Residents press council to adopt simple resolution opposing military aid to Israel

Multiple speakers used public comment time to urge the Ann Arbor City Council to adopt a short resolution opposing military aid to Israel and to press for fuller Holocaust education in local schools.

Henry Herskovitz and Blaine Coleman, among others, said activists had sought a simple seven-word resolution — "We are against military aid to Israel" — for more than 20 years and called on the council to act. Speakers cited casualty figures and characterized the request as a moral imperative. Coleman also pointed to residents who he said were unable to petition locally because they remain abroad under dangerous conditions.

Council did not take action on the request during the meeting and did not place a resolution on the agenda for vote. Comments were entered into the public record.