It seems like you want to figure out how to achieve peace in Israel and Palestine. We’re probably not going to do it on Bluesky. Coffee? (We probably won’t do it over coffee either, but at least it’s more pleasant.)

Yes, I do believe Palestinians have a right to self-determination.

That’s not at all what I am saying. That’s not what I have ever said or what I believe.

I would point you to the statement I made in April 2024. (Correcting my earlier misstatement.) The phrase “From the River to the Sea” is heard by many Jews, myself included, to be a call for violence and forceful removal of Jews from their indigenous homeland.

It’s a privilege to be in conversation with you. Maybe we can let tempers cool and unfreeze some of those blocks you just put on?

I object to hate speech being used in our schools, which is what I spoke out about in May 2024. And I listened attentively to feedback from you and others, including recitations of that same hate speech. I listen. I’m listening now. Try it, too.

You and I may disagree about whether Jewish people have a right to self-determination. But at least when I disagree with someone, I’m not too cowardly to hear a different perspective.

Our local Council shouldn’t be tasked with perfecting the subtleties of how we condemn terrorist groups, let’s leave that to people qualified and tasked with doing that. It causes needless division in our community, that I think we are likely to get wrong. We have important work to focus on here.

Pretty sure the “.” in “al.” is to avoid this confusion specifically

I’m not giving up on us yet, despite the overwhelming pressure of the moment.

Now, EPA employees are being interrogated like criminals simply for doing their jobs.

Christiano offers a couple of words, thanking the city for "everything - the field, the schools, everything."

Yeah. We don't have to do schools and fields. We don't -have- to educate everybody ... but we -DO- and that's -IMPORTANT-.

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