numbers. Her family members have been killed in Gaza, including her cousin Mohammad and aunt Zainab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi has spent every day this past year in complete terror, waiting to see what will happen to the rest of her family back home. She said she fears them being forgotten entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a nightmare every night,” she told KQED. “I woke up in the middle of the night crying. Just the image of them being killed or bombed or being starved to death — it’s just haunting me every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1920x1306.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi holds a Palestinian flag at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Rolla traveled to Egypt in April to help her 21 family members escape Gaza but had to travel back to California without them when Israel’s attack on Rafah began and the border closed. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the siege of Gaza, more than 100 hostages have been released or rescued. Six hostages have died, some killed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-high-probability-its-own-airstrike-killed-3-hostages-in-gaza-last-november#:~:text=gaza%2Dlast%2Dnovember-,Israel%20says%20'high%20probability'%20its%20own%20airstrike%20killed%203,hostages%20in%20Gaza%20last%20November&text=JERUSALEM%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20On%20Sunday,killed%20in%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike.\">Israeli airstrikes\u003c/a>. One of the hostages killed was 23-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002709/israeli-demonstrators-demand-cease-fire-after-6-hostages-including-berkeley-native-die-in-gaza\">Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin\u003c/a>. Tens of thousands of people attended \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hersh-goldberg-polin-israel-palestinians-gaza-hostages-0be443e7ce616cbce3f2cb984e7971ca\">his funeral in Jerusalem\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, Oakland Rabbi Julie Bressler of Temple Sinai quoted the words of Goldberg-Polin’s mother at the Democratic National Convention: \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18604/hersh-goldberg-polin-oct-7-hostages-democratic-national-convention#:~:text=%22There%20is%20a%20surplus%20of,no%20winners%2C%22%20Polin%20said.\">“In a competition of pain, there are no winners.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s true. No one’s winning,” Bressler said. “And so, how do we get that message out there?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here is an abridged compilation of KQED’s reporting and features from the past year and how the Oct. 7 attacks and the subsequent siege of Gaza have impacted Bay Area communities — from politics to the arts world to campus life.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Politics\">Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Community\">Community\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Campuslife\">Campus life\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SiliconValley\">Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Arts\">Arts\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Highway Patrol officers ask for people to disperse after demonstrators shut down the southbound lanes of I-880 on the morning of April 15, 2024, in West Oakland. The protesters, engaging in a multicity ‘economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine,’ marched from the West Oakland BART station to the 7th Street on-ramp and onto the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Politics\">\u003c/a>On politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In this past year, Israel’s bombardment — and the resulting destruction that \u003ca href=\"https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147976\">human rights experts \u003c/a>said in March provides “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza — has sparked protests demanding a cease-fire around the world, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3754718/supplemental-bill-becomes-law-provides-billions-in-aid-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan/\">the United States’\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-has-secured-87-billion-us-aid-package-2024-09-26/\">substantial aid\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/10/us-to-send-3-5bn-more-in-military-aid-to-israel-amid-war-on-gaza\">to Israel\u003c/a> became part of the national discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">bridges\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976328/protesters-briefly-block-highway-101-in-sf-call-for-end-to-war-in-gaza\">highways\u003c/a> were blocked, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-entrances-to-lockheed-martin-facility-in-sunnyvale/\">weapons manufacturers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988170/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-chevron-headquarters-in-san-ramon\">oil companies\u003c/a> were protested, and presidential candidates were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999777/vice-president-kamala-harris-makes-fundraising-stop-in-san-francisco-amid-protests\"> shunned\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">Some protesters were arrested and charged\u003c/a>, which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">worried some First Amendment advocates and experts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Aug. 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000881/attorneys-for-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-demand-das-recusal-alleging-pro-israel-bias\">Attorneys for Golden Gate Bridge Protesters Demand DA’s Recusal, Alleging Pro-Israel Bias\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Mohammad Subeh, a physician and South Bay resident with Palestinian heritage\u003c/a> and many others, the conflict started “76 years ago in 1948” with the Nakba, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176097958/un-nakba-day-explained-anniversary-palestine-israel\">Palestinians were displaced and expelled\u003c/a> from their homes during \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1000247156\">the establishment of Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Hope and Loss in Gaza: A Bay Area Doctor Reflects on His Aid Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the past months, he said he has noticed that “people have come to question the role the United States plays in the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because we oftentimes hear that [America is] there to establish justice and promote freedom and peace,” he said. “And unfortunately, the Bay Area community specifically — and the U.S. at large — has witnessed a complete polar opposite in terms of action in the past 12 months, as it relates to where we stand in funding a lot of the atrocities experienced by the Palestinian people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-us-israel-relationship-actually-works\">support\u003c/a> of Israel \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/30/uncommitted-voters-gaza-election-michigan-harris-trump\">soured many Democrat voters\u003c/a> — particularly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13959370/for-these-young-latino-voters-its-neither-biden-nor-trump\">young Bay Area voters\u003c/a>. A\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#vote-ceasefire-group-urges-california-voters-to-signal-gaza-support-through-ballot\"> coordinated effort to write-in “Ceasefire”\u003c/a> in primary elections spread in the country in early March (although its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979450/how-many-californians-wrote-ceasefire-on-the-primary-ballot-its-complicated\">impact in California was hazy\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 15: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">How Pro-Israel AIPAC Influences U.S. Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After Biden exited the race, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997961/an-opportunity-how-do-pro-palestinian-advocates-feel-about-a-kamala-harris-candidacy\">seemed promising to some pro-Palestinian advocates\u003c/a> for her apparent sympathy for the plight of Palestinians. However, that took a turn at the Democratic National Convention, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5086924/the-dnc-didnt-let-a-palestinian-american-speak-the-uncommitted-movement-took-note\">a Palestinian American delegate was barred from speaking\u003c/a>, and Harris expressed her commitment to having the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/politics/kamala-harris-speech-transcript.html\">“strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world”\u003c/a> in her speech — a contrast to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">anti-war sentiment popular among young voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif., on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a Gallup poll this summer, \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/646955/disapproval-israeli-action-gaza-eases-slightly.aspx\">77% of Democrat voters\u003c/a> said they disapproved of Israel’s military action in Gaza, and for some young activists in the Bay Area, U.S. support of Israel is a heavy factor in their choice to vote at all in local or national elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992686/climate-voters-grapple-with-ethical-dilemma-in-californias-district-13-race\">Climate Voters Grapple With Ethical Dilemma in California’s District 13 Race\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">Young Voters Seek More From Harris on Climate Action and a Cease-Fire in Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Officials and residents of Bay Area communities disagreed over official expressions of support for Palestinians or Israelis, leading to passionate arguments breaking out during city council meetings. When San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">became the largest city to pass a resolution supporting a cease-fire\u003c/a>, Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LondonBreed/status/1748518517442584655/photo/1\">condemned\u003c/a> the move — but did not veto it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 6, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966385/californias-only-palestinian-american-elected-official-speaks-out-on-the-war-in-gaza\">The Bay Area’s Only Palestinian-American Elected Official Speaks Out On the War in Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nov. 27, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland City Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution Demanding Gaza Cease-fire\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan. 