The occupation of Palestinian land began 107 years ago today, in 1917.

The Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government on November 2, 1917, expressed support for the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.

This declaration was conveyed through a letter written by then-Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, a prominent figure in the British Jewish community.

The declaration states:

“His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”

This date represents the first official support for Zionist goals, ultimately leading, 30 years later, to the establishment of the State of Israel on occupied Palestinian land.

The Balfour Declaration played a significant role in shaping more than a century of ongoing war and chaos in the Middle East, culminating in the establishment of an Israeli state on Palestinian territory in 1948.

Today, the Balfour Declaration, in its outcomes, is seen as the foundation for the ongoing genocide, which in the past year alone has resulted in the death of more than 40,000 Palestinians, reflecting a failure to protect the historical and human rights of the Palestinian population in the region.

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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuK97E07b2Q)

?La creación del Estado de Israel no responde a un desarrollo lógico de la historia, sino que la creación de este Estado es fruto de las confabulaciones políticas internacionales en las que participaron gustosamente los sionistas. Theodor Herzl fijó una hoja de ruta para crear el Estado judío y sus seguidores continuaron su legado. Antes de la creación de Israel en mayo de 1948, los británicos pusieron la primera piedra con la Declaración Balfour, la cual permitió crear el Hogar Nacional Judío, pero ¿cómo se gestó la Declaración Balfour? Quedaros hasta el final porque en este video os voy a hablar sobre la Declaración Balfour y todo lo que hubo detrás de esta promesa británica. ?

FUENTES: La cuestión palestina (Edward Said), 10 mitos de Israel (Ilan Pappé), He aquí Palestina. El sionismo al desnudo (Hussein Triki), La invención del pueblo, La invención de la Tierra de Israel. De Tierra Santa a Madre Patria (Shlomo Sand), Los mitos fundacionales de la política israelí (Roger Garaudy), Resolución de San Remo 1920-Mandato Británico de Palestina (A. Isserof), El Pacto de la Sociedad de Naciones. Artículo Nº22 (Sociedad de Naciones), Declaración Balfour (A. Balfour), Historia del sionismo 1600–1918: Volumen II (N. Sokolow), La declaración balfour los orígenes del conflicto árabe-israelí (J. Schneer), El futuro de Palestina (H. Samuel)

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Arms Embargo: World Leaders Call For A Halt To Weapons Transfers To Israel | Dawn News English

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSnnq0PanUM)

Ahmet Yıldız, Permanent Representative of Turkey, and Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine, spoke at a Security Council Stakeout in support of a letter calling for a halt to arms transfers to Israel. The letter was co-signed by various world leaders, urging international efforts to curb military support.

