The group singled out Fort Worth council Member Elizabeth Beck for leading the city’s support of Israel during its war with Hamas.
Members of a group protesting Israel’s war in Gaza criticized the city’s silence on the plight of Palestinian civilians.Speakers critical of the state of Israel’s war in Gaza dominated the Fort Worth city council’s public comment meeting Tuesday night.
Israel’s response to the attack has also drawn criticism after the country cut off water and electricity to Gaza and killed roughly 10,000 Palestinians in bombing runs, according to the Palestinian territory’s ministry of health.Jewish community organizer Rachel Gollay said she is intimately familiar with the refrain, “never again,” referencing the deaths of Jews during the Holocaust.
Several speakers were also critical of city council member Elizabeth Beck, the only Jewish member of the 11-member body. The accused Beck of conflating anti-semitism with legitimate criticism of Israel. The meeting was canceled due to lack of a quorum, a city spokesperson said in an email to the Star-Telegram after the Oct. 24 meeting.
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