More than two months since Hamas' surprise attack on Israel, the war in Gaza is continuing to fuel conversations at the state level, and one Boston senator spoke up Tuesday about why she kept her name off a ceremonial mark of support for Israel.

Appearing on "The Urban Heat" radio program Tuesday morning, Sen. Liz Miranda recalled how she "did not sign" the Senate resolutions condemning the terrorist attacks in October.

The resolutions, sponsored by Majority Leader Cynthia Creem of Newton, stated that "the Israeli people have an inalienable right to defend themselves against acts of terrorism," and said that Massachusetts "has continuously demonstrated an unwavering commitment to supporting innocent victims of violence."

To Miranda, the language in the resolutions reflected "that the [Israel Defense Forces] and the Israeli government could do whatever they wanted to do to defend themselves."

"And that line stuck to me," Miranda said in a radio appearance that she also livestreamed on her Instagram account. "Being like, you cannot allow someone to -- for example, you want to have retribution, you want to get your hostages, they're all of our hostages, they're all of our people -- and I knew that the IDF had had a history of going above and beyond what you see in terms of what I would actually call revenge, right?"

Thirty-one of the Senate's 39 members at the time signed onto the document, which concluded by calling on the U.S. government to "continue to stand with the people of Israel in their time of need, support the victims of the recent terrorist attack against the state of Israel and work towards the safe return of those who are being held hostage."

Speaking in favor of the resolutions during the Oct. 12 Senate session, Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said it is "our moral obligation to condemn terrorism when it arises anywhere on this planet." Sen. Nick Collins of South Boston called it "the right thing to do," and said "it's hard to believe that anyone could equivocate on that."

Detailing how she withheld her support from the document, Miranda on Tuesday also cited her position as chair of the Racial Equity Committee, and noted that her district has "the largest concentration of Muslim and Arab people, I have the largest mosque in New England in my district, and I really felt sensitive that that was in itself I have to be the senator of all people."

"And when you're a senator you have a lot of power because you have 180,000 people. You can choose to respond in the ways that you feel most comfortable. And I thought the most important thing I could do in that moment was denounce what had happened, but denounce further violence against people. We don't want ethnic cleansing," Miranda continued.

Controversy was stoked last week when a trio of college presidents -- Claudine Gay of Harvard, Sally Kornbluth of MIT, and Elizabeth Magill of the University of Pennsylvania -- answered questions about on-campus antisemitism in a Congressional hearing on Capitol Hill.

New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik asked the higher education leaders about whether "calling for the genocide of Jews" would violate their school's "code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and harassment." A Harvard alumna, Stefanik asked Harvard's president whether calls for genocide "violate Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment -- yes or no?"

Gay said that "antisemitic rhetoric, when it crosses into conduct that amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that is actionable conduct." Pressed for a more direct answer, Gay replied, "Again, it depends on the context."

Magill resigned over the weekend, while officials at their respective universities have lent statements of support to Gay and Kornbluth.

Harvard graduate Gov. Maura Healey, when she was asked Monday if she felt Gay should remain in her role, said "that's not the right question" and that "this is a moment that's bigger than any one person or any one institution."

"I think the question really is where do we go from here? What does leadership look like?" the governor said.

"First of all, there is no place for genocide, talk of genocide, threats of violence, violence on college campuses or anywhere else in Massachusetts," the Arlington Democrat said, "and as governor I will work with leaders around this state including at our colleges and universities to combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, the rise of calls for violence, and the like, and that's really important."

Miranda referenced the U.S. House Education Committee hearing, and the questioning of Gay, in her appearance on "The Urban Heat."

"There was this one line where I guess a student group or a student called for the genocide of the Jewish people. That is absolutely wrong. A people like that, that have gone through the Holocaust, and have always been marginalized in this country, they have amassed a lot of political and financial power, but that still doesn't -- you know, you still don't want to, you know, bring that up or call that into existence. I just want other people to know that we've also gone through the trans-Atlantic slave trade for Black people, and that's why I filed a bill on reparations," the senator said.

"You just need to call injustice by its name, each and every time it happens," she added. "And you don't have to choose. For me, it's like, I'm against anti-Blackness, and I'm against Islamophobia, and I'm against antisemitism. And I always stand for peace and so that's what I lead with."