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">San Francisco Becomes Largest City in US to Approve Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks to supporters alongside Supervisor Hillary Ronen after a vote in favor of a resolution that urges the Biden administration and Congress to support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War at City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In early May, House Republicans held a series of hearings of how K–12 school districts were handling antisemitism in the midst of the ongoing war, calling in the superintendent of Berkeley schools to testify. (Democrats had \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">questioned Republicans’ political motives\u003c/a> for the hearings, as former President Donald Trump has shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">laxness around antisemitic speech\u003c/a> in the past.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985234/berkeley-schools-chief-set-to-testify-at-congressional-hearing-on-antisemitism\">Berkeley Schools Chief Set to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985335/berkeley-schools-chief-rejects-allegations-of-pervasive-antisemitism-in-capitol-hill-testimony\">Berkeley Schools Chief Rejects Allegations of ‘Pervasive’ Antisemitism in Capitol Hill Testimony\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 9: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905676/house-gop-targets-berkeley-schools-in-antisemitism-hearing\">House GOP Targets Berkeley Schools in Antisemitism Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Davila (right) faces off with a counterprotester at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Cease-fire demonstrators and Former President Trump supporters rallied at the same park. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Community\">\u003c/a>On community\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing violence and war have deeply struck Bay Area communities with ties to either Israel or Gaza — and how they can find ways to relate to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bressler, the Oakland rabbi, said Temple Sinai even held spaces for people to have difficult conversations around the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have places for folks with lots of different beliefs, including folks who want to be in a space with folks they agree with, and we honor that. Places to have those conversations,” she said in an interview with KQED. “A lot’s happening behind closed doors and in personal relationships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she said while Israel is “a very special place and idea” to her, she wanted the non-Jewish world and “especially those who are really connected to this conflict” to know that “this is not what Judaism is. Not only this. And we are so much more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 1, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967916/it-is-possible-to-love-people-and-disagree-for-these-two-friends-hard-conversations-are-key-right-now\">‘It is Possible to Love People and Disagree’: For These Two Friends, Hard Conversations Are Key Right Now\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Communities also formed to show support for Gaza — like Mama for a Free Palestine, a collective of Bay Area mothers, stating that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mamas_4_afreepalestine/?hl=en\">“mother’s love transcends borders.”\u003c/a> According to mid-August figures from the Gazan health ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/israel-kills-more-than-40000-palestinians-in-gaza-16456-of-them-children#:~:text=Israel's%20relentless%20war%20on%20Gaza,children%20and%20over%2011%2C000%20women.\">around 16,400 children\u003c/a> have been killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moon rises over a crowd of hundreds of members of the Palestinian community and pro-Palestinian supporters during a candlelight vigil to honor lives lost in Gaza in the past week at Dolores Park in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groups also challenged each other: Pro-Palestinian queer artists called upon prominent San Francisco LGBTQ+ groups to speak about the siege of Gaza and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">pinkwashing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 13, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">‘This Is Resistance’: Queer Palestinian Artists and Activists in the Bay Area Are Speaking Out\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978744/were-all-hurting-for-bay-area-muslim-leaders-gaza-is-ever-present-during-ramadan-2024\">‘We’re All Hurting’: For Bay Area Muslim Leaders, Gaza Is Ever-Present During Ramadan 2024\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954260/editing-mamas-for-a-free-palestine-safety-doesnt-come-from-bombs\">Mamas for a Free Palestine: Safety Doesn’t Come From Bombs\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Papermaster demonstrates in front of Coit Tower to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Lebanese American community — of which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">there are 5,000 people\u003c/a> according to the West Coast’s Honorary Consulate of Lebanon — has been seized with anxiety and worry over the Israeli attacks this week. Stanford student MJ Azzi, who came to the United States six years ago, is in constant communication with her parents in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very scared,” Azzi told KQED in late September. “They say that whatever it is that they have been dreading to happen for the past many months is happening right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">Bay Area Lebanese Community Unites Amid Growing ‘Sense of Doom’ as Israeli Strikes Mount\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007749\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007749\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators with If Not Now call for a cease-fire in Gaza and hang a 60-foot-long banner from Coit Tower in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Campuslife\">\u003c/a>On campus life\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the largest ripple effects of Israel’s war on Gaza on American life has been the dramatic response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">student protests on college campuses\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks before graduation, Bay Area activists — composed of college students, alumni, faculty, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986910/uc-santa-cruz-academic-workers-strike-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-protesters\">staff\u003c/a> — joined a nationwide movement and set up encampments at numerous colleges and universities to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984140/growing-protests-over-the-israel-hamas-war-puts-spotlight-on-college-endowments\">demand their schools\u003c/a> divest from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">financial ties to Israel and its military\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">Photos: Campus Protests Grow Across Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SecondGentleman/status/1726997317356523998\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Responses by colleges and universities across the state garnered more headlines. Many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">administrations threatened suspension\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984094/usc-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony-amid-ongoing-gaza-protests\">canceled graduation ceremonies\u003c/a>, and sent in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984762/ucs-campus-safety-plan-under-fire-as-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\">officers to roughly break up rallies\u003c/a> — echoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">history and past responses to student anti-war activism\u003c/a>. Academics have reported