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An anti-Israel activist holds a cardboard sign that reads “Zionists are Nazis” as the Berkeley City Council discusses a Gaza cease-fire resolution on April 28, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Amid vitriol, Berkeley finally passes tepid resolution on Gaza

by Sue Fishkoff April 29, 2025April 30, 2025

After a seven-hour, single-topic meeting on Monday, with nearly 130 public comments, the Berkeley City Council passed a resolution on Israel’s war in Gaza — but it was neither the […]

Women confront one another at a meeting
Posted inPolitics

‘We’re wiped out’: Hostility has overwhelmed Berkeley council meetings since Oct. 7

Aaron Levy-WolinsMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Aaron Levy-Wolins and Maya Mirsky March 27, 2024March 29, 2024
A Berkeley city council meeting to discuss zoning issues was thwarted by protesters. (Photo/Flickr-Berkeley Lab)
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Protesters disrupt another Berkeley council meeting over Israel and Gaza

by J. Staff November 24, 2023November 23, 2023
Berkeley City Councilmember Cheryl Davila speaking at a press conference about homelessness in Berkeley, Dec. 2016 (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Berkeley rabbis object to Bazian as standby for city council’s Davila

by Rob Gloster August 2, 2018October 9, 2018
Berkeley City Councilmember Cheryl Davila speaking at a press conference about homelessness in Berkeley, Dec. 2016 (Screenshot/YouTube)
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Berkeley city councilmember accused of firing commissioner who failed Israel litmus

by Dan Pine December 15, 2017

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