Protest Jimmy Panetta "Person of the Year" Award

Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz

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Date:

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Time:

4:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Event Type:

Protest

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Free Palestine!

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Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz

Protest Jimmy Panetta person of the year award at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz (gather at Beach Street near the boardwalk)

The Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce will be presenting Congressman Jimmy Panetta, United States Representative, 19th District, with the person of the year award at their 2025 community awards gala at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz.

Jimmy Panetta's Record:

1. Has continued to vote for ever more money for armaments to Israel. (and expanding the US military budget).
2. Condemned the International Court of Justice ruling against Israel's genocide.
3. Condemned the International Criminal Court’s indictment of Netanyahu for war crimes.
4. Voted in favor of barring the State Department from using the Gaza Health Ministry’s data on the death toll in Gaza.
5. Waited eight months before supporting a ceasefire and still does not support a permanent ceasefire. Had made no statement condemning Israel's war crimes.
6. Has received more than $300K from AIPAC (American Israel Political Action Committee), the Israeli lobby, and hundreds of thousands more from the so-called “Defense Industry”.

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§Panetta’s Record Against Peace, Human Rights, Free Speech

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Tue, Apr 1, 2025 12:23AM

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* Voted for $17 billion in unconditional military aid to Israel
* Denounced International Courts
* Panetta voted with Republicans to sanction International Criminal Court officials, after they requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and three Hamas leaders. Panetta co-signed a letter to “express our disgust” with South Africa’s filing of a "grossly unfounded case against Israel at the International Court of Justice."
* Accepted $275,000 in 2023 from AIPAC, the pro-Netanyahu lobby.
* Voted with 204 Republicans and only 15 Democrats to support HR 9495, which would empower the Trump administration to revoke nonprofit status of groups without due process.
* In October 2024, Panetta was part of a delegation that met with Netanyahu. Panetta reportedly said, “You’ve got to give Israel credit” for its military operations in Gaza and the wider region. He emphasized the need to leverage these military victories into political ones.

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