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0:01

good afternoon distinguished members of

0:03

the

0:04

Press on behalf of the sponsors of the

0:08

joint letter calling for a halt to Arms

0:11

transfer to Israel I would like to make

0:15

a few

0:16

remarks last Friday on November 1st we

0:21

submitted this letter co-signed by 52

0:25

countries as well as the OIC and the

0:28

Arab League to the secretary General the

0:31

president of the general assembly and

0:33

the president of the security

0:36

Council this initiative reflects our

0:38

grave concern over the unprecedented

0:41

escalation of violence and the belated

0:44

violations of international law in Gaza

0:48

and the broader occupied Palestinian

0:50

territories including East Jerusalem as

0:53

well as in Lebanon and across the Middle

0:57

East we stand in strong unified

1:01

commitment to protect civilians deter

1:05

further grave breaches of international

1:07

humanitarian law and to work to end the

1:10

illegal occupation and attacks in the

1:13

occupied Palestinian territory and

1:16

throughout the

1:18

region in our letter we collectively

1:21

called for immediate steps to hold the

1:25

provision of transfer of arms Munitions

1:29

and related equipment to Israel as the

1:32

occupying power wherever there are

1:35

reasonable grounds to suspect they may

1:38

be used in the occupied Palestinian

1:40

territory including East

1:43

Jerusalem this position is anchored in

1:45

general assembly resolution

1:48

es-10

1:50

sl24 of 18 September 20124 this

1:55

year we cannot stress enough that the

1:58

Staggering civilian

2:01

predominantly affecting women and

2:03

children resulting from ongoing Brides

2:06

of international humanitarian and human

2:09

rights law is both unacceptable and

2:13

intolerable immediate action is

2:16

essential to address this immense human

2:19

suffering and to prevent further

2:22

destabilization that risks an allout

2:25

regional

2:27

conflict we call up all states to uphold

2:31

their obligations under international

2:33

law particularly in protecting

2:37

civilians enforcing a permanent

2:39

ceasefire and preserving International

2:42

Peace and

2:44

security furthermore we renew our appeal

2:47

to the security Council to fulfill its

2:50

duty to maintain peace and security by

2:54

enforcing its resolutions and taking

2:57

concrete steps to protect civilians and

2:59

and ensure

3:01

accountability ending this grave

3:04

suffering implementing a comprehensive

3:07

ceasefire and restoring the path toward

3:09

the just and Lasting peace are not only

3:12

legal and humanitarian imperatives but

3:16

moral

3:18

obligations we urge that all necessary

3:21

measures to be taken without delay to

3:24

achieve these objectives dear members of

3:26

the press before giving the floor to

3:28

Ambassador Mansour

3:31

I reiterate my thanks to all countries

3:34

PRC here who coign this

3:37

letter although sometimes it may not be

3:41

necessarily good for their political

3:44

economic interest but it was necessary

3:47

for Humanity for

3:50

peace as a prominent Diplomat I am

3:54

sure based on the security Council and

3:57

general assembly resolution based on the

3:59

provisional measures by the icj also by

4:03

the based on advisory opinion of the

4:06

international court of justice I’m sure

4:10

future Generations will be will question

4:12

us what you have

4:14

done and we we did this and we will

4:18

continue we will never stop asking for a

4:22

solution and especially for stopping

4:25

these massacres now the floor is for

4:27

Ambassador man

4:31

thank you very much your Excellency and

4:34

I want to add my voice to the voice of

4:39

my brother the ambassador of uh

4:42

turkia in uh expressing our appreciation

4:46

for the more than 50 uh countries that

4:50

have signed this letter that we send to

4:54

the Secretary General to the president

4:56

of the security Council and to the

4:58

president of the general assembly

5:01

as has been

5:03

required by the resolution of the

5:06

general assembly predicated on the

5:09

historic advisory opinion of the

5:13

icj as we all know the icj said that

5:18

this uh illegal occupation has to be

5:22

terminated as quickly as possible the

5:25

general assembly said that means in 12

5:28

months

5:30

so if we want to end this occupation

5:34

then therefore countries should not be

5:36

giving the tools to extend the life of

5:40

this illegal occupation such as weapons

5:44

to allow it to continue doing what they

5:46

are doing against the Palestinian people

5:50

living under occupation and even Beyond

5:53

such as the case in

5:55

Lebanon so therefore this is a concrete

5:58

and important step responding to what

6:02

the general assembly asked for by a

6:05

large number of countries and I know

6:09

that countries in their National

6:11

capacity have obligations and they are

6:13

in the process of sending their uh you

6:16

know reaction to the Secretary General

6:19

and also groups of how they can

6:23

contribute to shortening the life of

6:26

this illegal occupation and to bring it

6:29

to an end as quickly as possible this is

6:32

one contribution in this regard and it

6:35

is also a contribution in Saving

6:38

Lives we need a ceasefire immediately

6:43

we’ve been calling for uh a ceasefire

6:47

from the first day of this aggression to

6:49

save lives and the longer this war this

6:53

aggression to continue more lives we

6:56

lose more Palestinian lives and we lost

6:59

so far close to

7:01

45,000 lives most of them are children

7:05

and women and more than 100,000 injured

7:09

most of them are uh women and children

7:13

and tens of thousands perhaps are under

7:15

the rubble we were unable you know to uh

7:18

reach them of course thousands of lives

7:21

being lost and the tragedy extended uh

7:25

to Le to Lebanon as well so therefore

7:29

this is a contribution in this process

7:32

and we are continuing our efforts in

7:36

order to see the implementation of that

7:39

resolution of the general assembly so we

7:42

are acting every day we are acting every

7:44

week we’re acting every month and we

7:47

will not stop acting and contributing

7:51

our efforts until we see an end to this

7:55

aggression and to see an end to uh The

7:59

Killing of Palestinian civilians and to

8:02

save lives and to force Israel to comply

8:06

with the historic opinion of the icj to

8:10

end this illegal occupation to end it as

8:13

quickly as possible so that we can

8:16

implement the global consensus on ending

8:20

occupation and the two-state solution

8:22

meaning the independence of the State of

8:24

Palestine with e Jerusalem as its

8:26

capital so that we’ll bring to reality

8:30

the possibility of peace and saving

8:32

lives and the two-state solution

8:35

concretely on the ground we keep we will

8:38

keep knocking on the door of the

8:39

security Council I know as we speak they

8:43

are discussing ideas and

8:46

proposals uh for calling for an

8:49

immediate ceasefire and other needed

8:51

things

8:52

especially sending humanitarian

8:55

assistance to our people in the Gaza

8:57

Strip and specifically in the North

8:59

northern part of the Gaza Strip and to

9:02

stop this genocide within genocide

9:05

because there are 370,000 Palestinian

9:08

civilians in the northern part of Gaza

9:12

under the threat of being either killed

9:14

under the bombs or starve to death they

9:18

suspended the inoc second inoculation of

9:22

polio because wh was not allowed to send

9:27

you know the inoculation and the teams

9:30

to conduct it and the Palestinian people

9:32

in the north who have been pushed forced

9:37

to move from one location to the other

9:39

location in the north there is no safe

9:42

place in the Gaza Strip and definitely

9:44

no safe place in the north to allow the

9:48

humanitarian Heroes to uh conduct the

9:51

inoculation the second

9:53

inoculation against polio for our

9:57

children this is the reality that we are

10:00

facing we had uh a great day yesterday

10:03

in the general assembly defending hona

10:07

