Dozens of protestors gathered outside of Representative Salud Carbajal’s downtown Santa Barbara office on Tuesday to oppose the District 24 congressmember’s support of President Biden’s diplomacy in Israel amid the Israel-Hamas War and to advocate for Palestinians.
Carbajal has expressed support for President Biden’s leadership and decisions in the Middle East, both on X (formerly Twitter) and as a signatory of a October 20 letter to the president regarding Gaza. Part of the letter addressed the humanitarian situation, reading “a commitment to Israel’s security and right to respond to terror is not incompatible with a commitment to the humanitarian needs of the innocent people of Gaza.”
Before heading for Carbajal's office on De la Guerra Street, the protesters assembled in front of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, holding signs while chanting “Viva, viva Palestine” and “Carbajal, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” and circulating a letter with a list of demands for signatures.