1 McGill, Pam
From: Fatima Akile <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 9:28 AM
To: City Council
Subject: [3/19 Item #5] Agendize a Ceasefire Resolution in Mountain View CAUTION:EXTERNALEMAILͲEnsureyoutrustthisemailbeforeclickingonanylinksorattachments.
Mountain View City Council ,
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL AGENDIZE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
The community of Mountain View demands their City Council to agendize a ceasefire resolution. Mountain View must add its voice to the call for immediate, permanent ceasefire now. The ceasefire resolution must advocate for sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for an immediate and permanent end to the killings of all civilians.
As a Human Rights City, Mountain View "aspires to be a leader among cities in advancing human rights and human dignity [by] explicitly embracing the principles of equality, inclusion, respect, involvement, and the recognition of human dignity." As the February 21st statement from the Mountain View City Council states, we "unequivocally condemn all actions that endanger innocent people." This issue stands at the intersection of human rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, and many others. Therefore, the Mountain View community also urges for the prompt and safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.
While it is heartening to see both President Biden and Vice President Harris include a temporary ceasefire in their public statements, neither of them has gone so far as to set conditions on military funding to Israel. Israel makes its own decisions as a sovereign state, yet the United States is responsible for deciding how much aid we provide towards sustaining Israel’s bombardment. 30,000 people killed in Gaza is already too many, and we demand an end to additional military funding to Israel.
2 The local Mountain View community is being directly impacted by the current atrocities in Palestine and Israel. We grieve with our community and neighboring cities over the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost. Our mourning continues as we bear witness to further devastation and loss as the Gazan population faces crisis levels of hunger, lacks access to basic survival necessities, and continues to be bombarded.
Cities across California – including San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Hollister, Davis, Pomona, and counting are passing resolutions in support of peace and to advocate for the protection of all life in Gaza. These are communities with students and families with loved ones who have been killed in Israel and Palestine, and Mountain View is no different.
Fatima Akile
3 McGill, Pam
From: QUTUB SALMAN SYED <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 7:29 AM
To: City Council
Subject: [3/19 Item #5] Agendize a Ceasefire Resolution in Mountain View CAUTION:EXTERNALEMAILͲEnsureyoutrustthisemailbeforeclickingonanylinksorattachments.
Mountain View City Council ,
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL AGENDIZE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
The community of Mountain View demands their City Council to agendize a ceasefire resolution. Mountain View must add its voice to the call for immediate, permanent ceasefire now. The ceasefire resolution must advocate for sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for an immediate and permanent end to the killings of all civilians.
As a Human Rights City, Mountain View "aspires to be a leader among cities in advancing human rights and human dignity [by] explicitly embracing the principles of equality, inclusion, respect, involvement, and the recognition of human dignity." As the February 21st statement from the Mountain View City Council states, we "unequivocally condemn all actions that endanger innocent people." This issue stands at the intersection of human rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, and many others. Therefore, the Mountain View community also urges for the prompt and safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.
While it is heartening to see both President Biden and Vice President Harris include a temporary ceasefire in their public statements, neither of them has gone so far as to set conditions on military funding to Israel. Israel makes its own decisions as a sovereign state, yet the United States is responsible for deciding how much aid we provide towards sustaining Israel’s bombardment. 30,000 people killed in Gaza is already too many, and we demand an end to additional military funding to Israel.
4 The local Mountain View community is being directly impacted by the current atrocities in Palestine and Israel. We grieve with our community and neighboring cities over the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost. Our mourning continues as we bear witness to further devastation and loss as the Gazan population faces crisis levels of hunger, lacks access to basic survival necessities, and continues to be bombarded.
Cities across California – including San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Hollister, Davis, Pomona, and counting are passing resolutions in support of peace and to advocate for the protection of all life in Gaza. These are communities with students and families with loved ones who have been killed in Israel and Palestine, and Mountain View is no different.
QUTUB SALMAN SYED
5 McGill, Pam
From: Rafat Farr <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:50 PM
To: City Council
Subject: [3/19 Item #5] Agendize a Ceasefire Resolution in Mountain View CAUTION:EXTERNALEMAILͲEnsureyoutrustthisemailbeforeclickingonanylinksorattachments.
