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Several members of the public voiced support for Hamas during a six-hour Oakland City Council meeting Nov. 27 before the board unanimously passed a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist organization.

The comments sparked indignant responses from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials.

As Jill McLaughlin reports, via The Epoch Times, The resolution calls for congressional and worldwide support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, which has been under attack by Israeli forces following Hamas’s murderous rampage in Israel Oct. 7.

The resolution also condemned the recent rise of anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, racist, homophobic, and xenophobic attacks in the city and across the world, including the “doxing,” or public reveal, of information about officials and others who comment about the issue.

Councilman Dan Kalb called for an amendment to the resolution that would have added a statement condemning the mass murder of 1,200—mostly Israeli citizens—by Hamas, but it did not pass.

Councilwoman Carroll Fife, who introduced the resolution, did not support adding the amendment. She told other councilors during the meeting that she worked with Jewish and Muslim community members to craft the resolution.

One Arab community member called the amendment “racist.”

Residents voicing support for both sides of the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas spoke out during the lengthy public comment period.

A number of others spoke in support of Hamas and Palestinians, saying they believed much of the news about Hamas was false or propaganda.

In an incredulous statement, another young woman said:

Another resident commented:

One woman, who was cut off by a city council member, said news of the massacre was false.

An elderly man commented, saying,

Another woman asked the crowd:

State officials have since spoken out about the controversial public comments at the meeting.

On Wednesday, Mr. Newsom shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, of those who supported Hamas during the council meeting, disagreeing with their statements.

State Sen. Scott Wiener called the comments “awful.”

“Tonight’s meeting was a complete disgrace and will bring nothing constructive to actual Palestinians and Israelis on the ground. What it instead has achieved is the fanning of flames of antisemitism in Oakland,” SFJCRC CEO Gregory said.

The Oakland city clerk said they had more than 1,200 comments online.

The resolution will be forwarded to the governor, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris.