Thank you Hilary Ronen for taking a clear stance against what is unequivocally genocide. As an Arab American who remembers the racism our community here received after 9/11, I am grateful that my representative is taking a stand for what is right.

Remember that the overwhelming majority of Americans on both sides of the aisle agree with you and want this genocide to end. Despite what some of the comments here say, our tax dollars should not have to go towards supporting genocide.

Not sure how Mission HS Students walking out of school helps. Seems like discussion in school could focus on sympathy for the suffering of all involved, the history, (ancient and present) of the Jews and Palestinians, Hitler Germany/the Holocaust, the formation of the Jewish State… Teachers could then lead students into a discussion on how life could be improved for both groups, what interventions could students imagine doing if they were in leadership. One must express sorrow for all who have been injured before any constructive discussion can occur.

In reply to Mike.

Thank you for introducing this interview with Bassem Youseff. What a brilliant use of ironic humor to expose the horrific cruelty perpetrated on the Palestinians. Never seen anything like it, and I will be following him.

I concur with several of the commenters here re Ms. Ronen’s desire to dabble in foreign affairs. The quality of life in her district – where I live – has declined in her watch. It would be great if we could have a cease fire in the Mission or have existing laws enforced or take away the homeless lady that yells racial epithets at people actually working for a living. Ronen lost my vote a long time ago!!!!!

Ronen is fake and superficial, conveniently jumping on the easy-feel-good “defund the police” hysteria in 2020, and then abandoning the idea when it proved to be so supremely idiotic even most liberals are backing away. Dumb as a rock she’s managed to alienate both her leftie voters and moderates. And now, after doing a stupendous job with drug abuse/homelessness/crime/the usual in D9, she’s ready to jump into international politics as her usual half wit/half assed self. Sure Hilary, side with the “save gaza” crowd but don’t say anything about hamas’ responsibility in all this. Ignore the massacre that happened to your fellow Jews. And Israel’s right and need to defend itself against hamas, whose stated mission is the destruction of Israel. Enjoy your status as a self hating Jew….and have a great day!

Good for her speaking up.

Students at Balboa and Lincoln walked out of class and around their areas, but did not go all the way to City Hall like kids did during climate and gun protest in the 2010s. I think there is a lot of hesitancy to speak up, because once you do you are accused of supporting killing, which Sup Ronen and others are expressly not.

In reply to Robert Hemming.

hemming don’t be a lemming.

This interview is absolutely worth a watch. Hassem Youseff has been described as the Jon Stewart of the Middle East. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4idQbwsvtUo

Calls for a cease fire in Gaza are as realistic as calls for a cease fire in the Warsaw Ghetto. “Just stop firing your weapons and keep apartheid in place” is what this message is.

How do we know that Ronen is not lying about being the daughter of an Israeli?

Given Ronen’s record on Black Lives Matter and defunding the police, where she made bold policy statements and abandoned them at the first sign of push back, odds are that in a few weeks time she’ll change her tune again.

Who knows, maybe one day in the not so distant future, Ronen can mobilize her political operation like she did against DSA Afro Socialists and last night against the Marshall community to do the AIPAC’s work next?

You never know what’s up next when you’re dealing with a pathological liar.

So glad Supervisor Ronen has time to solve the problems in the Middle East. I’m sure that Hamas and Israel will immediately stop their hostilities when they hear that she has demanded it.

Perhaps when she’’s done creating world peace, she could deal with issues in her own city and district.

Well done to everyone involved. It’s becoming increasingly likely that the hospital strike was carried out DELIBERATELY by Israel, while Biden gives Netenyahu the green light for continuing the genocide in Gaza. Cue all the Zionist apologists who’ll now swarm in!

Yea and Israel bombing that hospital. I mean, even if it was islamic jihad’s rocket fired from gaza, we can still blame Israel for instigating this. I also appreciate ronan’s unbiased morality stance vis-à-vis Israel and hamas. She makes all Jews proud!

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pretzel.logic

Hillary Ronen’s own words on what she’s learned after 7 years in the role of supervisor: “The root cause of these [national] problems are fixable, but they’re not always fixable at the local level”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/podcasts/article/soup-with-hillary-ronen-18140301.php#:~:text=Supervisor%20Hillary%20Ronen%20represents%20the,issues%20with%20a%20municipal%20toolkit

So she then applies that hard-earned wisdom by trying to fix the root cause of *international* issues at the local level.

I have no problem with Ronen supporting whatever causes she likes as a private citizen, but the fact that she does this kind of thing while on-the-clock as a district supervisor is absurd. Of all the things going on in District 9, she made a point to calendar this event?