
Chicago City Council Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza
Clip: 2/5/2024 | 10m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Chicago becomes the largest city to formally call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th Ward) and Ald. Nick Sposato on a close City Council vote to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
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Chicago City Council Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza
Clip: 2/5/2024 | 10m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez (25th Ward) and Ald. Nick Sposato on a close City Council vote to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL VOTE LAST WEEK HAS CAUSED CONTENTION AND ALMOST EQUAL DIVISION AMONGST ALL THEIR PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT RELATED TO VIOLENCE OR TAXES OR SCHOOLS.
INSTEAD, IT WAS OVER RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA.
GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER SAYS HE WAS, QUOTE, DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESOLUTION'S PASSAGE AND JEWISH LEADERS SAY IT FANS THE FLAMES OF ANTI-SEMITISM, BUT SUPPORTERS SAY IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CALL ON ISRAEL TO END ITS BOMBING CAMPAIGN ON GUYS IN WHICH 10'S OF THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED.
AND JOINING US, OUR ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO LOPEZ OF THE 25TH WARD AND 30TH WARD ALDERMAN NICK SPEARS OUT ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.
FIRST OF ALDERMAN LOPEZ WITH ALL THE ISSUES FACING THE CITY MIGRANTS, VIOLENCE, TAXES, SCHOOLS, WHY SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND CAPITAL AND DEBATE ON THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO SCRUTINIZE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT WE'D ALL THE NEED TO COMMUNITIES WE HAVE NEEDS.
>> IN THE HOUSING IN THAT LOCATION, WE SEE THE CONCERNS OF THE BORDER.
WE DO THE GROWING NEED.
WE CANNOT FIND CAUTION DOUBLE THAT WE ARE BYPASSING GOT A CONGRESS TO SEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
I THINK ALMOST 100 OVER DOLLARS WARS THAT ONLY DO IS DISPLACE MORE PEOPLE NOW WE DENY THE FACT THAT OR FOREIGN POLICY UNQUESTIONABLY KNOW WORKING WHAT WE NEED TO THIS PROVIDES SOLUTION BECAUSE FOR YOUNG VOTERS AND FOR PEOPLE THING, THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE.
61% OF ALL VOTERS SUPPORT CEASE-FIRE.
IF THAT NUMBERS AND COMPANY DOESN'T HAVE DEMOCRAT THINGS OVER 70%.
I THINK THE QUESTIONS HERE, WHY SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS REFUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC TO OPEN SECRETS WITH A MAN CEASE-FIRE A BETTER TO THIS ISSUE.
THERE CERTAINLY WERE LOTS OF PROTEST AT CITY HALL ON ACROSS THE IN SUPPORT OF >> THE LONE JEWISH MEMBER ON CITY COUNCIL ALDERMEN DEATHS EVER SEEN SAYS THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A COMPROMISE.
THAT RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE CONDEMNATION OF HAMAS ATTACKS AND EXPOSE.
I KNOW THAT THIS RESOLUTION REPRESENT THE COMPROMISE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
>> I KNOW NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE OTHER SIDE THIS SHOULD'VE NEVER GOT TO POINT THAT IT DID.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SIT-DOWN FACIALLY BETWEEN NOT THAT BRIGHT ROSANNA AND WORK SOMETHING OUT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ANYTHING BUT IF WE DIDN'T DO DOWN WITH COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE AND SAY AND WHERE COULD HAVE BEEN 15 TO NOTHING.
AND WE'RE NOT DIVIDED THE MORNING.
READY TO FIGHT IT.
AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE BRANDON ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF.
PART OF A ANY LIFE LOST IS A TERRIBLE THING, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE TERRORISTS WILL STOP AT NOTHING.
NO USE IN CHILDREN, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS AS SHIELDS MY COLLEAGUES.
UNFORTUNATELY, ARE BRINGING ABOUT GREAT IT WAS STILL TO BE OUT THERE PROTESTING, CHANTING RACES ANTI-SEMITIC FROM THE RIVER SAY THAT THEY REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED MY 23 COLLEAGUES A SIGN AT THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALL INSECURE LOPEZ.
WHAT ABOUT THAT?
WHY NOT INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD HAVE CONDEMNED HAMAS FOR ITS ATTACKS ON OCTOBER, 7TH?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS ALREADY A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PULLED IN THE COUNCIL AND OUTLINE WHAT HE WAS NOT THE CALM.
BUT AND AND THE HATE CONTINUE TO RAISE IN THE CITY ON TO SOME OF ISLAMOPHOBIA ON A LOCAL CRIME TO CONTINUE TO RISE BECAUSE OF THE INAPPROPRIATE COMPLETELY WRONG APPROACH TO THE CONFLICT.
SO WHAT WE SAY NEWS, WE NEED A CEASE-FIRE.
WE NEED A HUMANITARIAN AID TO REACH AND WE NEED ALL HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED.
I THINK THAT SOMETHING BUDDIES, MY OPINION, WELCOME IN OUR COMMUNITY IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS.
THESE ARE INDEED IN THE LOCAL ISSUES AT HAND.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTING AWARDS.
WE NEED HOUSING FOR PEOPLE CHICAGO.
WE NEEDED TO PATIENT EMPLOYMENT.
EVERYTHING IS WITHIN REACH.
MEANTIME, THE CEASE-FIRE, PARIS.
>> OKAY.
GO AHEAD, NICK.
>> WHAT WE'RE DREAM AND THAT ALL THE THINGS WE NE.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CEASE-FIRE WHILE THE THINGS WE NEED GO TO WAR OUR OWN CITY AND WORRIED ABOUT A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE A GROUP TERRORISTS GAUNTLET, COUNTRY MURDER RATE, BEHEADED, BURNED PEOPLE AND THEN THEY RESPOND BY THE SENATOR COUNTRY.
AND 23 COACH THINK THAT THAT'S OK TO DO THAT.
SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ONCE SOMEBODY ATTACKS MY COUNTRY, I RESPOND BY SENATE, ALL THE MONEY.
THEY'RE GETTING THOSE TERRORISTS OVER THERE FOR HUMANITARIAN AID YEARS AND FOR TUNNELS, PARENT OR TUNNEL AND ON IRAN TO TUNNEL UNDER HOSPITALS UNDER SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND THEIR USE GOOD GOOD PEOPLE.
GOOD PALESTINIANS AS HUMAN THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY UNDER WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY THAT HARRIS REGIME YEAR AGAIN, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE MILITANTS HAMAS THAT THAT ARE BASICALLY A DEFECT CHARGE OF THEY LET CITY AND PEOPLE ARE GOOD, HARD-WORKING TERRORIST LIST.
SO SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THOSE AND WHAT FOLKS LIKE ON THEM.
WAS OUT OF ESPECIALLY THE SILVER SCENE.
ONE WAS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE HAMAS ATTACKS.
>> ON ISRAELIS, WHY?
WHY WASN'T AGAIN?
THIS WAS ALREADY RECOGNIZE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED.
THE COUNCIL.
>> WHAT WE HAVE IS AND BEING DONE IS AND WE DO HAVE RIGHT NOW A CASE INTERNATIONAL COURTS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON TO SHOWS OF GENOCIDE NOT ONLY AGAINST ISRAEL, BUT AGAINST THE U.S. IS.
WHAT I'VE DONE IS OUR COUNTRY, I THINK IS WITHIN DUTY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT ARE DEMANDING NOT ONLY A CEASE-FIRE.
WHAT WE DO WANT IS TO SEE THESE HORRIFIC IMAGES EVERY DAY THAT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
WHAT WE WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DIPLOMATIC APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES AND WE HAVE HOPEFULLY A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON PROBLEMS LOCALLY.
WE CAN ON OUT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS TO FROM GENOCIDE.
WHAT WE'VE GOT BOAT PEOPLE DIE IN THE STREETS OF CHICAGO DYING OVER SURVATION PUTTING SECURITY WITHOUT YOU SHUMPERT A DAY OF 20,000 KIDS IN CPS ON HOUSE IN CHICAGO.
WHAT IS THE FRONT OF GOING TO COME ON AGAIN, THAT THE CENTER FOR WE KIND CONTINUE TO TO RISE ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
THIS IS THE RED RESULT OF A DISCOURSE THAT IS INCITING TO MORE VIOLENCE INSTEAD LOOKING FOR DIPLOMATIC VENUES FOR THE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO COPE WITH THE SUPPOSED DO, SOME OF THEM ARE COME PUBLIC.
WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL TO GET YOU STARTED APPROACHING.
ARE ELEMENTS, I DO.
IT WAS REALLY A PART OF THAT.
THE MAYOR ASKED THEM ALL THEIR PEOPLE NOT TO SHOW UP TO THE THAT PROBABLY WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NO AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SUNK THIS RESOLUTION.
>> YOU THINK THIS WAS THE RIGHT USE OF THE MAYOR'S POLITICAL CAPITAL HERE MAY BE BENDING SOME ALL THAT AND ALL.
I THE MAYOR'S A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE WAS PUT IN A TERRIBLE BY THESE PEOPLE THAT TO DO AS YOU AS WE KNOW, THE GOVERNOR IS THAT EVERYONE SURE PRESIDENT IS THAT EVERY IT'S A MEANINGLESS.
HONORED WREAK HAVOC IN THE CITY AMONG THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TRY TRY TO DO SOMETHING THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD WIN.
THEY WILL LAST IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T ASK FOR PEOPLE NOT TO SHOW UP.
>> SO JUST JUST TERRIBLE.
