A Jewish man who lost family in the October 7 attacks was jeered at by protestors who made pig noises and pretend horns while at a San Francisco council meeting.
The incident occurred on January 8 at a San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing scheduled the day before a vote on a resolution to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
In a moving speech to the Board the man described how his first cousins were killed at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7.
‘This resolution does one thing, it fuels antisemitism and hatred, as exemplified in this room right now’ the man tells the meeting.
Pro-Palestinian protesters could be seen making pretend horns with their hands and pig noises while the man spoke.
A Jewish man who lost family in the October 7 attacks was jeered at by protestors who made pig noises and pretend horns while at a San Francisco council meeting
The incident took place at San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing over a vote on a resolution to call for a ceasefire in Gaza which passed, prompting celebration from Pro Palestine supporters
The man explained he had lost five members of his immediate family during the attack on the Kibbutz Be’eri, with two others taken hostage on October 7
‘Listen, the pig noises and everything else is pure antisemitism,’ he said while remaining calm.
‘I have never, since I moved to San Francisco, seen this kind of hatred against a minority group ever,’ he explained.
‘A public demonstration of hate against a minority group.
‘Just look at the behavior in this room and this is what it’s like in the rest of the city.’
He added: ‘My kids and I do not feel safe in San Francisco and this resolution simply does and PR around the world and in this country and in this city for that.’
‘Five members of my immediate family that used to come and visit me in San Francisco, were murdered at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7,’ the man recalled.
‘Two family members, my first cousins, were taken hostage.
‘They were released in the second round of hostage releases,’ he said.
The man said the proposed resolution fueled the kind of antisemitism and hatred displayed in the room
The October 7 attack left 1,140 dead and led to the capturing of more than 240 hostages
The next day, the Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 in favor of passing the resolution, Fox News reported.
In addition to calling for a cease-fire and specifically asking the Biden administration to do the same, the resolution also condemned antisemitic, anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic language and attacks, Fox reported.
It also called for aid to be administered in Gaza and the release of hostages still held by Hamas.
Incidents of Islamophobia and antisemitism have shot up across the US in the wake of Hamas’ devastating attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
The attacks left 1,140 dead and led to the capturing of more than 240 hostages.
At least 23,469 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel’s offensive, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.