As expected, the Minneapolis City Council has approved a controversial symbolic resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, the release of all hostages, and an end to U.S. military support for Israel.
It also makes reference to the disproportionate deaths of Palestinians, and the view by some that Israel is committing genocide.
Jewish groups are upset that Israel's defense of that allegation was not included, and say the document misses the mark by not including the history of Israel, which was founded by Holocaust refugees.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who is Jewish, supports a ceasefire, but calls the resolution one-sided.
"It chooses what context and history to include and what context and history to ignore," says Frey.
"The resolution before us reads as lopsided is because this conflict is lopsided," says Councilmember and resolution supporter Jeremiah Ellison. "This conflict is devastating."
Furthermore, Mayor Frey says the resolution does nothing to acknowledge some of the blatant racism that has intensified since the war began.
"Councilmembers have joined press conferences in front of my face, displayed an effigy with a Hitler mustache," explained Mayor Frey. "Never mind that he slaughtered my extended community. Jews have been harassed at meetings, chased into elevators, my temple has been targeted with hate. My friends have been horrified by the blatant antisemitism and Islamophobia spread online. And I ask, what if the previous examples that I just mentioned in the above scenario, what if we replaced the word Jewish with Black? Or native? Or Somali? Or Hmong?"
Councilmember Linnea Palmisano offered an alternative resolution that stripped away references to specific groups. She says it clarified the language, minus the rhetoric contained in the original resolution.
"Ceasefire is not what this is about," says Palmisano. "This is about wanting to become the city with the most radical, far-reaching resolution to support one side, and I do not read your language any other way."
It's not clear if Mayor Frey will try to veto the resolution.