IF THESE PEOPLE WITH A SIDE OF VIDEOS THAT WE SAW, THAT THEY DIDN'T THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN MORE ABOUT THE REFUSING EGYPT TRYING TO GET ABOUT A FIRE TO TIRES, TRYING TO GET INVOLVED, THAT THEY'RE REFUSING A LASSO NEVER STOP.
GOAL IN LIFE IS TO KILL EVERY JEWEL IN THE WORLD AND EVERY AMERICAN IN THE WORLD.
AND WE NEED ERADICATE THIS WORLD OF THESE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE TERRIBLE TERRORIST.
ONCE AGAIN, THE TOP OF OUR TEARS AND I'M SURE SOME TEAR IS GOING TO THREATENING ME OR MY OFFICE ARE YOU KNOW VERY SO.
NOW AFTER YOUR SHOW PARENTS.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I WANT I WANT TO READ A QUOTE THE ATL AND THE JEWISH UNITED SAID, QUOTE, MAYOR JOHNSON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD HAVE DRAFTED A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS A CEASEFIRE ADVOCATES FOR INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE.
THE PASSING PEOPLE, WHICH THAT ALDERMAN LOPEZ DEMANDS UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF HOSTAGES.
>> AND CALLS FOR DISMANTLING OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION HAMAS AND SAID THEY ADVOCATED FOR A ONE-SIDED RESOLUTION DIVIDES OUR CITY INVOLVED IN TOMORROW'S AND DANGEROUSLY UNDERMINED U.S.
GLOBAL INFLUENCE.
THE DEBATE AND RHETORIC AROUND THIS RESOLUTION IS FANNED THE FLAMES OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN AT THAT SUMMIT INCIDENTS IN THE CITY IN US.
AND IT'S REACHING UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS ACCORDING TO THIS ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THE AGAIN WHAT THEY'RE CALLING KIND OF A ONE-SIDED?
SO RESOLUTION IS IS FANNING THE FLAMES OF ANTI-SEMITISM.
MOMENTS DECIDED MENTIONED THAT FROM THE RIVER TO SAY THEY ABOUT AFFAIR.
SO >> A MOM WORRY ABOUT OUR CONSTITUENTS, RIGHT?
PALESTINIANS, JEWISH CAN SEE THOSE OPEN SEAT ONCE.
THINK IT IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT A 6 YEAR-OLD BOY WAS A WAS KILLED.
26 TIMES THE STAFF.
26 EYES BECAUSE HE'S LONGER LICENSED, REALLY ILL. AND THAT THIS WAS A IN SOUTH SUBURBAN DIVAS AGAIN.
AND AGAIN, THESE WORDS, THIS WAS A RESORT OF THESE CORES THAT CONTINUE TO HUMANIZE PALESTINE IS AT A TIME WHEN THE PUBLIC IS GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
WHAT WE IS A RESOLUTION THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ANYTHING.
83 TO GAZA AND THE RELEASE OF HOPE MESSAGES.
AND AGAIN, WE SHOULD WORK FOR GOVERNMENT TO WORK TOWARDS A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE, FROM DONORS TO COME.
DORSEY PERCENT, ALL CHICAGOANS AND AGAIN, THESE WORDS OF PLACE AND PEOPLE.
29,000 UKRAINIANS, NINER CITY AND NOW WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO COME RIGHT.
NEW NEIGHBORS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS TIME TO FOCUS LOCAL ISSUES.
AND I THINK FOR SOME AND THE LIKE.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT HOW DIVIDED IS A COUNCIL RIGHT NOW AND >> CAN CAN FOLKS COME BACK TOGETHER?
WELL, OBVIOUSLY A PRETTY DIVIDED.
I MEAN, IT WAS 23 TO 23 FOR FOR PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP OR TAKE A WALK.
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THEY'RE OUR SIDE.
I THINK THIS IS A YOU KNOW, THERE YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVE KNOW COLLABORATION WITH US.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THIS WAS BAD IDEA.
I MUST SAY SILVER SAY MOST OF US FOLLOW HER LEAD LEAD.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT'S NUMBER ONE ALLY.
SO NOBODY CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, NEXT, SIT DOWN AND TALK YOUR WAY THINK ABOUT OR WE'RE TALKING WITH THEM AND THAT'S OK THEN THE REST OF US, WHAT IS THAT?
OKAY.
BUT IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE US LOOK IRISH WERE LAPPING OF AMERICA.
A NATIONAL REMATCH.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MAKING FUN OF US RUN NATIONAL NOSE TALKING WITH A JOKE.
WE ARE WITH THIS.
I MEAN, THIS IS A JOKE.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
THE GOVERNOR'S PISTOL OUT IN THE PRESIDENT'S PITCH.
TALK ABOUT ALL RIGHT.
>> WELL, WHAT WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE DEBATE THERE.
ALDERMAN
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