Speakers have been regularly attending area City Council meetings, calling for a cease-fire. Tuesday, in Norfolk the Mayor ended a meeting early after a speaker went over and in Hampton, there was back and forth between residents on the violence in Gaza.
Two city council meetings in Hampton Roads turned contentious Tuesday as residents used the public forums to urge local governments to voice support for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. In Newport News, about 30 people either clapped or raised their hands to show support for a cease-fire. Many painted their hands red to symbolize the “blood on their hands” for taxpayer dollars helping .
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Hampton Roads activists have joined a chorus of speakers turning up at city council meetings across the country to ask local government leaders to weigh in on a war half a world away. More than a dozen U.S. cities, from Minneapolis to Detroit to Bridgeport, Conn., passed symbolic resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel ignited a war. But the .
More than a dozen U.S. cities have passed symbolic resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel ignited a war. But the movement has thus far shown little promise of gaining traction in Hampton Roads, where no local city councils have approved any resolutions supporting a cease-fire.