Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is proposing two major tax-generating ballot measures for November during Tuesday’s slate of Oakland City Council committee meetings.
Palestinians
Eric and Bibi sitting in a tree
Rep. Eric Swalwell and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year. CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | House Democrats are still upset with Republican Majority Leader John Boehner for inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress next month…. Read More ›
Swalwell dresses up as a CIA agent?
Rep. Eric Swalwell last week in the Middle East. PHOTO/Twitter @RepSwalwell CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Rep. Eric Swalwell has recently sought a middle ground between being Tel Aviv’s man in the East Bay and showing a modicum of compassion… Read More ›
Palestinian Group Clashes With Swalwell Over His Support for Israel
Constituents show opposition to U.S. support for Israel at a town hall in San Lorenzo Thursday held by Rep. Eric Swalwell. PHOTO/Steven Tavares CONGRESS | 15th DISTRICT | On July 11, Rep. Eric Swalwell riled Palestinian groups and constituents in… Read More ›
Swalwell Goes To Israel
Rep. Eric Swalwell CONGRESS 15 | Rep. Eric Swalwell already has his hands full closing the inherent East-West divide in the 15th Congressional District, but he thinks he can help the generations-long dispute between Israel and Palestine. The freshman congressman… Read More ›
Swalwell Shows Pro-Israel Slant, Calls Out Palestinians For ‘Terrorist Attacks’
PHOTO/Steve Rhodes CONGRESS 15 | Representative-elect Eric Swalwell is still weeks away from being sworn into the 113th Congress, but he wasted little time by espousing a very unpopular sentiment among progressives in the East Bay–calling out Palestinians for “terrorists… Read More ›
Palestinian Cultural Day Pulled From Supervisors Agenda With Controversy
ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSJune 7, 2012 | Members of the Palestinian community were set to celebrate their heritage with the first-ever proclamation of their culture by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Tuesday until the board pulled the agenda… Read More ›