also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">feeling the pressure of the administration\u003c/a> to curb their thoughts on Gaza — with many noting that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-frequently-makes-claims-of-antisemitism-critics-say-hes-deflecting-blame\">criticisms of Israel are conflated with antisemitism\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malak Afaneh, a Berkeley Law 3rd year student and co-president of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982697/confrontation-at-uc-berkeley-law-school-deans-home-highlights-campus-tensions\">Confrontation at UC Berkeley Law School Dean’s Home Highlights Campus Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 30: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">What’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985245/uc-berkeley-opens-civil-rights-investigation-into-confrontation-at-deans-home\">UC Berkeley Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Confrontation at Dean’s Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984904/the-student-journalists-covering-pro-palestine-protests-on-college-campuses\">The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests on College Campuses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989520/stanford-student-newspaper-editors-call-for-charges-against-reporter-to-be-dropped\">Stanford Student Newspaper Editors Call for Charges Against Reporter to Be Dropped\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“I think that we really are at a moment that feels historic in a way that student organizing hasn’t in quite a few years,” Angus Johnston, a historian and advocate of American student movements, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">KQED’s Forum in April\u003c/a>. “It really was not until Columbia’s crackdown that we saw this explosion of defiance on campuses, whose number is increasing every single day at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That is a pace of acceleration that we haven’t seen in a very, very long time,” said Johnston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984403/sfsu-pro-palestinian-encampment-established-as-students-rally-for-divestment\">SFSU Pro-Palestinian Encampment Established as Students Rally for Divestment\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978998/uc-berkeley-jewish-community-members-march-on-campus-amid-rising-tensions\">UC Berkeley Jewish Community Members March on Campus Amid Rising Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 16: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986574/sonoma-state-universitys-deal-with-student-protesters-in-limbo-after-presidents-removal\">Sonoma State University’s Deal With Student Protesters in Limbo After President’s Removal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987577/usf-suspends-15-pro-palestinian-student-protesters-after-encampment-is-disbanded\">USF Suspends 22 Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters After Encampment Is Disbanded\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993676/suspect-in-firebombing-of-uc-berkeley-police-vehicle-could-face-20-years-in-prison\">Suspect Used Molotov Cocktails to Torch UC Berkeley Police Car, Feds Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 19: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000770/uc-president-orders-new-rules-on-encampments-masks-as-students-return-to-school\">UC President Orders New Rules on Encampments, Masks as Students Return to School\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">Student Organizers Are Shifting Tactics as Universities Impose New Restrictions on Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">San Francisco State Divests From Weapons Makers After Working With Student Activists\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003439/a-ucsf-student-advocate-spoke-up-for-faculty-of-color-then-she-was-fired\">A UCSF Student Advocate Spoke Up for Faculty of Color. Then She Was Fired\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 10: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">UC Santa Cruz Students, Professor Sue Over Campus Bans After Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003861/uc-berkeley-launches-new-palestinian-studies-program-this-fall\">UC Berkeley Launches New Palestinian Studies Program This Fall\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005030/sfpd-deployed-to-8-campus-protests-including-2-major-incidents-outside-the-bay-area\">SFPD Deployed to 8 Campus Protests, Including 2 Major Incidents Outside the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005195/stanfords-new-protest-policies-ban-tents-overnight-require-students-to-remove-masks-when-asked\">Stanford’s New Protest Policies Ban Tents Overnight, Require Students to Remove Masks When Asked\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 27: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">UC Santa Cruz Campus Bans for Protesters Are ‘Fundamentally Unfair,’ Lawyers Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students hold up homemade signs and shirts to protest against UC Berkeley during the 2024 commencement ceremony at the California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"SiliconValley\">\u003c/a>On Silicon Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israel and its military have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">many connections to the tech world\u003c/a> in the Bay Area, which activists have rallied against for the past year. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971467/protesting-project-nimbus-what-rights-do-silicon-valley-employees-have\">Tech workers in Silicon Valley\u003c/a> have also been part of this pressure and said they have been \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/googleopenletter-868f0c4477db\">retaliated against for showing support for Palestinians\u003c/a> and specifically for speaking out against Google’s Project Nimbus, a seven-year, $1.2 billion contract with Amazon and the Israeli government and military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 14, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969898/protesters-outside-google-in-san-francisco-call-for-immediate-end-to-project-nimbus\">Protesters Outside Google in San Francisco Call for Immediate End to ‘Project Nimbus’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 10, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">Divestment from Israeli Tech Is a Tall Order for Silicon Valley. Here’s Why\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986136/demonstrators-rally-outside-google-conference-call-for-end-to-israel-contracts\">Demonstrators Rally Outside Google Conference, Call for End to Israel Contracts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 20, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986743/the-tech-employees-who-want-to-sever-silicon-valleys-deep-ties-with-israel\">The Tech Employees Who Want to Sever Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather outside Google offices in downtown San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023, to call for an immediate end to ‘Project Nimbus,’ Google’s billion-dollar cloud computing project with the Israeli government. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the online world, social media has been a double-edged sword in the past year. Immediately after Oct. 7 and amid the ongoing siege of Gaza, hate-speech watchers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965403/social-media-companies-get-big-fat-f-in-moderating-israel-hamas-war-content-say-hate-speech-watchers\">critics slammed social media\u003c/a> companies like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook for not controlling the surge of misinformation seen on its platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Oct. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965186/on-x-false-information-about-the-israel-hamas-war-is-spreading\">On X, Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas War Is Spreading\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Americans have unprecedented access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war\">the first-person view\u003c/a> from Gazans amid the siege. Through social media like TikTok and Instagram, even despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and\">alleged censorship\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-translation/\">biases\u003c/a>, people across the U.S. and the world have been tuned into the lives of Palestinians they follow, such as journalists \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-journalism-fa34150f2930bd502b4baf5fd1af2322\">Plestia Alaqad\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/gaza-nine-year-old-journalist-contd-sn-cn-orig.cnn\">9-year-old Lama Jamous\u003c/a> and Bisan Owda, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/26/palestinian-journalist-bisan-owda-and-aj-win-emmy-for-gaza-war-documentary\">recently won an Emmy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jan. 