Welcome. My name is grant rosen. I am the rabbi of fedex chicago and a member of the chicago chapter of jewish voice for peace. Two of the cosponsors of this evenings program. I would like to first thank and honor our events primary sponsor. As im sure many of you may know , several of the appearances have been canceled recently in the fact that we are here at all this evening is due to the principles and quite frankly, the courage of hrw and our good friends here at chicago temple. Lets show some appreciation to those that made this evening possible. [applause] we are gathering together this evening as we all know as a horrific tragedy continuing to unfold in gaza and israel. Im tempted to say that when this program was first scheduled none of us could have imagined the terrible circumstances thaty we now find ourselves. But im not so sure that that is completely true. Palestinians, their allies and numerous human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch have long been soundi
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Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And wellcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start in the middle east where americas top diplomat delivered an inperson message to the israeli people who are grieving and wounded. He said the United States will never back down from its support of israel. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is on his way to meet with other u. S. Allies in the region. Saudi arabia, egypt, uae, qatar, and jordan after standing side by side with Benjamin Netanyahu today. The secretary also met with families of americans killed and taken hostage by hamas, a group the u. S. Has labeled terrorists. The white house says at least 27 americans have been killed and at least 14 others remain missing. In its efforts to eliminate hamas which brutally attacked israel last saturday, Israel Defense forces are currently pounding gaza with air strikes today. Since hamas embeds itself within the palestinian population, this is tragically resulting in hundreds of innocent palestinian
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So knowing busily on the self and excited no story thats certainly not the answer. Im not excited at all about the olympics, even if its still a great event for parents. I have a lot of concerns about the organization, transportation. The fact that will continue to work and concerns for those who are going to swim in that water. That is just disgusting. Really disgusting. Yes, i have a lot of concerns organized as a set, the confidence, the mood and the searching will change as the event is the many parisians or sit they would like to leave the city during the games. If they could have doubts over whether the sitting is ready as possible as possible, and then a minute, a small spike as well. I dont think the city of paris itself is ready. In fact, there are things that we should have planned for sooner. Like im thinking of the month upon us Tower Construction site. In fact, we were promised a lot of stuff. I even remember that we were promised that transportation would be free and noth