While hundreds of protesters chanted and several disruptions stalled proceedings until order was restored, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 3 Jan. 9 to approve a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
“I rise saddened that the situation in Gaza and Israel continues unabated,” Supervisor Aaron Peskin, board president who ultimately voted for the resolution, said condemning actions on both sides of the conflict. “I say this as the son of a mother who was born in Tel Aviv in 1940 and was eight years old when Israel became a nation.”