we have a large Coalition of more than

10:11

125 countries in the defense of Ona we

10:15

had a meeting uh commissioner General

10:19

lazarini briefed us there is danger of

10:24

uh destroying Ona Israel is putting in

10:28

place and legisl ated illegal measures

10:31

against Ona and although fictitiously

10:34

they said it will come into place 3

10:37

months from now they are already

10:39

implementing it by denying horaa

10:44

Internationals to receive visas they’re

10:47

not allowing them to come to the

10:49

occupied territories they are denying

10:52

them their rights and privileges not

10:55

allowing their uh shipment of food and

10:59

what whatever uh things that they bring

11:02

into the occupied territory to serve the

11:05

community of refugees therefore they are

11:08

implementing the illegal thing that they

11:11

did and we are discussing the next phase

11:15

of our reaction in the general assembly

11:17

by resuming the 10th emergency session

11:21

soon where we will legislate the

11:24

appropriate resolutions to uh stand

11:28

against what uh the uh uh the Israeli

11:32

occupying authorities are doing and we

11:35

are working very closely with our uh you

11:39

know friends from Norway who are with us

11:42

uh in terms of going to the general

11:45

assembly also soon with an advisory

11:49

opinion about a host of violations of

11:53

international law as it relates to

11:55

immunities and Privileges and also as it

11:58

relates to H so we will continue working

12:02

every day every week every month until

12:07

we bring this tragedy that the

12:10

Palestinian people are going through to

12:12

an end and to allow the Palestinian

12:14

people to live uh in in peaceful days to

12:19

try to attend to their wounds to rebuild

12:22

our society to rebuild the Gaza Strip

12:26

and to allow the state of Palestine as

12:28

an IND independent state to become a

12:30

full member in the United Nations and to

12:34

open new chapters of our life chapters

12:38

of Peace chapter of uh living in peace

12:42

and harmony with all of our neighbors in

12:44

the region and we are grateful for our

12:47

brothers and sisters from the Arab group

12:50

from the Islamic group from the African

12:52

group from Nam from the European group

12:55

from the Latin American groups from all

12:57

the groups who who have stood tall

13:01

defending the Palestinian people here at

13:03

the United Nations whether in the

13:05

security Council or the general assembly

13:08

until they allow the Palestinian people

13:11

to take what belongs to them and what

13:14

they deserve Independence Freedom

13:17

dignity in the free independent state of

13:20

Palestine after we put an end to this

13:23

aggression today before tomorrow if you

13:26

have questions we’ll be delighted to

13:28

respond to them yes Mr Ambassador will

13:31

the election of Donald Trump as the next

13:34

president of the United States do you

13:38

believe it will have his election will

13:42

have an impact on a ceas fire in Gaza

13:46

and Lebanon a halt to Arms

13:52

supplies um any other Major

13:56

Impact we are working with the current

13:59

Administration and all members of the

14:01

security Council and the general

14:03

assembly for the objective of a

14:06

ceasefire in the OCC in in Palestine you

14:09

know in the Gaza Strip in Lebanon we do

14:12

not need escalation in our region we

14:16

need a ceasefire we need to put an end

14:19

uh to this explosive situation we will

14:23

continue working with everyone who is

14:25

ready and willing to work to

14:29

accomplish that objective as I said

14:33

there is a draft idea I think it’s now

14:36

by today it is almost a draft resolution

14:40

I’ve been telling you about that for

14:42

some time we are grateful to the E10 now

14:46

that it is becoming an E10 draft I

14:50

believe that almost everyone is in board

14:54

I don’t know I hope that it will be put

14:57

to a vote as quickly as as possible any

15:00

effort to bring a ceasefire is an

15:04

appreciated effort we are united all of

15:07

us around the call and the demand for an

15:11

immediate ceasefire now incoming

15:15

Administration outgoing Administration

15:17

as it relat to the United States we will

15:20

be working with all those who are

15:23

willing and ready to work for an

15:25

immediate ceasefire for those who will

15:28

act resp responsibly in order to have

15:30

peace peace requires the end of

15:33

occupation the end of this illegal

15:36

occupation as quickly as possible peace

15:39

requires honoring and respecting the

15:42

right of the Palestinian people to

15:44

self-determination to Independence to

15:47

implementing the two-state solution

15:50

there are many who are working around

15:52

these Noble objectives we will have very

15:55

soon in less than a week a a Summit of

16:00

Arabs and Muslims in Riyad in Saudi

16:03

Arabia we are hopeful that in that

16:06

Summit you know a plan of action will be

16:10

adopted and resolutions that will

16:13

contribute to bring an end to this war

16:16

to allow the Palestinian state to become

16:19

a full member to allow us you know to

16:22

rebuild Gaz to allow us you know to see

16:24

the two- State solution reality we are

16:28

ready and willing and it depends on

16:31

others if they are ready and willing we

16:33

welcome that and we will see and we hope

16:37

that they will be ready and willing to

16:39

engage in such you know uh uh

16:44

possibilities Ambassador yes uh thank

16:47

you for the for the briefing uh in the

16:49

letter Ambassador yis and Ambassador

16:52

mener the letter said you call for

16:54

Collective action for Collective call

16:56

for immediate action to Halt the armed

16:59

sales by Israel there are many immediate

17:02

actions that the security Council and

17:04

the general assembly could take can you

17:06

just identify a couple that you think

17:07

are most important immediately that

17:09

should be

17:10

taken we also we are asking you know for

17:15

uh countries to act on their National

17:18

capacity countries who are sending

17:22

weapons to Israel to maintain and to

17:25

continue this occupation and this

17:27

aggression no nobody would deprive them

17:30

from the right to stop sending these

17:33

weapons because they are causing death

17:36

against the Palestinian people so we are

17:38

using all these efforts collectively and

17:41

in the National capacities of countries

17:43

and there are countries in their

17:45

National capacity are acting and we

17:48

appreciate that but that is not enough

17:51

they need to do more yeah certainly we

17:54

are aware of the challenges but in spite

17:56

of that we addressed three of of them

17:59

also because we are in extraordinary

18:04

situation it is alarming and that we

18:07

cannot continue with the traditional

18:09

conventional habits work I am sure all

18:12

of us countries and this three

18:14

especially Security Council secretary

18:17

General President of General Assembly

18:20

can explore further creative and uh

18:25

proactive

18:27

means to to achieve this ceasefire and

18:32

also to

18:34

save uh

18:36

the United Nations because really in

18:39

public United Nations fall under

18:42

criticism what you are

18:45

doing icj rulings are there provisional

18:49

measures are there and public really is

18:52

asking us through you sometime what are

18:54

you doing that’s why their action also

18:59

digging deep what then we can do is

19:02

important that’s why we address them

19:04

thank

19:05

you okay thank you very much we will be

19:09

meeting with you more often as we have

19:11

been doing uh you’re doing great and we

19:14

will continue informing you thank you

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‘Stop sending weapons to Israel,’ says Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc-WvbrbWEs)

Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour expressed “grave concern” over the increasing violence and continued breaches of international law by Israel, calling for urgent international intervention by halting all arms shipments to the country.

Transkripzioa:

