Residents packed the Assembly chambers during the meeting, and more than a dozen testified in favor of the resolution.
The Juneau Assembly rejected a symbolic resolution calling for a bilateral peace agreement between Israel and Palestine in a 2-5 vote Monday night.
Residents wait in line to give testimony on a resolution calling for a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine at an Assembly meeting on Monday, April 29, 2024. Dozens of cities in the U.S. have passed local resolutions calling for a ceasefire. And last month theGeorge Partlow said he was testifying Monday night on behalf of his great-grandchildren.
“In retrospect, I probably should have asked it to be introduced at a committee. I do regret that, yes,” he saidSome testifiers were upset with Kelly and with Assembly member Wade Bryson, who they said was playing on his phone instead of listening during the meeting. One person, while testifying, asked Bryson to get off his phone, but he did not. Bryson voted against the resolution’s passing.
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