Rob Smoke wants to clear the air.

He doesn’t necessarily see himself as a pro-Palestinian candidate for the Boulder City Council. Though he has aligned himself with fellow candidate Aaron Stone, who is proudly pro-Palestinian, he has distanced himself from the dramatic interruptions and clashes that have defined City Council meetings over the past two years.

So as a vocal opponent of the city’s investment policies, what does he see himself as?

“I would describe myself as being pro-humanity and pro-stopping genocide and, for the city of Boulder, pro-divestment,” Smoke said.

Smoke is referring to the city’s investments in corporations that a United Nations report pegged as culpable in Israel’s military actions in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killi

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