0:00

voice to the voice of my brother the

0:04

ambassador of uh

0:06

turkia in uh expressing our appreciation

0:10

for the more than 50 uh countries that

0:14

have signed this letter that we sent to

0:18

the Secretary General to the president

0:20

of the security Council and to the

0:22

president of the general

0:24

assembly as has been

0:27

required by the resolution of the

0:30

general assembly predicated on the

0:33

historic advisory opinion of the

0:37

icj as we all know the icj said that

0:42

this uh illegal occupation has to be

0:46

terminated as quickly as possible the

0:49

general assembly said that means in 12

0:53

months so if we want to end this

0:57

occupation then therefore countries

0:59

should would not be giving the tools to

1:02

extend the life of this illegal

1:05

occupation such as weapons to allow it

1:08

to continue doing what they are doing

1:11

against the Palestinian people living

1:14

under occupation and even Beyond such as

1:17

the case in

1:19

Lebanon so therefore this is a concrete

1:22

and important step responding to what

1:26

the general assembly asked for by a

1:29

large number number of countries and I

1:32

know that countries in their National

1:34

capacity have obligations and they are

1:37

in the process of sending their uh you

1:40

know reaction to the Secretary General

1:43

and also groups of how they can

1:47

contribute to shortening the life of

1:50

this illegal occupation and to bring it

1:53

to an end as quickly as possible this is

1:56

one contribution in this regard and it

1:59

is also Al a contribution in Saving

2:02

Lives we need a ceasefire immediately

2:07

we’ve been calling for uh a ceasefire

2:11

from the first day of this aggression to

2:13

save lives and the longer this war this

2:17

aggression to continue more lives we

2:20

lose more Palestinian lives and we lost

2:23

so far close to

2:25

45,000 lives most of them are children

2:29

and women and more than 100,000 injured

2:33

most of them are uh women and children

2:37

and tens of thousands perhaps are under

2:39

the rubble we were unable you know to uh

2:42

reach them of course thousands of lives

2:45

being lost and the tragedy extended uh

2:49

to Le to Lebanon as well so therefore

2:53

this is a contribution in this process

2:56

and we are continuing our efforts in

3:00

order to see the implementation of that

3:03

resolution of the general assembly so

3:05

we’re acting every day we are acting

3:08

every week we’re acting every month and

3:11

we will not stop acting and contributing

3:15

our efforts until we see an end to this

3:19

aggression and to see an end to uh the

3:23

killing of Palestinian civilians and to

3:26

save lives and to force Israel to comply

3:30

with the historic opinion of the icj to

3:34

end this illegal occupation to end it as

3:37

quickly as possible so that we can

3:40

implement the global consensus on ending

3:44

occupation and the two- State solution

3:46

meaning the independence of the State of

3:48

Palestine with e Jerusalem as its

3:50

capital so that we’ll bring to

3:53

reality the possibility of peace and

3:56

saving lives and the two-state solution

3:59

concretely on the ground we keep we will

4:02

keep knocking on the door of the

4:03

security Council I know as we speak they

4:07

are discussing ideas and

4:10

proposals uh for calling for an

4:13

immediate ceasefire and other needed

4:15

things

4:16

especially sending humanitarian

4:19

assistance to our people in the Gaza

4:21

Strip and specifically in the northern

4:23

part of the Gaza Strip and to stop this

4:26

genocide within genocide because there

4:29

are are 370,000 Palestinian civilians in

4:33

the northern part of Gaza under the

4:36

threat of being either killed under the

4:39

bombs or starved to death they suspended

4:43

the inoc second inoculation of polio

4:47

because wh was not allowed to send you

4:51

know the inoculations and the teams to

4:54

conduct it and the Palestinian people in

4:56

the north who have been pushed

5:00

forced to move from one location to the

5:03

other location in the north there is no

5:05

safe place in the Gaza Strip and

5:07

definitely no safe place in the north to

5:11

allow the humanitarian Heroes to uh

5:15

conduct the inoculation the second

5:17

inoculation against polio for our

5:21

children this is the reality that we are

5:24

facing we had uh a great day yesterday

5:27

in the general assembly def defending

5:30

Ona we have a large Coalition of more

5:34

than 125 countries in the defense of Ona

5:39

we had a meeting uh commissioner General

5:43

lazarini briefed us there is danger of

5:48

uh destroying Ona Israel is putting in

5:52

place and legislated illegal measures

5:55

against Ona and although fictitiously

5:58

they said it will come into place three

6:01

months from now they are already

6:03

implementing it by denying horaa

6:07

Internationals to receive visas they’re

6:11

not allowing them to come to the

6:13

occupied territories they are denying

6:16

them their rights and privileges not

6:19

allowing their uh shipment of food and

6:23

whatever uh things that they bring into

6:26

the occupied territory to serve the

6:29

community of refugees therefore they are

6:32

implementing the illegal thing that they

6:35

did and we are discussing the next phase

6:39

of our reaction in the general assembly

6:41

by resuming the 10th emergency session

6:45

soon where we will legislate the

6:48

appropriate resolutions to uh stand

6:52

against what uh the uh uh the Israeli

6:56

occupying authorities are doing and we

6:59

are working very closely with our uh you

7:03

know friends from Norway who are with us

7:06

uh in terms of going to the general

7:09

assembly also soon with an advisory

7:13

opinion about a host of violations of

7:17

international law as it relates to

7:19

immunities and Privileges and also as it

7:22

relates to Ona so we will continue

7:26

working every day every week every month

7:30

until we bring this tragedy that the

7:34

Palestinian people are going through to

7:36

an end and to allow the Palestinian

7:38

people to live uh in in peaceful days to

7:43

try to attend to their wounds to rebuild

7:46

our society to rebuild the Gaza Strip

7:50

and to allow the state of Palestine as

7:52

an independent state to become a full

7:54

member in the United Nations and to open

7:59

new two chapters of our life chapters of

8:02

Peace chapter of uh living in peace and

8:06

harmony with all of our neighbors in the

8:08

region and we are grateful for our

8:11

brothers and sisters from the Arab group

8:14

from the Islamic group from the African

8:16

group from Nam from the European group

8:19

from the Latin American groups from all

8:21

the groups who have stood tall defending

8:25

the Palestinian people here at the

8:27

United Nations whether in the Security

8:30

Council or the general assembly until

8:33

they allow the Palestinian people to

8:35

take what belongs to them and what they

8:38

deserve Independence Freedom dignity in

8:42

the free independent state of Palestine

8:45

after we put an end to this aggression

8:48

today before tomorrow if you have

8:50

questions we’ll be delighted to respond

8:52

to them M Mr Ambassador will the

8:55

election of Donald Trump as the next

8:58

president of the United States do you

9:02

believe it will have his election will

9:06

have an impact on a ceasefire in Gaza

9:10

and Lebanon a halt to Arms

9:16

supplies um any other Major

9:20

Impact we are working with the current

9:22

Administration and all members of the

9:25

security Council and the general

9:27

assembly for the objective over a

9:30

ceasefire in the OCC in in Palestine you

9:33

know in the Gaza Strip in Lebanon we do

9:36

not need escalation in our region we

9:40

need a ceasefire we need to put an end

9:43

uh to this explosive situation

9:46

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Lawyers File Historic Lawsuit Against Canada Over Israel’s Gaza Genocide | Dawn News English

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD-TiJ_d4fc)

Seven Canadian lawyers, led by Shane Martínez, filed a historic lawsuit against the Canadian government. They accuse Canada of failing to take action to prevent Israel’s actions in Gaza, which they label as genocide. The case seeks to hold Canada accountable for not upholding the rule of law.

Transkripzioa:

0:01

the case announced today marks an

0:03

important milestone in holding Canada

0:05

accountable for failing to take

0:07

reasonable measures to prevent Israel’s

0:09

genocidal campaign against the

0:11

Palestinian people Canada refuses to

0:14

uphold the rule of law where Israel’s

0:16

armed forces are

0:17

concerned this refusal to act in

0:20

combination with Canada’s bolstering of

0:22

Israel’s military capabilities has had

0:25

devastating consequences for Palestinian

0:27

Canadians including our clients

0:31

these consequences have engaged two of

0:33

the most important legal instruments the

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convention on the prevention and