Mountain View City Council ,
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL AGENDIZE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
The community of Mountain View demands their City Council to agendize a ceasefire resolution. Mountain View must add its voice to the call for immediate, permanent ceasefire now. The ceasefire resolution must advocate for sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for an immediate and permanent end to the killings of all civilians.
As a Human Rights City, Mountain View "aspires to be a leader among cities in advancing human rights and human dignity [by] explicitly embracing the principles of equality, inclusion, respect, involvement, and the recognition of human dignity." As the February 21st statement from the Mountain View City Council states, we "unequivocally condemn all actions that endanger innocent people." This issue stands at the intersection of human rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, and many others. Therefore, the Mountain View community also urges for the prompt and safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.
While it is heartening to see both President Biden and Vice President Harris include a temporary ceasefire in their public statements, neither of them has gone so far as to set conditions on military funding to Israel. Israel makes its own decisions as a sovereign state, yet the United States is responsible for deciding how much aid we provide towards sustaining Israel’s bombardment. 30,000 people killed in Gaza is already too many, and we demand an end to additional military funding to Israel.
6 The local Mountain View community is being directly impacted by the current atrocities in Palestine and Israel. We grieve with our community and neighboring cities over the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost. Our mourning continues as we bear witness to further devastation and loss as the Gazan population faces crisis levels of hunger, lacks access to basic survival necessities, and continues to be bombarded.
Cities across California – including San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Hollister, Davis, Pomona, and counting are passing resolutions in support of peace and to advocate for the protection of all life in Gaza. These are communities with students and families with loved ones who have been killed in Israel and Palestine, and Mountain View is no different.
Rafat Farr
7 McGill, Pam
From: Judy Cha <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:25 PM
To: City Council
Subject: [3/19 Item #5] Agendize a Ceasefire Resolution in Mountain View CAUTION:EXTERNALEMAILͲEnsureyoutrustthisemailbeforeclickingonanylinksorattachments.
Mountain View City Council ,
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL AGENDIZE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
The community of Mountain View demands their City Council to agendize a ceasefire resolution. Mountain View must add its voice to the call for immediate, permanent ceasefire now. The ceasefire resolution must advocate for sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for an immediate and permanent end to the killings of all civilians.
As a Human Rights City, Mountain View "aspires to be a leader among cities in advancing human rights and human dignity [by] explicitly embracing the principles of equality, inclusion, respect, involvement, and the recognition of human dignity." As the February 21st statement from the Mountain View City Council states, we "unequivocally condemn all actions that endanger innocent people." This issue stands at the intersection of human rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, and many others. Therefore, the Mountain View community also urges for the prompt and safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.
While it is heartening to see both President Biden and Vice President Harris include a temporary ceasefire in their public statements, neither of them has gone so far as to set conditions on military funding to Israel. Israel makes its own decisions as a sovereign state, yet the United States is responsible for deciding how much aid we provide towards sustaining Israel’s bombardment. 30,000 people killed in Gaza is already too many, and we demand an end to additional military funding to Israel.
8 The local Mountain View community is being directly impacted by the current atrocities in Palestine and Israel. We grieve with our community and neighboring cities over the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost. Our mourning continues as we bear witness to further devastation and loss as the Gazan population faces crisis levels of hunger, lacks access to basic survival necessities, and continues to be bombarded.
Cities across California – including San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Hollister, Davis, Pomona, and counting are passing resolutions in support of peace and to advocate for the protection of all life in Gaza. These are communities with students and families with loved ones who have been killed in Israel and Palestine, and Mountain View is no different.
Judy Cha
1 McGill, Pam
From: Wendy Greenfield <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 1:32 PM
To: City Council
Subject: [3/19 Item #5] For People - Here and in I/P - Agendize a Ceasefire Resolution in Mountain View!!! CAUTION:EXTERNALEMAILͲEnsureyoutrustthisemailbeforeclickingonanylinksorattachments.
