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As Biden Visits San Francisco, Over 200 Bay Area Residents
Shut Down Bay Bridge Demand that Biden Call for Ceasefire
and End US Military Aid to Israel</span></p>
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Francisco, California- Over 200 Bay Area residents are
shutting down Bay Bridge demanding that President Biden
call for an immediate ceasefire and end US military aid to
Israel. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“We
are beyond grief watching thousands of our loved ones
murdered by the Israeli military. There is a genocide
happening in Gaza, and President Biden is hosting cocktail
parties in San Francisco right now,” said Aisha Nizar
with the Palestinian Youth Movement. “We refuse to stand
by as our elected officials pay for and cheer on the
genocide of Palestinians. Biden must call for a ceasefire
now.”</span><span
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multiracial group of Bay Area residents locked arms and
unfurled a banner reading “Biden Harris: Ceasefire Now”
across all lanes of traffic while 200 people held a
“die-in”, covering their bodies in white sheets and
placards that read “11,000 dead”.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">According
to the Palestinian health ministry, the Israeli military
has killed over 11,100 people in the past month - </span><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/gaza-rising-death-toll-civilians/"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">that
is 1 in every 200 people</span></a><span
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According to the UN, over </span><a
href="https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-38"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">1.5
Million Palestinians in Gaza have been made homeless</span></a><span
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due to the carpet bombing of their homes.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, </span><a
href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/09/middleeast/un-rights-chief-israel-hamas-war-crimes-hnk-intl/index.html"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">said</span></a><span
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that, “The collective punishment by Israel of Palestinian
civilians amounts also to a war crime, as does the
unlawful forcible evacuation of civilians.”</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Just
last week, 3 babies on ventilators in the NICU at Al Shifa
hospital </span><a
href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/11/middleeast/babies-die-neonatal-gaza-hospital-complete-siege/index.html"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">died</span></a><span
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due to Israel’s bombardment of hospitals and another 36
babies had to be respirated by hand. Hospitals are out of
electricity, fuel, and supplies. Gazans are being operated
on without anesthesia. </span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Israel
has severely restricted water, food, electricity and fuel
from entering Gaza, and Palestinians are dying from </span><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/17/fears-grow-people-are-dehydrating-to-death-in-gaza-as-clean-water-runs-out"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">dehydration</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">“President
Biden could end this genocide today, but instead, he's
using our tax dollars to pay for it,” said Shana Kim,
with Bay Area Palestine Solidarity (BAPS). “I was born in
San Francisco, land that was also violently stolen from
the Ohone people through a genocide. The billions that
Biden is sending to fund Israel’s war crimes is money that
we need to be using here for housing, healthcare, and
education.”</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">President
Biden is in San Francisco this week along with Vice
President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony
Blinken to meet with world leaders from across the Asia
Pacifics as they gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Summit. At the APEC Summit, Indonesian
President Joko Widodo </span><a
href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/14/indonesian-president-joko-widodo-urges-biden-to-help-end-gaza-atrocities"
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urged</span></a><span
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President Biden to help bring about a ceasefire.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">According
to a recent </span><a
href="https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/10/19/voters-agree-the-us-should-call-for-a-ceasefire-and-de-escalation-of-violence-in-gaza"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">poll</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">,
66% of all Americans and over 80% of Democrats support an
immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Biden is facing growing
pressure from within his own administration, the state
department, and across federal agencies, with many Biden
administration staffers and advisors now </span><a
href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-staff-sign-open-letter-demanding-ceasefire-israel-rcna125057"
style="text-decoration-line:none" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">joining
calls for an immediate ceasefire</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
in Gaza. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Today’s
action is part of a surge in civil disobedience around the
country, including Jewish community-led shutdowns of Grand
Central Station in New York City and Arab-led actions to
stop military vessels from transporting weapons to
Israel. </span></p>
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