0:36

Punishment of the crime of genocide and

0:38

the Canadian Charter of Rights and

0:41

Freedoms our claim alleges that Canada

0:43

by failing to fulfill its legal duty to

0:45

take all reasonable measures to prevent

0:48

the crime of genocide against the

0:49

Palestinian people in Gaza did causally

0:52

contribute to violations of our clients

0:55

rights under the charter I’ll First

0:57

share some background information on our

0:59

clients I’ll then explain the importance

1:01

of the genocide convention and the

1:03

charter and then address the Nexus

1:05

between the two in this

1:07

case our client hany

1:11

albn is a Canadian Citizen and

1:13

Palestinian Canadian born in Gaza he

1:16

escaped Gaza as a teenager in 1967

1:18

during the Israeli Army’s raids he later

1:21

moved to Canada in 1989 residing here

1:24

with his wife and

1:25

children on September 20th 2023 hany

1:29

returned to Gaza for the first time when

1:31

Israel began bombing Gaza in early

1:33

October 2023 hany and his relatives fled

1:36

from neighborhood to Neighborhood

1:37

evading the attacks they endured

1:40

harrowing conditions and scarce

1:44

resources despite multiple evacuation

1:47

attempts coordinated through Global

1:48

Affairs hany repeated repeatedly faced

1:51

setbacks in danger after a near fatal

1:54

bombing injured him on November 6 he

1:56

finally crossed into Egypt tragically

1:59

while in Cairo he learned that several

2:01

family members including his niece and

2:02

her young children were killed in air

2:04

strikes hany later sought to bring

2:07

surviving relatives to Canada under a

2:08

special Refugee program but found

2:10

himself ineligible due to his financial

2:13

situation as a

2:14

pensioner Tamor harada a Palestinian

2:17

Canadian from Calgary moved to Canada in

2:19

2011 where he resides with his wife and

2:22

two children when Israel’s attacks on

2:24

Gaza began in October 2023 Mr herat was

2:27

consumed with fear for his family’s sake

2:31

most of his relatives were Sheltering in

2:32

Gaza but with each passing week his

2:34

family grew smaller as his mother father

2:37

two sisters two nephews an uncle and his

2:41

wife three cousins and their spouses and

2:44

children of two of those cousins were

2:47

all killed in Israel’s ongoing

2:51

bombardment in a desperate effort to

2:53

save his surviving relatives Mr harata

2:55

applied on January 9th 2024 to bring 14

2:58

family members to Canada through a

3:00

temporary resident Visa program while

3:02

his sister and others managed to reach

3:04

Egypt bureaucratic delays and

3:06

restrictive Visa processing left most of

3:08

his family stranded as of August 19th

3:11

2024 of the 14 members he sponsored only

3:14

two of his spouses unmarried siblings

3:17

have been granted visas and were allowed

3:18

to enter Canada his family situation

3:21

remains precarious while Tamar continues

3:24

to Grapple with trauma unfulfilled

3:25

Canadian assurances and an uncertain

3:28

future for his loved ones

3:32

the genocide convention is a Cornerstone

3:34

of customary international law and as

3:36

such is automatically adopted in

3:37

Canadian common law as a means of

3:39

combating the odious Scourge that is

3:41

genocide the duty to prevent genocide is

3:44

enshrined in article three of the

3:45

genocide convention and it imposes a

3:47

legal Duty on states to act within their

3:50

capabilities and to take all reasonable

3:51

measures to prevent genocide when there

3:54

are grounds to believe that it could

3:56

occur the duty is so important that it

3:59

prevails over conflicting treaties or

4:00

domestic law thus reflecting the

4:02

international community’s recognition

4:04

that it is imperative to prevent this

4:05

crime of all crimes Canada as a party to

4:08

the genocide convention has a legal duty

4:10

to act within its capabilities to

4:11

prevent genocide when there’s reasonable

4:13

grounds to believe that it could occur

4:15

in this context Canada’s duty to prevent

4:18

genocide compelled it to take all

4:20

reasonable actions within its power to

4:22

stop the assault on Gaza although Canada

4:25

hasn’t always succeeded in preventing

4:26

genocide it has a well estab well

4:29

established track track record of trying

4:30

to do so by taking meaningful actions

4:33

against perpetrators and providing

4:35

meaningful support to victims but

4:37

instead as has been outlined by my

4:39

colleague Mr lascaris over the past year

4:42

Canada has taken no meaningful action to

4:44

exert diplomatic economic or military

4:46

influence over Israel even while

4:49

hundreds of Palestinian Canadians

4:51

including Mr El BAGI desperately tried

4:54

to escape the is uh Israel’s

4:56

indiscriminate bombing of Gaza Canada

4:58

took no action to restrain is

5:00

worse still it facilitated record levels

5:02

of arms exports engaged in military

5:05

cooperation allowed groups in Canada to

5:07

recruit volunteers for the Israeli

5:09

military and failed to stop

5:11

organizations with charitable status

5:13

from subsidizing the operations of

5:15

Israel’s Ministry of

5:17

Defense Canada’s actions and Emissions

5:19

towards a plausible campaign to uh by

5:22

Israel to destroy the Palestinian people

5:24

of Gaza violated its duty to prevent the

5:27

crime of genocide a duty imposed on it

5:29

by the common law and the genocide

5:32

convention the charter forms part of

5:34

Canada’s Constitution and protects the

5:35

civil rights of Canadians against

5:37

government action sections 7 and 15 of

5:39

the charter are engaged by this claim

5:42

section s of the charter provides that

5:43

everyone has the right to life liberty

5:45

and security of the person and not to be

5:47

deprived thereof except in accordance

5:50

with the principles of fundamental

5:52

Justice the guarantee of fundamental

5:54

Justice applies to deprivations of

5:56

security of the person by Foreign State

5:57

actors if there’s sufficient causal

5:59

connection ction between Canada’s

6:00

conduct and the deprivation this does

6:03

not require direct causation but rather

6:05

a meaningful or substantial link between

6:07

Canada’s actions and the harm suffered

6:10

where the harm is a foreseeable

6:11

consequence Mr El BAGI claims that

6:14

Canada’s failure to take all reasonable

6:16

measures within its power to prevent

6:18

Israel from committing the crime of

6:19

genocide against the Palestinian people

6:21

in addition to its collaboration with

6:22

Israel contributed to a deprivation of

6:25

physical and psychological security of

6:27

the person while he was attempting to

6:29

survive and Escape Israel’s military

6:31

bombardment of

6:32

Gaza section 15 of the charter provides

6:34

that every individual is equal before

6:36

and under the law and has the right to

6:38

equal protection and equal benefit of

6:39

the law without discrimination the claim

6:42

alleges that Canada discriminated

6:43

against Mr elbat Nigi and Mr herat in

6:46

two ways first Canada discriminated

6:49

against Mr elbat Nigi when it failed to

6:51

take all reasonable measures within its

6:53

power to prevent Israel from committing

6:55

the crime of genocide arbitrarily

6:57

departing from its history of fulfilling

6:58

that Duty in other plausible cases

7:01

second Canada discriminated against Mr

7:03

elachi and Mr herada when it denied them

7:06

access to reasonably functional

7:07

immigration and evacuation programs such

7:10

as those it provides to Canadians

7:12

seeking refuge for themselves or family

7:14

members from other parts of the world

7:16

Canada’s conduct was based in whole or

7:18

in part on Mr El BAGI and Mr herat’s

7:20

race religion or ethnic or national

7:23

origin as Palestinians and

7:25

Muslims in closing Canada’s failure to

7:28

fulfill its Duty to prevent genocide

7:30

even admits glaring warning signs is an

7:33

emission of such

7:34

egregiousness that it would shock the

7:36

conscious of Canadians such shock would

7:39

be compounded further by the fact that

7:41

Canada maintained its course of Conduct

7:43

in the face of full knowledge of the

7:45

potential risks and for these reasons

7:47

the Coalition for Canadian

7:48

accountability in Gaza has filed this

7:51

claim seeking declarations from the

7:52

Ontario Superior Court that Canada has

7:54

failed these duties and has violated the

7:56

rights of Mr elbach and Mr Hera

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Normalization with Israel is ‘off the table’ until Palestinian statehood is resolved says Saudi FM

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHmRs3iAGgM)

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, tells CNN’s Becky Anderson the situation right now in northern Gaza is a “form of genocide” and that normalization with Israel is “off the table” until Palestinian statehood is resolved. #CNN#News

Transkripzioa:

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I asked

0:00

the Saudi foreign minister,

0:02

Prince Faisal bin Farhan,

0:03

what he makes of suggestions

0:05

that these countries

0:06

and others in the Gulf

0:08

could have done more to prevent

0:09

the current situation,

0:11

for example, in Gaza.

0:12

I also pressed him on

0:13

whether his country

0:14

would even consider

0:16

normalizing relations with Israel.

0:18

Absence of a concrete plan

0:21

for a Palestinian statehood.

0:24

Have a listen.

0:25

I will say on the kingdom’s part,

0:27

we have been anything but ambiguous.

0:28

We have been quite categorical.

0:30

We called

0:31

in the instance of Gaza,

0:32

for instance, for a cease fire.

0:33

From the very beginning,

0:34

we were very clear that even

0:38

with the horrors of October 7th,

0:41

that an overreaction

0:42

by Israel was extremely dangerous.

0:44

And we have seen the reality

0:45

that Israel’s reaction and its continuing

0:49

military assault in Gaza

0:51

has led to a humanitarian catastrophe

0:54

that has not only impacted

0:55

the citizens of Gaza, that

0:57

has not only resulted in

0:59

tens of

1:00

thousands of civilian,

1:01

unjustifiable civilian deaths,

1:03

it’s also really put a huge question

1:06

mark on the international system of rules

1:09

and governance, on the legitimacy

1:11

of international humanitarian law,

1:12

international law and its applicability

1:15

in ways that have been really UN uniform.

1:19

So we’ve

1:19

and we’ve said that from the beginning.

1:21

So we have been

1:21

very unambiguous about it.

1:23

And

1:28

we will continue to engage.