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985952/how-to-support-your-mental-health-amidst-vicarious-trauma-and-war\">How to Protect Your Mental Health When Viewing War on Social Media\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Arts\">\u003c/a>On the arts world\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Artists in the Bay Area displayed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13940282/artists-against-genocide-counterpulse\">an overwhelming amount\u003c/a> of support for Palestinians, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955463/indigenous-artists-oakland-to-palestine\">Indigenous artists selling their work\u003c/a> to raise emergency funds to a fundraiser that raised \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937219/bay-area-artists-palestinian-childrens-relief-fund-continental-club\">thousands of dollars for Gazan children\u003c/a> to creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13962355/habibi-palestinian-ceramics-keffiyeh-reems-port-of-mokha-campbell\">keffiyeh-inspired decorations\u003c/a> for Bay Area restaurants and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993183/ramzi-salti-champions-indie-arab-musicians-with-arabology-podcast\">reciting poems by Palestinian poets on radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, like students, many artists also mobilized to put pressure on Bay Area cultural institutions to express solidarity with Gaza. Last November, over 400 Bay Area artists — including San Francisco favorites like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963789/la-dona-los-altos-de-la-soledad\">singer La Doña\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">signed a letter that stated an intent to turn down collaboration\u003c/a> with Israeli institutions. In June, several drag artists said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990430/why-these-queer-pro-palestinian-advocates-are-calling-for-a-boycott-of-sf-pride\">they would not perform at San Francisco Pride\u003c/a> events due in part to some of the parade’s corporate sponsors’ ties to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley students at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the largest impacts in the arts scene was at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood after artists altered their own work during an event with pro-Palestinian messages in early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Feb. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952460/artists-deface-work-ybca-pro-palestine-protest\">Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feb. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953032/ybca-pro-palestinian-artist-protest-censorship-allegations-boycott\">YBCA Gallery Remains Closed; Pro-Palestinian Artists Claim Censorship\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953653/ybca-ceo-resigns-after-pro-palestinian-protest-and-boycott\">YBCA CEO Resigns After Pro-Palestinian Protest and Boycott\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954119/an-embattled-ybca-to-reopen-amid-censorship-accusations-ceos-resignation\">An Embattled YBCA to Reopen Amid Censorship Accusations, CEO’s Resignation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955613/pro-palestinian-jewish-artists-withdraw-from-contemporary-jewish-museum-exhibit\">Pro-Palestinian Jewish Artists Withdraw from Contemporary Jewish Museum Exhibit\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956575/sfmoma-workers-open-letter-palestinians-gaza-pacbi\">SFMOMA Workers Urge the Museum to Support Palestinians in an Open Letter\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sammy Obeid, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, outside his home in Fremont on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fremont resident Sammy Obeid is the co-host of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightsemites/\">Friday Night Semites podcast\u003c/a>, which he runs with Oakland-based Jewish comedian Josh Healey. Obeid said that as an American, Palestinian and Lebanese comedian, he feels he has a lot to say. And his work as a comedian has been able to bring levity to pro-Palestinian activists “who are very, very emotionally involved in the issue and have seen the horrific images and videos over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They feel solace in my stand-up because I am conscious of that and what I’m saying,” he said. “They also tell me that they find comfort in what I’m doing — giving hope and giving reassurance, which I do feel is motivating for people who are active.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007725\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Healey, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, at his home in Oakland on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The next year\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At this one-year mark, nobody knows what will happen in the next 24 hours, let alone “what next year will bring,” said South Bay physician Subeh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the type of terrifying uncertainty Pacific Grove’s Alaydi knows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">all too well\u003c/a>. For her, this news is not far away or hypothetical — she still has brothers, nieces, and nephews in Gaza, and, as the family’s only American citizen, they need her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just to imagine that after this year, they would be even able to survive,” she said through tears. “Because every day, I’m giving myself hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept.18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005005/its-just-killing-me-the-palestinian-americans-trying-to-get-family-out-of-gaza\">‘It’s Just Killing Me’: The Palestinian Americans Trying to Get Family Out of Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But despite it all, Alaydi said she found solace in her community and her neighbors of Monterey County, who have supported her this past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a tough year, and I lost so many of my family,” she said. “But I still believe in humanity. I’m going to have hope. I’m not going to give up. I’m going to keep speaking up and calling for the cease-fire and calling for the end of this genocide because this is not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Annelise Finney, Lakshmi Sarah, Rachael Vasquez, Nastia Voynovskaya, Rachael Myrow, Marisol Medina-Cadena, Elize Manoukian and Alexis Madrigal contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The radio segment was reported by KQED’s Annelise Finney, Nisa Khan, Juan Carlos Lara and Lakshmi Sarah. It was edited by Rachael Vasquez, Annelise Finney and Ted Goldberg. Mixing by Christopher Beale and Jim Bennett. Scoring by Christopher Beale.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">M\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>onday marks one year since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants launched a cross-border attack into Southern Israel — killing more than 1,200 people and taking approximately 240 hostages, according to the Israeli government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon after, Israel began its continuing, unrelenting assault on Gaza, which has now killed more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/\">41,600 Palestinians\u003c/a>, according to Gaza health officials — a number that is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-how-many-palestinians-has-israels-campaign-killed-2024-07-25/\">likely an undercount\u003c/a>, according to U.N. human rights officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 96,000 Palestinians have been injured and 1.9 million — almost the entire population of Gaza — have been completely displaced, with more than 70,000 housing units destroyed. With Israeli \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981650/world-central-kitchen-has-fed-crisis-zones-for-years-including-in-california\">attacks killing aid workers\u003c/a> and destroying hospitals, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csis.org/analysis/famine-gaza\">humanitarian crisis\u003c/a> that includes sickness and starvation has unfolded in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And ahead of the Oct. 7 mark, fears of a more widespread regional war have taken hold after Iran \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/nx-s1-5135646/iran-missile-strike-israel-appears-to-hit-some-targets\">launched a missile strike\u003c/a> on Oct. 1 into Israel in reprisal for Israeli attacks into Lebanon against Iran-backed Hezbollah. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, over \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-02-2024-7d93f71b7894177b4f9c303671ee55de\">1,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes\u003c/a> so far in the past two weeks — and this week, Israel started \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/01/g-s1-25657/israel-ground-offensive-lebanon\">a ground offensive\u003c/a> in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231112-APECProtest-57-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amaani Cassim marches in downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The death tolls of the last year have been staggering. But for people like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997602/in-an-oceanside-town-a-woman-fights-for-her-familys-survival-in-gaza\">Rolla Alaydi of Pacific Grove\u003c/a>, they go far beyond numbers. Her family members have been killed in Gaza, including her cousin Mohammad and aunt Zainab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaydi has spent every day this past year in complete terror, waiting to see what will happen to the rest of her family back home. She said she fears them being forgotten entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a nightmare every night,” she told KQED. “I woke up in the middle of the night crying. Just the image of them being killed or bombed or being starved to death — it’s just haunting me every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-800x544.