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DESCRIPTION:Representative Nancy Pelosi Calls for Immediate, Permanent Ceasefire in 
 Gaza; Press Conference\nSan Francisco City Hall, Polk Street steps\nApril 
 1, 2024, 1pm\n\nRepresentative Nancy Pelosi will announce her support for a 
 ceasefire in Gaza at a press conference on 4/1/24 at 1PM at San Francisco 
 City Hall. Pelosi's office issued an announcement about her surprise 
 decision to call for a ceasefire and inviting Pelosi's constituents in San 
 Francisco to gather to express their appreciation to their member of 
 Congress for her humanity and compassion for the people of Gaza. She is 
 also expected to announce that she will not vote for additional aid to 
 Israel for weapons since she started realizing that the people of Gaza are 
 being starved and murdered in Netanyahu's project to defeat Hamas.\n\nNancy 
 Pelosi, who up until now has steadfastly maintained in statements that 
 "Israel has a right to defend itself", "Ceasefire would be helping Hamas", 
 and "Ceasefire is Putin's message" perhaps has been influenced by the 
 people of San Francisco who overwhelmingly have expressed their desire for 
 their Representative to call for a ceasefire. It's anticipated that the 8 
 members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who voted in favor of a 
 Ceasefire Resolution will attend the press conference. A large crowd is 
 also expected to attend, reflecting the fact that thousands of San 
 Franciscans have been attending rallies and marches calling for a ceasefire 
 in Gaza. Also attending are peace activists, some of whom have been 
 arrested for going to Representative Pelosi's home to try to convince her 
 that a ceasefire is supported by nearly 80% of Democrats and about 65% of 
 voters of all political parties. Their message has also included objections 
 to their tax dollars being used to buy weapons for Israel that are being 
 used to kill civilians in Gaza.\n\nThe announcement from Pelosi's office 
 explains her change of heart with these quotes from Senator Bernie Sanders 
 in December 2023 and March 2024:\n\n“The scale of the suffering in Gaza 
 is unimaginable – it will be remembered among some of the darkest 
 chapters of our modern history. This is a humanitarian cataclysm, and it is 
 being done with American bombs and money. We need to face up to that fact 
 – and then we need to end our complicity in those actions.”  Senator 
 Bernie Sanders, December 
 2023\nhttps://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-resolution-to-investigate-israels-indiscriminate-bombing-campaign-in-gaza/\n\n"After 
 spending billions of dollars to support the Israeli military, the United 
 States, virtually alone in the world, is defending Prime Minister Benjamin 
 Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government, which is waging a campaign 
 of total war and destruction against the Palestinian people, resulting in 
 the deaths of tens of thousands—including thousands of children—and the 
 starvation of hundreds of thousands more in the Gaza Strip."  Senator 
 Bernie Sanders, March, 2024. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/03/31/18864699.php
SUMMARY:Representative Nancy Pelosi Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza; Press Conference
LOCATION:San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street steps
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/03/31/18864699.php
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