San Antonio City Council meeting shut down by protests over scrapped Israel-Hamas ceasefire vote

The chaos at Thursday's meeting followed a rowdy public comment session the evening before.

By Michael Karlis

San Antonio City Council's Thursday morning meeting descended into chaos after pro-Palestine protesters unleashed loud chants in the chamber, according to social media reports from the Texas Public Radio's Joey Palacios and San Antonio Report's Andrea Drusch. District 1 Councilwoman Sukh Kaur, who has publicly vocalized support for the Palestinian cause on social media, invited Rabbi Mara Nathan of Temple Beth-El and Waheeda Kara of Muslim house of worship Ismaili Jamantkartha to offer invocations before Thursday's meeting, Drusch posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter...

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