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1536x1044.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-9-KQED-1920x1306.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolla Alaydi holds a Palestinian flag at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Rolla traveled to Egypt in April to help her 21 family members escape Gaza but had to travel back to California without them when Israel’s attack on Rafah began and the border closed. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the siege of Gaza, more than 100 hostages have been released or rescued. Six hostages have died, some killed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-high-probability-its-own-airstrike-killed-3-hostages-in-gaza-last-november#:~:text=gaza%2Dlast%2Dnovember-,Israel%20says%20'high%20probability'%20its%20own%20airstrike%20killed%203,hostages%20in%20Gaza%20last%20November&text=JERUSALEM%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20On%20Sunday,killed%20in%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike.\">Israeli airstrikes\u003c/a>. One of the hostages killed was 23-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002709/israeli-demonstrators-demand-cease-fire-after-6-hostages-including-berkeley-native-die-in-gaza\">Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin\u003c/a>. Tens of thousands of people attended \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hersh-goldberg-polin-israel-palestinians-gaza-hostages-0be443e7ce616cbce3f2cb984e7971ca\">his funeral in Jerusalem\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, Oakland Rabbi Julie Bressler of Temple Sinai quoted the words of Goldberg-Polin’s mother at the Democratic National Convention: \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18604/hersh-goldberg-polin-oct-7-hostages-democratic-national-convention#:~:text=%22There%20is%20a%20surplus%20of,no%20winners%2C%22%20Polin%20said.\">“In a competition of pain, there are no winners.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s true. No one’s winning,” Bressler said. “And so, how do we get that message out there?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here is an abridged compilation of KQED’s reporting and features from the past year and how the Oct. 7 attacks and the subsequent siege of Gaza have impacted Bay Area communities — from politics to the arts world to campus life.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Politics\">Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Community\">Community\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Campuslife\">Campus life\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SiliconValley\">Silicon Valley\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Arts\">Arts\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240415-880GazaProtest-056-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Highway Patrol officers ask for people to disperse after demonstrators shut down the southbound lanes of I-880 on the morning of April 15, 2024, in West Oakland. The protesters, engaging in a multicity ‘economic blockade in solidarity with Palestine,’ marched from the West Oakland BART station to the 7th Street on-ramp and onto the freeway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Politics\">\u003c/a>On politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In this past year, Israel’s bombardment — and the resulting destruction that \u003ca href=\"https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147976\">human rights experts \u003c/a>said in March provides “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza — has sparked protests demanding a cease-fire around the world, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3754718/supplemental-bill-becomes-law-provides-billions-in-aid-for-ukraine-israel-taiwan/\">the United States’\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-has-secured-87-billion-us-aid-package-2024-09-26/\">substantial aid\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/10/us-to-send-3-5bn-more-in-military-aid-to-israel-amid-war-on-gaza\">to Israel\u003c/a> became part of the national discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">bridges\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976328/protesters-briefly-block-highway-101-in-sf-call-for-end-to-war-in-gaza\">highways\u003c/a> were blocked, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-entrances-to-lockheed-martin-facility-in-sunnyvale/\">weapons manufacturers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988170/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-chevron-headquarters-in-san-ramon\">oil companies\u003c/a> were protested, and presidential candidates were\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999777/vice-president-kamala-harris-makes-fundraising-stop-in-san-francisco-amid-protests\"> shunned\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999854/golden-gate-bridge-protesters-surrender-to-face-controversial-false-imprisonment-charges\">Some protesters were arrested and charged\u003c/a>, which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983413/could-protesters-who-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-be-charged-with-false-imprisonment\">worried some First Amendment advocates and experts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Aug. 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000881/attorneys-for-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-demand-das-recusal-alleging-pro-israel-bias\">Attorneys for Golden Gate Bridge Protesters Demand DA’s Recusal, Alleging Pro-Israel Bias\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Mohammad Subeh, a physician and South Bay resident with Palestinian heritage\u003c/a> and many others, the conflict started “76 years ago in 1948” with the Nakba, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176097958/un-nakba-day-explained-anniversary-palestine-israel\">Palestinians were displaced and expelled\u003c/a> from their homes during \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1000247156\">the establishment of Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981941/hopeandlossingaza\">Hope and Loss in Gaza: A Bay Area Doctor Reflects on His Aid Mission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the past months, he said he has noticed that “people have come to question the role the United States plays in the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because we oftentimes hear that [America is] there to establish justice and promote freedom and peace,” he said. “And unfortunately, the Bay Area community specifically — and the U.S. at large — has witnessed a complete polar opposite in terms of action in the past 12 months, as it relates to where we stand in funding a lot of the atrocities experienced by the Palestinian people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007717\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240403-DRSUBEH-005-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Mohammad Subeh poses for a portrait in San Francisco on April 3, 2024, after a medical mission in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-the-us-israel-relationship-actually-works\">support\u003c/a> of Israel \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/30/uncommitted-voters-gaza-election-michigan-harris-trump\">soured many Democrat voters\u003c/a> — particularly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13959370/for-these-young-latino-voters-its-neither-biden-nor-trump\">young Bay Area voters\u003c/a>. A\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#vote-ceasefire-group-urges-california-voters-to-signal-gaza-support-through-ballot\"> coordinated effort to write-in “Ceasefire”\u003c/a> in primary elections spread in the country in early March (although its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979450/how-many-californians-wrote-ceasefire-on-the-primary-ballot-its-complicated\">impact in California was hazy\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 15: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">How Pro-Israel AIPAC Influences U.S. Politics\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After Biden exited the race, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997961/an-opportunity-how-do-pro-palestinian-advocates-feel-about-a-kamala-harris-candidacy\">seemed promising to some pro-Palestinian advocates\u003c/a> for her apparent sympathy for the plight of Palestinians. However, that took a turn at the Democratic National Convention, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5086924/the-dnc-didnt-let-a-palestinian-american-speak-the-uncommitted-movement-took-note\">a Palestinian American delegate was barred from speaking\u003c/a>, and Harris expressed her commitment to having the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/politics/kamala-harris-speech-transcript.html\">“strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world”\u003c/a> in her speech — a contrast to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">anti-war sentiment popular among young voters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-STANFORDGAZAPROTEST-011-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif., on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a