Action News Jax is pressing a top leader in Jacksonville for answers after he was the only person to vote against a resolution condemning the attack against Israel.
Showing “support of Israel as it defends itself in the war launched by the terrorist organization Hamas. Sixteen yays, 1 nay,” read the City Council at the end of the vote.
“Resistance is a human right,” a woman who spoke on the floor opposing the resolution said. “Palestine has the right to exist. If Ukraine does it, they’re freedom fighters but if we do it we’re terrorists? We’re animals?”Around the same time of the council vote, there was a peaceful community-wide gathering in Mandarin, where more than 1,000 people came together to show their support for Israel.Mariam Feist: “There are two things, Ben. There’s an opportunity for education.
The Israeli death toll has risen to 1,200 after a sneak attack by Palestinian terrorists was carried out on Saturday. At least 22 U.S. citizens were also killed according to the State Department. Israel has launched a massive response, with intense bombing of the Gaza Strip, where the terrorists operate and are supported.
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