1:29

We engaged from the beginning

1:31

as well

1:31

on trying to find pathways

1:33

out of the conflict.

1:35

You know, we have the group, the Arab

1:38

League, OIC

1:39

Contact Group,

1:40

but we also had a group of Arab states

1:43

that had engaged with the United States

1:45

and others to try and find ways

1:47

to reach

1:48

a potential ceasefire,

1:49

supporting, of course,

1:50

the efforts of the US,

1:51

Qatar and Egypt and others.

1:52

So ambiguity is not what we

1:56

in the Kingdom practice.

1:57

We practice a very clear

1:59

foreign policy

2:00

based on clear guiding principles,

2:03

but also of course from a prospect of not

2:06

being drawn into confrontation

2:08

in any way.

2:09

You have described Israel’s

2:11

assault on Gaza as genocide

2:14

and you’ve talked about Israel

2:16

having to face consequences.

2:19

What do you mean

2:20

very specifically by that?

2:22

I mean, if we look at just

2:23

what’s happening now in northern Gaza,

2:25

where we have a complete blockade

2:29

of any access for humanitarian goods

2:33

as coupled

2:34

with a continuing military assault,

2:36

without any real pathways for civilians

2:39

to find shelter or to find safe zones

2:42

that can only be described as

2:46

a form of genocide.

2:47

It is certainly against humanitarian law,

2:51

international humanitarian law,

2:53

and that is

2:56

feeding a continuing cycle of violence

2:58

because this level

3:00

of destruction, this level of

3:05

really a

3:07

devaluing of

3:08

human lives,

3:09

of the lives of ordinary Palestinians,

3:12

will feed a cycle

3:14

that is against everybody’s interests.

3:16

And that’s why we are trying to focus,

3:19

even in this very difficult time,

3:21

on a better future.

3:22

And that’s why

3:23

we have focused on the issue of

3:26

a two state solution

3:27

of building a Palestinian state.

3:28

I will say that

3:30

while we talk about a two state solution,

3:32

the reality is

3:33

the state of Israel exists.

3:34

So now it’s about establishing

3:36

the state of Palestine and ensuring

3:37

that the Palestinians

3:38

can reach

3:39

a place

3:39

where they

3:41

receive their right

3:42

to self-determination.

3:43

In speech on Monday,

3:44

the Israeli prime minister

3:46

made no mention of a

3:48

need to end the war in Gaza.

3:51

No talk of any quote, day after plans,

3:55

no mention of the Palestinians.

3:59

Now, you have been

4:01

and just this week

4:02

with the meeting here in Riyadh, hoping

4:06

to get some concrete steps

4:09

that would, as we say,

4:10

create this pathway

4:12

to a Palestinian state or an independent

4:14

Palestinian state.

4:16

How concerned are you

4:18

when you hear no mention

4:21

of the Palestinians

4:23

nor any mention of the day after

4:26

by the current Israeli prime minister?

4:29

What does that suggest to you?

4:32

And when we talk about a pathway,

4:37

what does that specifically me?

4:40

And of course, incredibly concerned,

4:42

because that tells me that there is a

4:46

real lack of understanding

4:47

of the strategic reality.

4:50

There.

4:51

We are here, this region.

4:52

We are stuck in this region,

4:54

all of us, the Palestinians, everyone.

4:56

And we’re going to have to find a way

4:58

to live with each other.

4:59

And we can only live with each other

5:01

if we address

5:02

the rights of the Palestinians,

5:04

if we address the issues of injustice

5:06

that the Palestinians face right now.

5:08

And that is going to have to be

5:10

a serious discussion.

5:11

If that’s not going to happen.

5:13

We are setting ourselves for a continuing

5:16

cycle of violence that serves

5:18

No one except the extremists will.

5:20

A verbal commitment

5:22

from Benjamin Netanyahu.

5:23

Suffice were you to get on a sort of,

5:26

you know, on a pathway

5:27

that you felt was was worth

5:29

was worth sort of tabling

5:30

for an independent state?

5:32

And if not, what specific measures

5:34

does Saudi need to see

5:37

to move forward?

5:38

And what

5:39

is Saudi

5:39

Arabia’s message to Benjamin Netanyahu?

5:42

Is normalization with Israel

5:44

a genuine risk?

5:46

Should you not

5:47

see this commitment from Israel?

5:50

I would say certainly normalization

5:53

with the kingdom of Saudi

5:54

Arabia is not just as a risk.

5:55

It is off the table until we have

5:58

a resolution to Palestinian statehood.

6:00

But I would say more than that,

6:01

I would say that

6:02

it is not just the issue

6:03

of normalization with the kingdom

6:05

that is at risk.

6:06

I would say that

6:07

the security of the region

6:09

as a whole is at risk

6:10

if we do not address

6:13

the rights of the Palestinians,

6:14

if we do not find our way to a pathway

6:18

that leads us to a Palestinian state,

6:19

because that’s the only way we can ensure

6:22

that we can focus

6:23

on the future,

6:24

that we can focus on cooperation

6:26

that we prefer and focus on integration.

6:28

So I would hope that the leadership

6:31

of Israel sees that

6:32

it is not just the right thing to do,

6:34

it is not just the moral thing to do,

6:36

is not just the just thing

6:37

to do, to give the Palestinians

6:38

their rights and their state.

6:40

It is also in the security

6:42

and strategic interest of Israel

6:44

to do so.

6:45

And that’s, I think, up to them to decide

6:50

on a return to that renewed US push

6:53

by American officials

6:55

for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

6:57

Now, we were discussing this

6:59

a little bit earlier with Jeremy

7:00

Diamond, Lebanon’s prime minister,

7:02

even suggesting that he is optimistic

7:05

at this point.

7:06

I’ll say Foreign Minister,

7:07

whether he shared that optimism

7:10

for an end to the conflict in Lebanon

7:13

and whether or not Saudi Arabia

7:15

is ready to reengage with Lebanon,

7:17

especially with Hezbollah’s military wing

7:20

significantly degraded.

7:22

We also talked about the Saudi

7:24

Iran relationship nearly two years

7:27

after that fragile truce was struck

7:30

between the two erstwhile enemies.

7:34

Have a listen.

7:36

I hope it’s the case that we can see

7:38

a ceasefire

7:39

in the immediate hours, in the immediate

7:43

short term.

7:44

I am not sure that that’s the case.

7:47

I don’t have the details.

7:48

I you know, I’m not part

7:50

we are not part of

7:51

the direct negotiations,

7:52

but the going on,

7:53

we certainly support the effort

7:55

that the US is undertaking

7:56

to find a pathway to a ceasefire.

7:59

I hope it comes to fruition.

8:01

It’s the same for that.

8:02

We have had unfortunately many false

8:05

starts, many pronouncements

8:07

of a near deal

8:09

for a ceasefire in Gaza

8:11

only to be disappointed.

8:12

And my understanding is that, you know,

8:15

we have in most

8:16

in most of those instances

8:17

where the talks eventually collapsed,

8:20

it has been

8:21

because there have been new requirements

8:23

and new demands

8:24

added on the part of Israel.

