Yonkers City Council tables a ceasefire resolution that both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups opposed

(New York Jewish Week) — After months of discussions and weeks of debate, the Yonkers City Council has tabled a Gaza ceasefire resolution that aimed to thread a narrow needle — calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war while also defending Israel’s right to exist.

The council announced that it would table the resolution at the start of the meeting Tuesday evening when it had been on the agenda. The tabling followed opposition from all sides in Yonkers.

Despite having called for months for a ceasefire, a coalition of pro-Palestinian organizations, including an…