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Ann Arbor Council
Rejects Anti-Israel
Resolution
A
t the Ann Arbor City Council’
s
first July meeting, protesters
made headway by convincing
council members to consider a possible
resolution to end military aid to Israel.
City council deferred any further
discussion on the resolution to Ann
Arbor’
s Human Rights Commission
(HRC), which serves to protect the
human and civil rights of Ann Arbor
residents.
The HRC agreed to discuss the pos-
sibility of an anti-Israel resolution at its
meeting on Aug. 14.
Before voting on the resolution, City
Attorney Stephen Postema informed
the HRC and those in attendance that
“the Human Rights ordinance is only
in effect within Ann Arbor’
s borders.
”
He also added that the HRC is not
“empowered to advise the City Council
or take any other action on the basis of
such complaints.
”
According to Eileen Freed, executive
director of the Jewish Federation of
Greater Ann Arbor, the HRC unani-
mously voted against the resolution,
leading to enraged protesters being
ejected from the meeting.
Freed believed that if the HRC took
up this matter, it would take away from
the issues that are happening within the
Ann Arbor community.
“Singling out the world’
s only Jewish
state — the only democratic state in the
region — for this kind of discussion is
troubling,
” Freed said. “It will create a
very antagonistic atmosphere for those
citizens of Ann Arbor who support
Israel’
s right to exist as a Jewish and
democratic state.
”
This isn’
t the first time that an anti-
Israel resolution has been brought for-
ward from protesters. At the beginning
of May, Kalamazoo’
s City Commission
voted down a similar resolution.
“
As far as where we go from here, it’
s
difficult to say,
” Freed said. “I think this
just shows us how crucial it is to be pro-
active and develop these relationships
with our City Council members.
”
While the anti-Israel resolution was
voted down by the HRC, an Aug. 20
update from MLive indicated oppo-
nents are requesting the City Council’
s
vote. ■
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