This event was organized by the Minneapolis-based Anti-War Committee which since last May has been trying to persuade the Saint Paul Board of Water Commissioners to end its cyber security contract with the Israeli company, Waterfall Security Solutions. They have refused to do so, saying that the twin issues of Israeli apartheid and genocide are matters of “personal opinion.”
We gathered on August 3 to urge Gov. Walz to use his position and influence to end the Board of Water Commissioners’ contract with Israel, to do everything he can to divest Minnesota from the apartheid Israeli regime which continues to conduct a genocide in Gaza, a genocide that our tax dollars – both federal and state – are funding.
We also sought to convey the message that economic isolation works. Such a non-violent strategy succeeded, for instance, in ending apartheid in South Africa in the late 1980s. We believe it’s a strategy that can and should now be used to stop Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.
Related Off-site Links:
Saint Paul Board of Water Commissioners’ Meeting Shut Down by Palestine Solidarity – Mike Madden (Fight Back News, August 12, 2025).
Much Ado About Nothing: Tim Walz’s Empty Words on Gaza – David R. Weiss (Full Frontal Faith, September 16, 2024).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• “It’s a Systematic Slaughter That We’re Funding”
• Protesting Weapons Manufacturer and Genocide Enabler General Dynamics
• “This Is a Genocidal Project”
• “A Year of War Against Children”
• Protesting Israel’s “Starvation Campaign” in Gaza
• Israel’s Actions in Gaza: “A Clear and Present Moral Collapse”
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