The rafah Border Crossing between egypt and gaza, the southern tip of gaza opening briefly and allowing 20 aid trucks into gaza. And after hamas releases two american hostages, more families are awaiting answers. Were talking to a mom and dad pleading for the release of their son, a harrowing tale as Israel Security officials are signaling readiness for a Ground Offensive. Trey yinst begins the hour. He is in our israel. David, good morning. Israelis continue to strike targets along the gaza strip as 15 days into this conflict, hamas are firing into central israel. I want to move away so the cameraman can pan the sunset. You can see thats gaza in the distance, you can see the smoke rising in the area and the sun is about to go down. This is coming as were getting new images from the southern Border Crossing between gaza and egypt. The rafah crossing. I want to show you the aid trucks entering the strip, 20 of them, according to officials, this was all part of a deal that was negotiated
Welcome. My name is brant rosen. Im the rabbi esthetic chicago and a member of the chicago chapter of jewish voice for peace. Two of the cosponsors of evenings program. Id like to first thank and honor our events primary sponsor, rights watch. As im sure many of you may know of Nathan Thrall appearances have been canceled recently. And the fact that we are here at all this evening is due the principles and quite the courage of rw and our good friends here at temple. Please, lets show some appreciation to those who made this evening possible. Were gathering together this evening. As we all know as a horrific tragedy continues to unfold in gaza and israel. Im tempted to say that when program was first scheduled, none of us could imagined the terrible circumstances in which we now find ourselves. But im not so sure thats completely true. Palestinians, their allies and numerous human organizations, including Human Rights Watch have long been sounding the alarm that israel has been subjecti
To. Do you want to add anything . I mean, its its sobering and sobering and i mean, the good news other day, some good news, i suppose is a very low bar. But durbin did step forward and call for a cease fire but the fact that so have not even done that. I mean your larger political analysis is of the situation there just call for a call for a cease fire at this seems to be a bottom. So i want to share something that share through others at on november 4th, the demonstration in washington, d. C. , and then segway to questions after that. So as people know, there was a massive mobilization in washington november 4th. Many some people this room may have gone. Many people know went and groups that i work with the rising Majority Movement for black lives, blacks for palestine and scholars for social justice were there and i offered a statement and some reflections that i want to share with you. And then we will open it up for questions. But its titled a black feminist statement of solidaire
Welcome. My name is brant rosen. Im the rabbi esthetic chicago and a member of the chicago chapter of jewish voice for peace. Two of the cosponsors of evenings program. Id like to first thank and honor our events primary sponsor, rights watch. As im sure many of you may know of Nathan Thrall appearances have been canceled recently. And the fact that we are here at all this evening is due the principles and quite the courage of rw and our good friends here at temple. Please, lets show some appreciation to those who made this evening possible. Were gathering together this evening. As we all know as a horrific tragedy continues to unfold in gaza and israel. Im tempted to say that when program was first scheduled, none of us could imagined the terrible circumstances in which we now find ourselves. But im not so sure thats completely true. Palestinians, their allies and numerous human organizations, including Human Rights Watch have long been sounding the alarm that israel has been subjecti
Seem to be enough, lets say. So cute, but they also have a lot of this imperial narrative in their works, i think that everyone understands about akunin, and he himself, by the way , wrote about the fact that, what he understands, that in his works there is a glorification of the russian of the empire, and that, too, is the reason why with him, if to sit down for a conversation is to sit down for a conversation and talk about what he is guilty of, because. Cultural narratives, and his texts are precisely cultural narratives that were read by millions of russians, they raised love for the russian empire, they raised , this is the desire to be useful to the empire and serve it, but this is a literary topic , and it is not suitable for conversations during the war, anyway, sofia andruhovich, in an interview recently, said that we should not help the russians to understand with their guilt complex, somehow she is like that said, do you agree with this, i agree , there is no point in talkin