Gallup poll this summer, \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/646955/disapproval-israeli-action-gaza-eases-slightly.aspx\">77% of Democrat voters\u003c/a> said they disapproved of Israel’s military action in Gaza, and for some young activists in the Bay Area, U.S. support of Israel is a heavy factor in their choice to vote at all in local or national elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 13: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992686/climate-voters-grapple-with-ethical-dilemma-in-californias-district-13-race\">Climate Voters Grapple With Ethical Dilemma in California’s District 13 Race\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">Young Voters Seek More From Harris on Climate Action and a Cease-Fire in Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Officials and residents of Bay Area communities disagreed over official expressions of support for Palestinians or Israelis, leading to passionate arguments breaking out during city council meetings. When San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">became the largest city to pass a resolution supporting a cease-fire\u003c/a>, Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LondonBreed/status/1748518517442584655/photo/1\">condemned\u003c/a> the move — but did not veto it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 6, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966385/californias-only-palestinian-american-elected-official-speaks-out-on-the-war-in-gaza\">The Bay Area’s Only Palestinian-American Elected Official Speaks Out On the War in Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nov. 27, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Oakland City Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution Demanding Gaza Cease-fire\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jan. 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972402/san-francisco-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-approve-cease-fire-resolution\">San Francisco Becomes Largest City in US to Approve Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMG_7300-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks to supporters alongside Supervisor Hillary Ronen after a vote in favor of a resolution that urges the Biden administration and Congress to support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War at City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In early May, House Republicans held a series of hearings of how K–12 school districts were handling antisemitism in the midst of the ongoing war, calling in the superintendent of Berkeley schools to testify. (Democrats had \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">questioned Republicans’ political motives\u003c/a> for the hearings, as former President Donald Trump has shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249994099/schools-antisemitism-k-12\">laxness around antisemitic speech\u003c/a> in the past.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985234/berkeley-schools-chief-set-to-testify-at-congressional-hearing-on-antisemitism\">Berkeley Schools Chief Set to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985335/berkeley-schools-chief-rejects-allegations-of-pervasive-antisemitism-in-capitol-hill-testimony\">Berkeley Schools Chief Rejects Allegations of ‘Pervasive’ Antisemitism in Capitol Hill Testimony\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 9: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905676/house-gop-targets-berkeley-schools-in-antisemitism-hearing\">House GOP Targets Berkeley Schools in Antisemitism Hearing\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240623_GAZAEVACUATION_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Davila (right) faces off with a counterprotester at Window on the Bay Park in Monterey on June 23, 2024. Cease-fire demonstrators and Former President Trump supporters rallied at the same park. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Community\">\u003c/a>On community\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing violence and war have deeply struck Bay Area communities with ties to either Israel or Gaza — and how they can find ways to relate to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bressler, the Oakland rabbi, said Temple Sinai even held spaces for people to have difficult conversations around the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have places for folks with lots of different beliefs, including folks who want to be in a space with folks they agree with, and we honor that. Places to have those conversations,” she said in an interview with KQED. “A lot’s happening behind closed doors and in personal relationships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she said while Israel is “a very special place and idea” to her, she wanted the non-Jewish world and “especially those who are really connected to this conflict” to know that “this is not what Judaism is. Not only this. And we are so much more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Nov. 1, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967916/it-is-possible-to-love-people-and-disagree-for-these-two-friends-hard-conversations-are-key-right-now\">‘It is Possible to Love People and Disagree’: For These Two Friends, Hard Conversations Are Key Right Now\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Communities also formed to show support for Gaza — like Mama for a Free Palestine, a collective of Bay Area mothers, stating that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mamas_4_afreepalestine/?hl=en\">“mother’s love transcends borders.”\u003c/a> According to mid-August figures from the Gazan health ministry, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/israel-kills-more-than-40000-palestinians-in-gaza-16456-of-them-children#:~:text=Israel's%20relentless%20war%20on%20Gaza,children%20and%20over%2011%2C000%20women.\">around 16,400 children\u003c/a> have been killed by Israeli attacks since Oct. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20231017-Gaza-Vigil-014-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The moon rises over a crowd of hundreds of members of the Palestinian community and pro-Palestinian supporters during a candlelight vigil to honor lives lost in Gaza in the past week at Dolores Park in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groups also challenged each other: Pro-Palestinian queer artists called upon prominent San Francisco LGBTQ+ groups to speak about the siege of Gaza and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">pinkwashing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 13, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969701/this-is-resistance-how-queer-palestinian-artists-and-activists-in-the-bay-area-are-making-themselves-heard\">‘This Is Resistance’: Queer Palestinian Artists and Activists in the Bay Area Are Speaking Out\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 12: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978744/were-all-hurting-for-bay-area-muslim-leaders-gaza-is-ever-present-during-ramadan-2024\">‘We’re All Hurting’: For Bay Area Muslim Leaders, Gaza Is Ever-Present During Ramadan 2024\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954260/editing-mamas-for-a-free-palestine-safety-doesnt-come-from-bombs\">Mamas for a Free Palestine: Safety Doesn’t Come From Bombs\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007714\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Papermaster demonstrates in front of Coit Tower to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Lebanese American community — of which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">there are 5,000 people\u003c/a> according to the West Coast’s Honorary Consulate of Lebanon — has been seized with anxiety and worry over the Israeli attacks this week. Stanford student MJ Azzi, who came to the United States six years ago, is in constant communication with her parents in Lebanon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very scared,” Azzi told KQED in late September. “They say that whatever it is that they have been dreading to happen for the past many months is happening right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006427/bay-area-lebanese-community-unites-amid-growing-sense-of-doom-as-israeli-strikes-mount\">Bay Area Lebanese Community Unites Amid Growing ‘Sense of Doom’ as Israeli Strikes Mount\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007749\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007749\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240118-COIT-TOWER-CEASEFIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators with If Not Now call for a cease-fire in Gaza and hang a 60-foot-long banner from Coit Tower in San Francisco on Jan. