At least they aren't sending their own flotilla

If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear a keffiyeh in your hair:

At their next meetings, the Richmond City Council and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider resolutions condemning Israel for attacking the Gaza-bound flotilla.

Both bodies are scheduled to discuss the issue Tuesday, June 15.

Berkeley’s Peace and Justice Commission considered a similar measure at its meeting June 7.

Supervisor John Avalos sponsored the San Francisco resolution, and Supervisor Sophie Maxwell signed on to the eight-page document.

"This is the first time I can remember in my 10 years at JCRC that a city supervisor has authored and another has signed on to a statement that is so blatantly one-sided and lacking in any depth of understanding of the issues at play in the Middle East," said Abby Porth, associate director at the S.F.-based Jewish Community Relations Council. [...]

And if I'm not for Jihad, who will be for Jihad?

[...] Across the bay, Richmond Vice Mayor Jeff Ritterman, who is Jewish, sponsored the city council resolution.

"We have to say when our own people step out of line," Ritterman said. "We have to be the ones to say, ‘No, we can do better, we can be more moral, we can find a peace’ … and I don’t think this is the way to do it." [...]

People who use expressions like "when our own people step out of line" should be watched closely at all times.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad

Update: j. reports:

. . . the San Francisco Board of Supervisors didn’t vote on a resolution condemning Israel for its “military attack” on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

Just before midnight — after four-and-a-half hours of public comment — the resolution was sent to committee, where critics are hoping it will die.

Iran is sending a flotilla to provide the poor, beleaguered resolution proponents with much-needed supplies, such as 20 tons of copies of Chomsky's The Fateful Triangle.