Mountain View City Council ,
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL AGENDIZE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
The community of Mountain View demands their City Council to agendize a ceasefire resolution. Mountain View must add its voice to the call for immediate, permanent ceasefire now. The ceasefire resolution must advocate for sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for an immediate and permanent end to the killings of all civilians.
As a Human Rights City, Mountain View "aspires to be a leader among cities in advancing human rights and human dignity [by] explicitly embracing the principles of equality, inclusion, respect, involvement, and the recognition of human dignity." As the February 21st statement from the Mountain View City Council states, we "unequivocally condemn all actions that endanger innocent people." This issue stands at the intersection of human rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, and many others. Therefore, the Mountain View community also urges for the prompt and safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.
While it is heartening to see both President Biden and Vice President Harris include a temporary ceasefire in their public statements, neither of them has gone so far as to set conditions on military funding to Israel. Israel makes its own decisions as a sovereign state, yet the United States is responsible for deciding how much aid we provide towards sustaining Israel’s bombardment. 31,000 people killed in Gaza is already too many, and we demand an end to additional military funding to Israel.
2 The local Mountain View community is being directly impacted by the current atrocities in Palestine and Israel. We grieve with our community and neighboring cities over the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost. Our mourning continues as we bear witness to further devastation and loss as the Gazan population faces crisis levels of hunger, lacks access to basic survival necessities, and continues to be bombarded.
Cities across California – including San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Hollister, Davis, Pomona, and counting are passing resolutions in support of peace and to advocate for the protection of all life in Gaza. The City of San Jose cannot vote for a resolution because of council restrictions, but a letter supporting a ceasefire was signed by all city council members and the mayor. The Santa Clara County Board of Education passed a resolution on January
29. These are communities with students and families with loved ones who have been killed in Israel and Palestine, and Mountain View is no different.
Please show your caring for the lives and well-being of your constituents and the family members they care about by voting to agendize a resolution that would include a ceasefire.
Don't turn your backs on human beings in need!
Sincerely,
Wendy Greenfield
3 McGill, Pam
From: afsheen ahmad <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 3:28 PM
To: City Council
Subject: [3/19 Item #5] Agendize a Ceasefire Resolution in Mountain View CAUTION:EXTERNALEMAILͲEnsureyoutrustthisemailbeforeclickingonanylinksorattachments.
Mountain View City Council ,
THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY DEMANDS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL AGENDIZE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
The community of Mountain View demands their City Council to agendize a ceasefire resolution. Mountain View must add its voice to the call for immediate, permanent ceasefire now. The ceasefire resolution must advocate for sustainable peace in Palestine and Israel, an end to the siege on Gaza, and for an immediate and permanent end to the killings of all civilians.
As a Human Rights City, Mountain View "aspires to be a leader among cities in advancing human rights and human dignity [by] explicitly embracing the principles of equality, inclusion, respect, involvement, and the recognition of human dignity." As the February 21st statement from the Mountain View City Council states, we "unequivocally condemn all actions that endanger innocent people." This issue stands at the intersection of human rights, women’s rights, environmental justice, and many others. Therefore, the Mountain View community also urges for the prompt and safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, water, medical supplies, and fuel.
While it is heartening to see both President Biden and Vice President Harris include a temporary ceasefire in their public statements, neither of them has gone so far as to set conditions on military funding to Israel. Israel makes its own decisions as a sovereign state, yet the United States is responsible for deciding how much aid we provide towards sustaining Israel’s bombardment. 30,000 people killed in Gaza is already too many, and we demand an end to additional military funding to Israel.
4 The local Mountain View community is being directly impacted by the current atrocities in Palestine and Israel. We grieve with our community and neighboring cities over the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost. Our mourning continues as we bear witness to further devastation and loss as the Gazan population faces crisis levels of hunger, lacks access to basic survival necessities, and continues to be bombarded.
Cities across California – including San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, Hollister, Davis, Pomona, and counting are passing resolutions in support of peace and to advocate for the protection of all life in Gaza. These are communities with students and families with loved ones who have been killed in Israel and Palestine, and Mountain View is no different. afsheen ahmad