Anger as Oakland residents defend Hamas and deny 7 October attack at council meeting
by Josh Marcus
Nov 29, 2023
3 minutes
Residents of the Bay Area city of Oakland, California, have garnered criticism for comments defending Hamas during a city council meeting on Monday where lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war.
While the meeting featured over 250 public commenters voicing a variety of perspectives, a compilation of some of the most pro-Hamas and anti-Israel perspectives was shared widely online.
In the video, one commenter said, “Calling Hamas a terrorist organization is
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