From:
To: City Council;
Subject: Ceasefire
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:21:05 PM
Dear Sebastopol City Council Members:
I’m writing to tell you of my deepest disappointment upon learning that a ceasefire resolution has been removed from the City Council agenda. As a member of the Jewish community it is vitally important that you understand that the Jewish community is not a monolith. Tonight persons making public comment against a ceasefire resolution referred to “the Jewish community.” I need you to know that that community referred to does not speak for me nor millions of other Jews who want the slaughter in Gaza to stop and want a ceasefire now.
Further, this is a local issue since it directly affects local citizens on several levels; by personal connections with victims of the killings or by being targeted by hate groups or fearing they will be targeted as the slaughter goes on.
There is the argument that a ceasefire will cause divisiveness and even violence. First of all, divisiveness already exists. Secondly, are we to believe that continued killing will bring peace? This, of course is absurd. We don’t make friends by killing babies, women, the innocent. Show your humanity. Please do your part by putting a ceasefire resolution on the agenda.
Sallie Latch
Longtime Sonoma County resident