OAKLAND, CA — Soon after the Oakland City Council voted to pass a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, city officials also voted to allow Hamas to move into the now-vacant Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

"It's the perfect arrangement," said Oakland City Council member Cindy Freed. "We have an enormous, empty stadium, and the brave Hamas freedom fighters are being callously forced to flee their homeland by the relentless Israeli hostility. Hamas is entitled to have a home where they can train for, plan out, and execute horrific terrorist attacks on innocent civilians. The city of Oakland intends to provide that home."

As the temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza neared its end, the Oakland City Council heard impassioned arguments about

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