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By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 10, 2010<\/p>\n

San Francisco supervisors John Avalos and Sophie Maxwell introduced a resolution yesterday condemning Israel’s botched raid of a Gazan-bound aid flotilla, an attack that occurred in international waters and resulted in the deaths of at least nine aid activists – including a US citizen – and scores of others wounded.<\/p>\n

The resolution<\/a>, filed with the Clerk of the Board, urges President Obama and Congress “to actively seek an end to the Gaza blockade,” and to “call for an independent investigation into the events surrounding the raid on the Freedom Flotilla and, in particular, into the raid itself, the use of force and rules of engagement by the Israeli Defense Forces.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Freedom Flotilla which carried approximately 800 civilians representing volunteer grassroots communities from all over the world, in itself is a significant humanitarian effort to bring much needed aid to a besieged Gaza region,” said Supervisor Avalos. “A military attack on this kind of civilian effort, particularly carrying US citizens, is an attack on our right to speak against injustice and to provide basic necessities such as medicine and shelter to our brothers and sisters in need.”<\/p>\n

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Supervisor John Avalos<\/p><\/div>\n

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Supervisor Sophie Maxwell<\/p><\/div>\n

The non-binding resolution was introduced following Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting when dozens of advocates representing several organizations urged the Board to condemn the May 31 attack and to call for an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went on this humanitarian mission because the crisis in Gaza is a global issue for all people who believe in allowing basic needs for all people,” said Gene St. Onge, an aid flotilla participant who resides in Oakland.\u00a0 “As a city on the forefront of working for human rights, San Francisco must take a stand to end the blockade and to condemn the violent attacks against us.”<\/p>\n

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Freedom flotilla particpant Gene St. Onge.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI and many other ordinary civilians went on this mission in order to uphold the rule of law and bring humanitarian aid to Gaza because governmental and other international bodies have not taken the necessary action to ease the crisis in Gaza,” said Janet Kobren, retired math teacher in Oakland and flotilla participant. “As a city in the forefront of working for human rights, I hope San Francisco will take a strong stand pressing for an end of the blockade of Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Supervisors are doing the just and humane thing in urging Obama to help meet the basic human needs of civilians in Gaza,” said Stephen Spector, member of Jewish Voice for Peace and a San Francisco resident. “I hope the entire Board will do the right thing here. I came to testify, not in spite of, but because I am a Jew, and Jewish people have always stood up against injustice.”<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Francisco is a city of immigrants and a City of Refuge,” said Renee Saucedo of La Raza Centro Legal. “We are inextricably tied to international issues and we have a long history of working for human rights locally and globally. This resolution is part of that long and noble tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full Board is expected to vote on the resolution within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The resolution, filed with the Clerk of the Board, urges President Obama and Congress “to actively seek an end to the Gaza blockade,” and to “call for an independent investigation into the events surrounding the raid on the Freedom Flotilla and, in particular, into the raid itself, the use of force and rules of engagement by the Israeli Defense Forces.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nAvalos, Maxwell Sponsor Resolution Condemning Israeli Attack on Aid Flotilla - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2043\/avalos-maxwell-sponsor-resolution-condemning-israeli-attack-on-aid-flotilla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Avalos, Maxwell Sponsor Resolution Condemning Israeli Attack on Aid Flotilla - 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