Allentown Council should stay out of foreign affairs

At the last Allentown City Council meeting, speaker after speaker gave false statements about Israel, spewed Hamas propaganda and encouraged the council to draft a cease-fire resolution. What is the purpose of Allentown, Pennsylvania, making a statement about the Middle East, and since when is Allentown City Council involved in foreign affairs? While a ceasefire sounds peaceful, this is exactly what was in place between Gaza and Israel on Oct. 6. A call for a cease-fire now may as well be saying: “I remember Oct. 7 when Hamas invaded a sovereign country and gleefully raped women, killed babies, burned entire families, and I call for Hamas to stay in power to repeat this massacre again and again and again, as they have publicly vowed to do, until all Jews everywhere are dead.” I thank the Allentown City Council for carrying on with its important work of helping to make this city a better place to live and work, and I do not expect it to entertain this preposterous idea for a hateful resolution about foreign affairs.

Alicia Zahn

South Whitehall Township