The Bay area city of Richmond, California, passed a resolution in a 5-1 vote that claims the "state of Israel is engaging in collective punishment against the Palestinian people in Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on Israel."
On October 7, 2023, the fundamentalist Islamist organization Hamas committed an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, October 7, 2023, killing over 1,400 Israelis.
Although California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has publicly supported Israel following Hamas’ attack, he has privately raised funds for organizations involved with anti-Israel protests, a report from the Washington Free Beacon found.