Surrey city council chambers was cleared Monday night following a disruption by angry protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
害羞草研究所淚 was shocked, to be honest, that they were so angry,害羞草研究所� Locke said in the aftermath. 害羞草研究所淪ome of the stuff they were yelling at us, calling us murderers害羞草研究所�
害羞草研究所淭hey wanted the call for a ceasefire,害羞草研究所� Locke said, 害羞草研究所渁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.害羞草研究所�
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. 害羞草研究所淭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,害羞草研究所� she told the chamber.
The outburst happened after she made her statement.
害羞草研究所淚 don害羞草研究所檛 understand what they didn害羞草研究所檛 like,害羞草研究所� Locke told the Now-Leader. Clearing the council chambers, she said, 害羞草研究所渨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 people害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所� all people害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所� 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.害羞草研究所�
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, 害羞草研究所淐hildren, every ten minutes a child dies. You live with that, you live with that mayor, you live with that.害羞草研究所�
One man addressed council during the public hearing.
害羞草研究所淚t wasn害羞草研究所檛 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,害羞草研究所� he told council. 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 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.
害羞草研究所淎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,害羞草研究所� he said.
Later in the meeting, Councillors Harry Bains and Linda Annis lauded Locke害羞草研究所檚 comments.
害羞草研究所淚 want to begin by thanking you for your statement earlier where you condemned all acts of racism in our community,害羞草研究所� Bains. 害羞草研究所淚 heard the individuals who spoke here today and I understand their emotions. Children are dying, and I can害羞草研究所檛 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.害羞草研究所�
Annis echoed that. 害羞草研究所淚 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, it害羞草研究所檚 horrific what害羞草研究所檚 happening there and I just want to thank both of you for speaking up.害羞草研究所�
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