8:26

Are you prepared as the kingdom to

8:30

be better engaged going forward

8:32

and significantly and engaged

8:35

in order to help Lebanon

8:37

on the sort of road to recovery

8:39

with Hezbollah

8:40

still involved in politics,

8:42

if not as the sort of

8:45

strategic militant group that it has been

8:48

in the past?

8:49

Yeah, I mean,

8:50

from our perspective,

8:52

it’s up to the Lebanese.

8:53

As I said, I’m not going to

8:55

right now discuss

8:57

what exactly the shape of

8:59

Lebanon should be,

9:00

because it’s up to the Lebanese to decide

9:02

whatever.

9:03

You know, we see from that is going to

9:07

inform our judgments on how to

9:10

how much we can engage,

9:11

how much we can work with Lebanon,

9:13

how much we can facilitate,

9:16

you know, progress in areas there.

9:21

Do you see any signs

9:22

that Iran is putting pressure

9:24

on its Lebanese

9:25

ally, Hezbollah, to accept a truce?

9:30

You have,

9:31

you know, decent contacts

9:33

now with the Iranians.

9:34

So I’m just wondering

9:35

what your sort of understanding is.

9:39

I mean, I certainly hope that Iran,

9:42

like us,

9:43

is working towards regional de-escalation

9:46

on all fronts, not just in Lebanon.

9:49

And that’s

9:50

very much the focus of our conversations.

9:53

My conversations

9:54

with my Iranian counterpart.

9:55

What I hear from the Iranians

9:57

is that they are indeed

9:59

very much keyed into the fact

10:00

that as a continuing

10:02

of the cycle of escalation

10:03

is not in their interest.

10:05

I do hope that they are translating that

10:07

into actually

10:09

practical steps.

10:10

Well, let’s talk about Iran.

10:12

Are you confident that Israel’s

10:13

recent retaliatory

10:14

strike on these selected military sites

10:17

in Iran signals

10:18

the end of what has been this face

10:21

off that otherwise, you know, threatens

10:24

to plunge this region into further chaos?

10:28

Am I confident I cannot be confident

10:31

of anything

10:32

that is in the control

10:33

of other parties, of actors?

10:35

But what I can say is that I

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have made it clear

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to our Iranian counterparts

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that it is important that we avoid

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any further escalation.

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My sense is that at least on their side,

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that they realize the risks of escalation

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and would prefer to avoid it. But

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How far can Arab-American voters swing the 2024 US election?

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eud7JJop-g)

Arab-American voters are a key demographic seemingly swinging towards Donald Trump.

Some in the community feel abandoned by the Democrats because of their approach to the war in Gaza, and as the consequence of a gradual leftward creep by the party away from socially conservative values.

Michigan is also a crucial swing state – one of seven – which will hold the key to who will take the White House.

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2016 how did you vote I voted for

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Hillary Clinton 2020 I wrote in Bernie

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Sanders’s name and 2024 I’m voting for

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Trump wow why

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razza pal the

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genocide that’s it we have to punish

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genocide we cannot reward it with a

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second

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term conversations on a journey through

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Michigan voices that are surprising

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revealing contradictory

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but voices which could help shape this

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American election who will Arab

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Americans vote for and why does their

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vote matter so much to both

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candidates first the contradiction two

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weeks before the election Republican

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candidate Donald Trump on yet another

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visit to Michigan a must-win swing state

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he’s asked about the war in the Middle

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East well look he’s doing a good job J

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Biden is trying to hold him back just so

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you understand Biden is far superior to

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the to the VP uh he’s trying to hold him

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back and he probably should be doing the

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opposite actually I’m glad that b

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decided to do what he had to do but it’s

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that is by every measure Full Throttle

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support for Israeli Prime Minister

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Netanyahu and his war in Gaza and

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Lebanon so why how did this happen an

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hour after Trump said that welcome to

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Michigan and you know we all ultimately

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want one thing we want peace in the

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Middle East we’re going to get peace in

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the

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mid we trust you right let’s begin with

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the simple question why

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Trump It’s a combination of two things

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uh disappointment and hope

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disappointment at the current

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Administration uh and how they are

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handling things locally or

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internationally

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and uh hope that the new

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Administration uh led by by Trump if he

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wants the election will do something

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different to understand what’s going on

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here let’s take a step back in the

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United States there are approximately

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3.7 million Arab Americans the majority

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have ancestral ties to Lebanon Egypt

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Syria Yemen Iraq and the Palestinian

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territories and the arab-american

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community is at its largest here in

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Michigan

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why cars it was the birth of the motor

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industry which brought immigrants here

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decades ago Detroit just down the road

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is the motor city the city of Ford

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krysler General Motors now Michigan is

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these days a crucial swing state one of

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seven which will hold the key to who

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will take the White House and look how

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close it is back in 2016 Trump was the

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first Republican to win Michigan since

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1988 he defeated Hillary Clinton by

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fewer than 11,000 votes 4 years later in

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2020 Joe Biden won the state by only

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154,000 votes out of more than 5.5

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million cast that’s a margin of 2.8% I

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was a Democrat up until five months ago

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and then when I saw that there was no

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hope whatsoever that Biden and Harris

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would change their policies Visa the

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supply of weapons to the Israel that was

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killing uh large amounts of Palestinians

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the Israelis do not fear the

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Democrats the Israelis especially

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Netanyahu fears president Trump you can

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see then that small shifts in voting

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positions can change everything here and

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a big shift even within a certain small

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demographic of voter could have a big

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impact we voted on committed on on the

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primary election and there was uh over

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100,000 uncommitted vote in Michigan to

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send a message to the current

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Administration that we are not happy

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about uh what’s going on in the Middle

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East and how they are handling the

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situation we had some concerns and uh

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some requests none of them was addressed

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and so there was no reason for us to

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just uh continue supporting they just

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completely neglected our

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concerns and um

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so we had to look for the alternative we

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have a hope that uh uh some change will

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happen if president Trump wins that is a

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pretty Stark assessment of the situation

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in Michigan from a Democratic party

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leader so what are the polls saying 40%

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of Arab Americans say they will vote for

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Trump that is a 5% increase from 2020

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according to the Arab American Institute

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even though Michigan is a competitive

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state it lean Democratic in presidential

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elections but the latest poll shows that

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Arab Americans are now tied in who they

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identify as both Republicans and

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Democrats at around 38% so why is that a

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third party or independent candidate has

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never won a presidential election in the

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United States so many Americans tend to

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vote for the candidate they least

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dislike or sometimes they don’t vote at

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all in this case many seem to be voting

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to quote punish the democrats for Gaza

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so so your vote is an active um protest

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vote and and to vote for Stein would be

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a passive protest vote it would be a

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passive Pro protest vote and it would

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also based on the numbers not help Trump

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win um it would not help defeat teris so

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for me my vote is not only a protest

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vote it is mathematical strategy it is a

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way to ensure that Harris loses cuz you

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don’t sound like a republican I am not a

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republican I don’t think I will be I

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vote based on policy and right now the

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policy in Gazza is the at the Forefront

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everything every other policy every

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other issue is is negligible it’s all