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Campuslife\">\u003c/a>On campus life\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the largest ripple effects of Israel’s war on Gaza on American life has been the dramatic response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">student protests on college campuses\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weeks before graduation, Bay Area activists — composed of college students, alumni, faculty, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986910/uc-santa-cruz-academic-workers-strike-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-protesters\">staff\u003c/a> — joined a nationwide movement and set up encampments at numerous colleges and universities to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984140/growing-protests-over-the-israel-hamas-war-puts-spotlight-on-college-endowments\">demand their schools\u003c/a> divest from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">financial ties to Israel and its military\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>May 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">Photos: Campus Protests Grow Across Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Responses by colleges and universities across the state garnered more headlines. Many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">administrations threatened suspension\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984094/usc-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony-amid-ongoing-gaza-protests\">canceled graduation ceremonies\u003c/a>, and sent in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984762/ucs-campus-safety-plan-under-fire-as-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\">officers to roughly break up rallies\u003c/a> — echoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984845/pro-palestinian-protests-on-california-college-campuses-what-are-students-demanding\">history and past responses to student anti-war activism\u003c/a>. Academics have reported also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">feeling the pressure of the administration\u003c/a> to curb their thoughts on Gaza — with many noting that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-frequently-makes-claims-of-antisemitism-critics-say-hes-deflecting-blame\">criticisms of Israel are conflated with antisemitism\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malak Afaneh, a Berkeley Law 3rd year student and co-president of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982697/confrontation-at-uc-berkeley-law-school-deans-home-highlights-campus-tensions\">Confrontation at UC Berkeley Law School Dean’s Home Highlights Campus Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 30: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">What’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985245/uc-berkeley-opens-civil-rights-investigation-into-confrontation-at-deans-home\">UC Berkeley Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Confrontation at Dean’s Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984904/the-student-journalists-covering-pro-palestine-protests-on-college-campuses\">The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests on College Campuses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989520/stanford-student-newspaper-editors-call-for-charges-against-reporter-to-be-dropped\">Stanford Student Newspaper Editors Call for Charges Against Reporter to Be Dropped\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“I think that we really are at a moment that feels historic in a way that student organizing hasn’t in quite a few years,” Angus Johnston, a historian and advocate of American student movements, said on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905545/whats-next-for-pro-palestinian-campus-protests\">KQED’s Forum in April\u003c/a>. “It really was not until Columbia’s crackdown that we saw this explosion of defiance on campuses, whose number is increasing every single day at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-009-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. The rally took place during Stanford’s Admit Weekend, a time for incoming students to tour the university. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That is a pace of acceleration that we haven’t seen in a very, very long time,” said Johnston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>April 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984403/sfsu-pro-palestinian-encampment-established-as-students-rally-for-divestment\">SFSU Pro-Palestinian Encampment Established as Students Rally for Divestment\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978998/uc-berkeley-jewish-community-members-march-on-campus-amid-rising-tensions\">UC Berkeley Jewish Community Members March on Campus Amid Rising Tensions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 16: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986574/sonoma-state-universitys-deal-with-student-protesters-in-limbo-after-presidents-removal\">Sonoma State University’s Deal With Student Protesters in Limbo After President’s Removal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987577/usf-suspends-15-pro-palestinian-student-protesters-after-encampment-is-disbanded\">USF Suspends 22 Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters After Encampment Is Disbanded\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993676/suspect-in-firebombing-of-uc-berkeley-police-vehicle-could-face-20-years-in-prison\">Suspect Used Molotov Cocktails to Torch UC Berkeley Police Car, Feds Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 19: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000770/uc-president-orders-new-rules-on-encampments-masks-as-students-return-to-school\">UC President Orders New Rules on Encampments, Masks as Students Return to School\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001778/students-suspended-over-pro-palestinian-protests-tread-a-fine-line-as-fall-semester-begins-at-bay-area-universities\">Student Organizers Are Shifting Tactics as Universities Impose New Restrictions on Protests\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aug. 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">San Francisco State Divests From Weapons Makers After Working With Student Activists\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003439/a-ucsf-student-advocate-spoke-up-for-faculty-of-color-then-she-was-fired\">A UCSF Student Advocate Spoke Up for Faculty of Color. Then She Was Fired\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 10: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">UC Santa Cruz Students, Professor Sue Over Campus Bans After Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003861/uc-berkeley-launches-new-palestinian-studies-program-this-fall\">UC Berkeley Launches New Palestinian Studies Program This Fall\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005030/sfpd-deployed-to-8-campus-protests-including-2-major-incidents-outside-the-bay-area\">SFPD Deployed to 8 Campus Protests, Including 2 Major Incidents Outside the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005195/stanfords-new-protest-policies-ban-tents-overnight-require-students-to-remove-masks-when-asked\">Stanford’s New Protest Policies Ban Tents Overnight, Require Students to Remove Masks When Asked\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sept. 27: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">UC Santa Cruz Campus Bans for Protesters Are ‘Fundamentally Unfair,’ Lawyers Say\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/DSC8380_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students hold up homemade signs and shirts to protest against UC Berkeley during the 2024 commencement ceremony at the California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"SiliconValley\">\u003c/a>On Silicon Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Israel and its military have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">many connections to the tech world\u003c/a> in the Bay Area, which activists have rallied against for the past year. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971467/protesting-project-nimbus-what-rights-do-silicon-valley-employees-have\">Tech workers in Silicon Valley\u003c/a> have also been part of this pressure and said they have been \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@notechforapartheid/googleopenletter-868f0c4477db\">retaliated against for showing support for Palestinians\u003c/a> and specifically for speaking out against Google’s Project Nimbus, a seven-year, $1.2 billion contract with Amazon and the Israeli government and military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dec. 14, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969898/protesters-outside-google-in-san-francisco-call-for-immediate-end-to-project-nimbus\">Protesters Outside Google in San Francisco Call for Immediate End to ‘Project Nimbus’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 10, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985580/divestment-from-israeli-tech-is-a-tall-order-for-silicon-valley-heres-why\">Divestment from Israeli Tech Is a Tall Order for Silicon Valley. Here’s Why\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986136/demonstrators-rally-outside-google-conference-call-for-end-to-israel-contracts\">Demonstrators Rally Outside Google Conference, Call for End to Israel Contracts\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>May 20, 2024: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986743/the-tech-employees-who-want-to-sever-silicon-valleys-deep-ties-with-israel\">The Tech Employees Who Want to Sever Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/231214-GazaGoogleProtest-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather outside Google offices in downtown San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2023, to call for an immediate end to ‘Project Nimbus,’ Google’s billion-dollar cloud computing project with the Israeli government. