September 5 • 2019 17
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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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