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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-07 NA- Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in AfricaFrom:Sara Angrist To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Important Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Friday, November 1, 2024 4:39:27 PM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, Thank you for your attention to this matter. We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Sara Angrist Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un- Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Eden Gilad To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Friday, November 1, 2024 10:26:07 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. :cc Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un-Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Zander, Dean To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:End jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:42:47 PM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un-Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. -- Dean Zander Vice Chairman NEWMARK Multifamily | Institutional Group t 310 407 6522 m 818 601 2055 dean.zander@nmrk.com CA BRE License No. 00875853 NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient, and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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Newmark is neither qualified nor authorized to give legal or tax advice, and any such advice should be obtained from an appropriate, qualified professional advisor of your own choosing. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:colorsoutofline@gmail.com To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:58:33 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un- Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in- depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave- taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Onir Spiegel To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:34:32 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un-Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Zander, Dean To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:End jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:42:47 PM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un-Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. -- Dean Zander Vice Chairman NEWMARK Multifamily | Institutional Group t 310 407 6522 m 818 601 2055 dean.zander@nmrk.com CA BRE License No. 00875853 NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient, and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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From:Naomi Hillel To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 10:17:17 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un-Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. 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If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:dmelviewpoint@icloud.com To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 9:05:21 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, D Mel Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un- Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. Typos courtesy of my iPhone 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Mike Rudensky To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 8:33:36 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Mike Rudensky Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un-Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. Get Outlook for Android 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Allan Lieberman To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 8:19:26 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un- Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda Sincerely, Hanna Lieberman and Allan Lieberman Los Angeles, CA 90048 Sent from my iPhone This e-mail and any attachments contain confidential information that may be legally privileged. 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It is the recipient's responsibility to take measures to ensure that this e-mail is virus free, and no responsibility is accepted by Meridian Capital Group for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:bikrieger To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 7:27:54 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution Regards, Brian Krieger 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Stephanie Nygard To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:57:10 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Stephanie Nygard Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un- Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. Sent from my iPhone 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Nancy Bader To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:33:56 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolution, NO on BDS, NO on divesting from Israel bonds, NO on withholding military aid to Israel, and NO to dropping charges against those arrested in the illegal encampments. It is worrisome when city councils well suited for city leadership are pushed by constituents to delve into international affairs without proper training and information. Moreover, the resolutions you are currently considering are flawed in both fact and intent, which you have become aware of through the thousands of comments you have received. We do not think city councils should be addressing international issues. However, if you insist on doing this, we ask you to instead adopt a resolution based on indisputable fact and evidence such as the resolution below. It tells the truth about the horrors of Jihadist terrorism on the African people. This type of terrorism has also been inflicted against Israelis since Israel’s inception and most horrifically on October 7th. If you insist on being outspoken about an international story, this is the story that must be told. Please read below. Sincerely, Resolution for Ending Jihad Murder and Slavery in Africa WHEREAS, all human life is precious, and all people worldwide are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, the ongoing enslavement of Africans by Muslim jihadists is a violation of international humanitarian law; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that black Africans have been enslaved and murdered by jihadists for 14 centuries; the fact that this crime against humanity still exists in this century illustrates the hypocrisy of the U.N. and Western nations; and WHEREAS, our city recognizes that the Arab slave trade exported around 25 million slaves from both coasts of Africa between the seventh and nineteenth centuries; 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda WHEREAS, the our city recognizes that slavery directed against black Africans is an abomination that still exists today across northern Africa and the Middle East that can no longer be tolerated; and WHEREAS, according to the Global Slavery Index, 84,000 Africans are held as slaves in Algeria [1], 47,000 in Libya [2], and 149,000 in Mauritania [3]; and, according to Christian Solidarity International, perhaps 35,000 Africans remain enslaved in Sudan nearly two decades after the end of a self-declared jihad which caused the south to secede and constitute itself, since 2011, as the world’s newest nation – South Sudan [4]; and WHEREAS, Arab militias equipped and legitimized by the government of Arab Sudan continue to terrorize un- Arabized black Muslims in western Sudan, particularly the Darfur province, massacring the men, carrying off the women as chattel slaves, and resettling Arab Muslim nomads on their ethnically cleansed ancestral lands, as they have done intermittently since 1995 [5]; and WHEREAS, according to research in 2020 by the office of Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, member of the Nigerian House of Representatives for Oyo State and Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, perhaps 80,000 women from Nigeria alone have been trafficked as sex slaves across Lebanon, Mali, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates [6]; and WHEREAS, the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram along with Fulani Muslim death squads in northern Nigeria have murdered more than 50,000 Christians since 2009 and have enslaved perhaps 4,000 Christian children and teenagers, particularly young girls, for the purpose of sexual bondage [7]; and WHEREAS, due to the difficulty in obtaining accurate, in-depth information, as well as the mainstream media and human rights groups’ typical disinterest in these atrocities, it is highly likely that much of the jihad massacres and slave-taking exists in other regions beset by jihadists across North Africa [8]; BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in solidarity with the victims of jihad slavery and slaughter including the people of South Sudan, Darfur and Nigeria who have endured murder, oppression and enslavement by jihadists. BE IT RESOLVED that our city stands in humanitarian solidarity with all people enslaved and demands their immediate liberation by all means possible. ==== Organizations who sponsor this resolution: American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG) American Veterans of Igbo Descent Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy (Darfur) Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI) International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) Jewish Leadership Project LEAH Foundation Simon Deng, former jihad slave from South Sudan References: 1 “Slavery report: Algeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 2 “Slavery report: Libya,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 3 “Slavery report: Mauritania,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 4 “Slavery report: Sudan,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 5 Ibid. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 6 “Slavery report: Nigeria,” American Anti-Slavery Group, iabolish.org/reports-1 7 Ibid. 8 “Where is the outrage over the jihadist attacks against Black Africans?” Newsweek, 19 January 2024. Sent from my iPhone Nancy Bader 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:chaimc36 To:PSCityGovernmentMedia Subject:Resolution to end jihadist murder and slavery in Africa Date:Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:22:29 AM NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. cc: Christians United for Israel Press State House and Senate Representatives U.S. Representative U.S. Senators Honorable City Council Members, We have heard that as a local city council, you have been debating about international resolutions regarding the Gazan war. We ask that you vote NO on a ceasefire resolutio Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda