Mayor Kirk Watson condemned last week’s attack after a pro-Palestine rally, while warning against a ceasefire resolution.
Above: A pro-Palestinian activist on horseback near the Texas State Capitol, at the February 4 demonstration in favor of a ceasefire resolutionon February 4 following his attendance at a pro-Palestine rally in Austin qualified as a hate crime. It’s now up to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office to decide whether to prosecute. In public responses to the crime, Austin’s elected leaders remain divided on how—and whether—to address the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Nizar Doar, father of the 23-year-old Palestinian American stabbed in Austin on Sunday, calls for Texas leaders to support a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip at a press conference., then pivoted to address calls from locals urging the Austin City Council pass a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. Watson said debate over similar proposed resolutions in other cities has “devolved into division, shouting and recriminations.
“We should all be calling for an immediate return of the hostages, for Palestinians and Israelis on both sides of the border to be protected, and a swift end to the conflict.”, “We should all be calling for an immediate return of the hostages, for Palestinians and Israelis on both sides of the border to be protected, and a swift end to the conflict.”
“It doesn’t directly impact municipal issues, but it is being asked for by members of the public and peacefully demonstrated around,” she said. “The disdain for that public process I see as symptomatic of a chronic disdain for public input and public process across issues.”
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