Allegations claim U.S.-Israel used Geneva nuclear talks, led by Jared Kushner, as a trap. Strikes soon after killed Iran's Supreme Leader, top officials, and 175 schoolgirls in a school—aiming for regime change through betrayal. Diplomacy fatally undermined.

Iran unleashes hypersonic missile barrages on Israel and U.S. Gulf bases after Khamenei’s assassination—Trump’s disastrous war, pushed by Netanyahu, cripples defenses, closes Hormuz, and ignites a devastating global energy and financial crisis.

On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the Grass Valley City Council held its regular meeting for which the agenda included a proposed resolution regarding an international conflict, specifically between Palestine and Israel. 

In the fall of 2024, Nevada City adopted a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. Members of the public are now pressuring the City of Grass Valley to do the same. Should the Grass Valley city council adopt a resolution on an international issue? 

Amnesty is the bedrock of this plan. Amnesty is the political equivalent of forgiveness. It is wiping the slate clean and dropping the desire for justice and vengeance. There are already Israelis and Palestinians working together in a dialogue for peace. They know things cannot continue as they have been.

Yikes.

“Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has created and maintained an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination over Palestinians.”

When educated people respond to an act of savagery not with a defense of civilization, but with a defense of barbarism, it is an early warning system that society itself is breaking down.

“The sick thrill of antisemitism has a price: the surrender of reason, and, with it, of conscience.” - David Mamet

In order to understand the recent events in Israel and Gaza, it is necessary to look back to the historical facts that created this terrible humanitarian crisis which affects innocent civilians on both sides.