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about ending a genocide holding somebody

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accountable for the deaths of 200,000

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civilians we we are literally

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funding the burning a live of humans in

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front of us that are on video we’re

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funding children children being

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mutilated it’s not like we stopped or

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had pause we are actively funding

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it there is no other issue to me of

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importance or of consequence none I came

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home the day I I met Trump and I I gave

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my son a magga hat and I said I guess I

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guess we’re there and he said he said ew

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his first words to me were ew I said but

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Baba he said he’s gonna stop the war and

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he said okay that’s it give me that hat

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we’re voting for Trump and that’s that’s

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the sentiment not just of an 8-year-old

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but of an entire Community you’re going

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to stop the war even if I don’t like you

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I’m I’m on your team B what do you

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say what do you say we V on Election Day

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we V on Election Day it’s not common for

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foreign policy to be at the Forefront of

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an election campaign but Israel’s war in

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Gaza has undoubtedly shaped the views

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and the votes of many Arab Americans

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here I’m an old guy

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right I would tell you that not since

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Vietnam have I seen a foreign policy

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issue have this dramatic an impact on an

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election even the Iraq War which did

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have an impact um did not produce the

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same the same direct result especially

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not just in terms of its impact on Arab

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Americans but on its impact of the

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broader Democratic constituency um

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look at Y young voters when we did a

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national poll of American voters uh a

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few months back young voters black

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Latino Asian voters what what one calls

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the Obama Coalition the the progressive

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Coalition of Voters two to one oppose

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Israel’s policy and two to one are upset

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with the failure of the administration

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to address it I’d say about 10 15% of

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those voters are at risk in uh for

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Democrats because of their feelings

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about Gaza we are fighting for America’s

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future and we understand the opportunity

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we have before us to turn the page on

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the fear

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I think unfortunately that some in the

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Harris campaign feel that they’ve given

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up they just don’t know they can ever

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win that Community back especially now

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with with Lebanon um at risk and a a

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very large number of the U Michigan Arab

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American Community are Lebanese uh this

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is going to be a very different election

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than it could have been uh and Gaza is

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largely the reason why and I think that

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right now the advantage is Trump and um

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look as a lifelong Democrat that

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troubles me I’m just looking at the

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numbers and telling you what they are

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since the war in Gaza began Joe Biden

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has provided Israel with billions of

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dollars in Military Support sparking

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anger here and Beyond remember Michigan

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helped deliver Biden his victory back in

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2020 and this is a potential electoral

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weakness that Donald Trump hopes to

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exploit he’s using useful surrogates to

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help him including his extend family

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this is massud bulos a Lebanese American

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businessman his son is married to Donald

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Trump’s daughter Tiffany and he spoke to

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Sky News the energy that this this great

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man has is just unparalleled is

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unbelievable and he didn’t have to do

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this he’s a billionaire he could have

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been retired he could have been in on

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any beach now enjoying his time with his

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beautiful wife and beautiful family and

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beautiful grandkids and just resting but

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he’s doing this for America he’s doing

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this for the world it’s easy then to see

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why voters might be drawn away from

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Biden and Harris it is a protest for

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Gaza and Lebanon but here’s the puzzle

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why would they be drawn to a man Donald

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Trump whose policy on Gaza and Lebanon

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is not likely to be different from

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Biden’s or Harris’s if anything he could

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be more pro-israel remember too that

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Donald Trump was the man who put in

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place the so-called Muslim ban during

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his last presidency that phrase isn’t

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entirely accurate it was a travel ban

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for citizens from certain Muslim

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majority countries over security fears

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it was later overturned by the Supreme

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Court but the sentiment that Trump was

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hardly pro-immigration and pro-muslim

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well that resonated over time though

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things have changed we as Muslims stand

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with President Trump because he promises

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peace he promises peace not

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War I personally

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believe that God SA his life twice for a

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reason one thing that the the Democrats

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keep sending to to our communities to

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scare them that you will come and Deport

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them although some of them are second

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and third generation immigrants so I

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want you to to respond to these uh

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accusations and and uh fear uh

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delivering to our community what would

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you news

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news it’s about culture wars as well

11:59

about different values people here are

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traditionally conservative increasingly

12:04

many are uncomfortable with the leftward

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creep of the democratic party education

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in schools lgbtq plus issues they feel

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the policies of the Democrats no longer

12:14

align with their own values trumps

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though well they do the Republican party

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is a conservative party our communities

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are very conservative more conservative

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than the Republican Party family and

12:27

Faith oriented person remember when he

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talks about raising his kids what does

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he say he say he taught them no drugs no

12:35

alcohol no smoking is

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it we support Donald J Trump for his

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commitment to promoting Family Values a

12:46

prevailing sentiment Echoes here the

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idea that no one can be worse than the

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Democrats on Israel Gaza and that

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domestically on social issues and the

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economy Trump would be better for this

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Community I I guess what lots of people

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will struggle with is they may

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understand that you feel abandoned by

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the Democrats but but to support a man

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for you personally for to support a man

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who just the other day said that all

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yemenis were terrorists you are yemeni

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he did not say that he said a lot of

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terrorist comes from Yemen when he was

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Sten AB is that true yes that’s what no

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but is that true that lots of terrorists

13:23

come from no no I don’t agree with him

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on that but that the statement he was

13:28

talking about those illegal immigrants

13:30

released from Presence by the current

13:32

Administration and he said among them

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lot of terorists coming from Yemen I

13:37

protested against that and I sent him a

13:39

personal message that I’m not happy

13:41

about what I heard he he’s always

13:44

focusing his negative attention on

13:47

immigrants on the people that you

13:49

represent in in this community despite

13:51

of what he keeps saying I said in my

13:54

endorsement that I don’t agree on

13:56

everything with him 100% so there are

13:59

some disagreements that this is

14:01

statement that was said about theese is

14:02

one of them and I protested and he

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listened to me and he appreciated it

14:07

even to the point where he said now

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every time I speak I have to think about

14:11

what mayor gallab doesn’t want to hear

14:13

so he knows uh that uh you know before

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he didn’t listen he didn’t meet any y or

14:20

any person to explain to him the

14:22

situation maybe he was misinformed about

14:25

some stuff now he’s coming to hamic to

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show respect and appreciation to the

14:29

Community do you worry that that he’s

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using you that he knows he needs your

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votes because he knows he needs Michigan

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and actually he doesn’t really care

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about you and your community well uh I

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can’t guarantee anything I I I told my

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community too that uh I I I have no uh

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uh guarantees here’s something worth

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considering turnout traditionally Arab

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American voter turnout has been high 80%

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or so but this year only 63% % of the

14:59

community say they are enthusiastic

15:01

about voting in the presidential

15:03

election that will likely impact turnout

15:06

in November and from our conversations

15:08

in the community they are engaged and

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crucially it is about much more than

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just the war a new president might be

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the answer to fix and that new president

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would be

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Trump possibly I think we need like a

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quick fix right now and I think Trump is

15:27

the answer but possibly I’m not sure it

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won’t take many to swing this state and

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streamline the path to the White House

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here through all the contradictions they

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are swinging to Trump

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[Applause]

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