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the online world, social media has been a double-edged sword in the past year. Immediately after Oct. 7 and amid the ongoing siege of Gaza, hate-speech watchers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965403/social-media-companies-get-big-fat-f-in-moderating-israel-hamas-war-content-say-hate-speech-watchers\">critics slammed social media\u003c/a> companies like X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook for not controlling the surge of misinformation seen on its platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Oct. 23: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965186/on-x-false-information-about-the-israel-hamas-war-is-spreading\">On X, Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas War Is Spreading\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Americans have unprecedented access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/culture/23997305/tiktok-palestine-israel-gaza-war\">the first-person view\u003c/a> from Gazans amid the siege. Through social media like TikTok and Instagram, even despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and\">alleged censorship\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-translation/\">biases\u003c/a>, people across the U.S. and the world have been tuned into the lives of Palestinians they follow, such as journalists \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-journalism-fa34150f2930bd502b4baf5fd1af2322\">Plestia Alaqad\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/gaza-nine-year-old-journalist-contd-sn-cn-orig.cnn\">9-year-old Lama Jamous\u003c/a> and Bisan Owda, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/26/palestinian-journalist-bisan-owda-and-aj-win-emmy-for-gaza-war-documentary\">recently won an Emmy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jan. 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985952/how-to-support-your-mental-health-amidst-vicarious-trauma-and-war\">How to Protect Your Mental Health When Viewing War on Social Media\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"Arts\">\u003c/a>On the arts world\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Artists in the Bay Area displayed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13940282/artists-against-genocide-counterpulse\">an overwhelming amount\u003c/a> of support for Palestinians, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955463/indigenous-artists-oakland-to-palestine\">Indigenous artists selling their work\u003c/a> to raise emergency funds to a fundraiser that raised \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937219/bay-area-artists-palestinian-childrens-relief-fund-continental-club\">thousands of dollars for Gazan children\u003c/a> to creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13962355/habibi-palestinian-ceramics-keffiyeh-reems-port-of-mokha-campbell\">keffiyeh-inspired decorations\u003c/a> for Bay Area restaurants and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993183/ramzi-salti-champions-indie-arab-musicians-with-arabology-podcast\">reciting poems by Palestinian poets on radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, like students, many artists also mobilized to put pressure on Bay Area cultural institutions to express solidarity with Gaza. Last November, over 400 Bay Area artists — including San Francisco favorites like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963789/la-dona-los-altos-de-la-soledad\">singer La Doña\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938450/400-bay-area-artists-palestine-bds-pacbi-letter\">signed a letter that stated an intent to turn down collaboration\u003c/a> with Israeli institutions. In June, several drag artists said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990430/why-these-queer-pro-palestinian-advocates-are-calling-for-a-boycott-of-sf-pride\">they would not perform at San Francisco Pride\u003c/a> events due in part to some of the parade’s corporate sponsors’ ties to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240423-BERKELEY-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley students at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the largest impacts in the arts scene was at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood after artists altered their own work during an event with pro-Palestinian messages in early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Feb. 18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952460/artists-deface-work-ybca-pro-palestine-protest\">Artists Alter Their Own Work at YBCA in Pro-Palestinian Protest\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Feb. 26: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953032/ybca-pro-palestinian-artist-protest-censorship-allegations-boycott\">YBCA Gallery Remains Closed; Pro-Palestinian Artists Claim Censorship\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 7: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953653/ybca-ceo-resigns-after-pro-palestinian-protest-and-boycott\">YBCA CEO Resigns After Pro-Palestinian Protest and Boycott\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>March 14: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954119/an-embattled-ybca-to-reopen-amid-censorship-accusations-ceos-resignation\">An Embattled YBCA to Reopen Amid Censorship Accusations, CEO’s Resignation\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955613/pro-palestinian-jewish-artists-withdraw-from-contemporary-jewish-museum-exhibit\">Pro-Palestinian Jewish Artists Withdraw from Contemporary Jewish Museum Exhibit\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>April 24: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956575/sfmoma-workers-open-letter-palestinians-gaza-pacbi\">SFMOMA Workers Urge the Museum to Support Palestinians in an Open Letter\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007726\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-SAMMY-OBEID-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sammy Obeid, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, outside his home in Fremont on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fremont resident Sammy Obeid is the co-host of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightsemites/\">Friday Night Semites podcast\u003c/a>, which he runs with Oakland-based Jewish comedian Josh Healey. Obeid said that as an American, Palestinian and Lebanese comedian, he feels he has a lot to say. And his work as a comedian has been able to bring levity to pro-Palestinian activists “who are very, very emotionally involved in the issue and have seen the horrific images and videos over the years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They feel solace in my stand-up because I am conscious of that and what I’m saying,” he said. “They also tell me that they find comfort in what I’m doing — giving hope and giving reassurance, which I do feel is motivating for people who are active.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007725\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241001-10_7-JOSH-HEALEY-MD-04-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Healey, co-host of the Friday Night Semites podcast, at his home in Oakland on Oct. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The next year\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At this one-year mark, nobody knows what will happen in the next 24 hours, let alone “what next year will bring,” said South Bay physician Subeh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the type of terrifying uncertainty Pacific Grove’s Alaydi knows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976509/california-palestinian-americans-seek-safety-for-loved-ones-in-gaza\">all too well\u003c/a>. For her, this news is not far away or hypothetical — she still has brothers, nieces, and nephews in Gaza, and, as the family’s only American citizen, they need her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just to imagine that after this year, they would be even able to survive,” she said through tears. “Because every day, I’m giving myself hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sept.18: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005005/its-just-killing-me-the-palestinian-americans-trying-to-get-family-out-of-gaza\">‘It’s Just Killing Me’: The Palestinian Americans Trying to Get Family Out of Gaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But despite it all, Alaydi said she found solace in her community and her neighbors of Monterey County, who have supported her this past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a tough year, and I lost so many of my family,” she said. “But I still believe in humanity. I’m going to have hope. I’m not going to give up. I’m going to keep speaking up and calling for the cease-fire and calling for the end of this genocide because this is not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Annelise Finney, Lakshmi Sarah, Rachael Vasquez, Nastia Voynovskaya, Rachael Myrow, Marisol Medina-Cadena, Elize Manoukian and Alexis Madrigal contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The radio segment was reported by KQED’s Annelise Finney, Nisa Khan, Juan Carlos Lara and Lakshmi Sarah. It was edited by Rachael Vasquez, Annelise Finney and Ted Goldberg. Mixing by Christopher Beale and Jim Bennett. Scoring by Christopher Beale.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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