SF News Pro-Palestine Protest Planned for Tuesday Afternoon at Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters will be the site of a Tuesday afternoon protest, as supporters of Palestine say Facebook and Instagram are 'shadow-banning' or removing their posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict.
SF News Pro-Palestine, Anti-Israel Teach-In Begins In Oakland, Garnering National Headlines A controversial teach-in, endorsed by the Oakland teachers' union but opposed by the school district, was set to begin Wednesday, and parts of the curriculum have been revealed to be misleading and take a hardline anti-Israel approach.
SF Politics SF Supervisor Dean Preston Introduces Resolution Calling for Ceasefire In Gaza, Release of Hostages The SF Board of Supervisors will be wading into the controversy of the Israel-Hamas conflict, as Supervisor Dean Preston has introduced a resolution calling for a ceasefire, but another supervisor has already dismissed it, saying “We need to stay in our lane.”
SF Politics The Code Pink Crew Hits Nancy Pelosi’s House for Another Demonstration Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza It was nowhere near the size of Saturday’s downtown SF March that drew thousands, but a couple dozen Code Pink protesters demonstrated outside Nancy Pelosi’s house Sunday calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
SF Politics Large Gaza Ceasefire Protest Managed to Shut Down State Democratic Convention Saturday A routine political-nerd event devolved into chaos over the weekend, as pro-Palestine protesters mobbed a convention center, ending several speeches early and shutting down the convention’s Saturday night proceedings.
SF News Protesters at Port of Oakland Try to Block Ship They Say Is Carrying Military Supplies to Israel A demonstration of some 200 protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is attempting to block a ship at the Port of Oakland that they say is carrying military supplies to Israel, though longshoremen say there’s nothing on the ship.
SF Politics Demonstration For Free Palestine Blocks 101 Freeway In San Francisco A protest march against the Israeli invasion of Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people proceeded up an on-ramp to a major freeway interchange in San Francisco on Saturday.
SF News Saturday Afternoon Rally at the Embarcadero Urges Ceasefire in Gaza Activists planned a demonstration in support of Palestinians near the Harry Bridges Plaza and San Francisco Ferry Building starting at 1 p.m. Saturday.
SF Politics Richmond City Council Spends Seven Hours Debating, Passing Resolution Supporting Gaza and Palestine Tuesday night’s Richmond City Council meeting went past 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, as the council passed a resolution “affirming Richmond's support and solidarity” for Gaza and Palestine, with a highly charged public comment session that went for almost five hours.
SF News Jewish-Owned SF Ice Cream Shop Smitten Vandalized, Tagged With Pro-Palestine Messages A 3 a.m. vandalism job on the Valencia Street ice cream shop Smitten left windows broken and “Free Palestine” graffiti on the storefront, and it may not be a coincidence that the store is Jewish-owned.
SF News Anderson Cooper Spots Berkeley Native Being Held Hostage by Hamas In Video We at least have a confirmed sighting of Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin still alive after being taken hostage by Hamas in Israel, as CNN’s Anderson Cooper realized he had video footage of Goldberg-Polin in captivity while he was interviewing the hostage’s parents.
SF News Berkeley Native Believed to Be Among Hostages of Hamas Invasion, His Arm Reportedly Blown Off 23-year-old Berkeley native Hersh Goldberg-Polin was at the Saturday music festival near the Gaza Strip that was invaded by Hamas militants, and he is believed to have been taken hostage.
SF News Local Activist Recounts Scene on Palestinian Aid Ship Oakland-based structural engineer Gene St. Onge was aboard one of the Gaza-bound aid ships in the flotilla that was assaulted by Israeli soldiers this week. He was on his way to help build
SF News Something Exciting Happening at SF Israeli Consulate Oh boy. According to IndyBay, who is never one to disappoint, "over 1000 dead in Gaza." But wait, there's more! It seems there's also a "lockdown" going on at the Israeli Consulate over
SF News Mayor Newsom Condemns Holocaust Memorial Re-imagining Since, naturally, Jews control the media (oh, we kid.) and the Gav loves the media, Mayor Gavin Newsom sent out the following statement yesterday, condemning the defacing of the SF Holocaust Memorial. MAYOR
SF News Photos from Violence in Gaza Protest, 12/30 Last night the streets of San Francisco saw its second night of anger at Israel's assault in the Gaza Strip. The protest over the never-ending war started on Montgomery Street at the Israeli
