MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday morning overrode Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of a resolution which called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, though Frey passed his own proclamation calling for a cease-fire shortly afterwards.
Frey, who is Jewish, said he supports a cease-fire, but has called the city council’s resolution “one-sided,” arguing that it includes the “context and history” of Palestinian people, but not Israelis. He vetoed the resolution six days after it was passed, though the council already had the nine required votes to override him.
The council did so on Thursday morning, and then Frey passed his own proclamation supporting a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
Frey’s proclamation calls for an immediate cease-fire, release of all Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, release of Palestinians in Israel, the investment of government funds towards efforts to create reconciliation, and a two-state solution which recognizes the sovereignty of both Israeli and Palestinian states.