Surrey city council chambers was cleared Monday night following a disruption by angry protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
91裸聊视频淚 was shocked, to be honest, that they were so angry,91裸聊视频� Locke said in the aftermath. 91裸聊视频淪ome of the stuff they were yelling at us, calling us murderers91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭hey wanted the call for a ceasefire,91裸聊视频� Locke said, 91裸聊视频渁nd I called for peace, because peace to me is much larger than a ceasefire. I was personally taken aback that they got so cross.91裸聊视频�
At the outset of the meeting, Locke said the City of Surrey condemns all acts of racism, including anti-semitism, anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia. 91裸聊视频淭he City of Surrey recognizes the humanitarian crisis unfolding around the world, including in Israel and in Gaza, and call for peace in order to protect all human lives, especially those of children,91裸聊视频� she told the chamber.
The outburst happened after she made her statement.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 understand what they didn91裸聊视频檛 like,91裸聊视频� Locke told the Now-Leader. Clearing the council chambers, she said, 91裸聊视频渨as truly something I never thought I was going to have to do. You know, we have the business of the city to run, this is the people91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频� all people91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频� place to be and it made it uncomfortable for a lot of people. A lot of people that were there for business left because it was upsetting to them.91裸聊视频�
Only people speaking to items on the public hearing agenda were allowed in chambers, after council returned from a brief recess. In the lobby outside chambers, a woman shouting about genocide yelled, 91裸聊视频淐hildren, every ten minutes a child dies. You live with that, you live with that mayor, you live with that.91裸聊视频�
One man addressed council during the public hearing.
91裸聊视频淚t wasn91裸聊视频檛 until I stood up for Palestine where I have been threatened at my workplace, where individuals from around the world have been emailing the Surrey Teachers Association asking me to get fired,91裸聊视频� he told council. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not here on behalf of myself, I am here on behalf of the many teachers that I have been talking to who feel constricted in their workplaces.
91裸聊视频淎s an individual who has been fighting for human rights, I only ask for simple words, simple words such as a ceasefire that I know most of you believe in,91裸聊视频� he said.
Later in the meeting, Councillors Harry Bains and Linda Annis lauded Locke91裸聊视频檚 comments.
91裸聊视频淚 want to begin by thanking you for your statement earlier where you condemned all acts of racism in our community,91裸聊视频� Bains. 91裸聊视频淚 heard the individuals who spoke here today and I understand their emotions. Children are dying, and I can91裸聊视频檛 imagine a world where that would be okay. I recognize the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank and I call for an immediate cease fire by all sides in order to protect all human life, including all of those children.91裸聊视频�
Annis echoed that. 91裸聊视频淚 just wanted to thank you for your opening comments this evening around the horrific war that is taking place in the Middle East, and also to thank Councillor Bains as well, it was very difficult, and I think we all agree that a ceasefire is needed both for Israel and the folks living in the Gaza, it91裸聊视频檚 horrific what91裸聊视频檚 happening there and I just want to thank both of you for speaking up.91裸聊视频�
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