Tensions were rising at Tuesday night's Rochester City Council meeting as protesters pushed for councilmembers to support a resolution calling for a ceasefire.
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Rochester, N.Y. — Tensions were rising at Tuesday night's Rochester City Council meeting as protesters pushed for councilmembers to support a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.The city council chambers were packed as members faced pressure to support an end to the current violence in the Middle East.
Four councilmembers — Willie Lightfoot, Kim Smith, Mary Lupien and Stanley Martin — signed the resolution Tuesday. “The petition calls on Rochester City Council to support the ceasefire resolution recognizing that 2 million Palestinians have been displaced,” Martin said.“So many cities throughout the county have voted for a ceasefire, and I think it’s really important to build this mass of collective awareness of people standing against this genocide,” said Carly Paris, who supports the ceasefire and attended Tuesday's meeting.
While the resolution is strictly symbolic, Paris says some of the key issues that they are rallying for, like housing, food, and economic securities, are also going on right here in Rochester.“All of these struggles tie into what we’re standing up for in Palestine," Paris said. "Because again, there’s starvation happening, and there’s a mass loss of housing."“We’re really hoping that they pass the ceasefire if they don’t then we’re going to come and rally again,” said Paris.
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