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SALT LAKE CITY Adi Jamhour said he was heartbroken when he saw the images and videos of the violence and destruction as they emerged from his homeland, especially over the past few weeks and days.
He s originally from Palestine but moved to the U.S. and settled in Utah. He s watched from afar as Israel and Hamas forces have traded attacks on each other over the past week. It s considered the heaviest fighting between the two sides since 2014. (These are) people that I know and I relate to that they re basically struggling, and they re victims, and they ve been killed and injured, he said, standing on the lawn outside of the Salt Lake City-County Building Wednesday afternoon as a rally in support of Palestine and protest of over how Palestinian people have been treated in Isreal began.
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Adi Jamhour said he was heartbroken when he saw the images and videos of the violence and destruction as they emerged from his Palestinian homeland, especially over the past few weeks and days.
The Utah resident watched from afar as Israel and Hamas forces have traded attacks on each other over the past week. It’s considered the heaviest fighting between the two sides since 2014.
“(These are) people that I know and I relate to that they’re basically struggling, and they’re victims, and they’ve been killed and injured,” he said, standing on the lawn outside of the Salt Lake City-County Building Wednesday afternoon as a rally in support of Palestine and protest of over how Palestinian people have been treated in Israel began.
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Editor s note: This article is a part of a series reviewing Utah and U.S. history for KSL.com s Historic section.
SALT LAKE CITY For years Jan Benson felt conflicted about a piece of Utah and American history that his family had in their possession.
His family, through his father s various political and history connections, had acquired the first 45-star flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol right after Utah became the country s 45th state on Jan. 4, 1896. Benson, of Logan, was proud of his family s possession but also felt somewhat guilty because he knew it was something that belonged to everyone.
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A law enforcement officer bows their head in prayer during the annual Utah Police Memorial Service at the Utah Capitol on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Utah police officers, family, friends and community leaders gathered for the annual service honoring the 147 Utah police officers killed in the line of duty.
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Two names were added to Utah Law Enforcement Memorial this week.
“Today, Franklin Schaerrer and Nate Lyday are chilling examples of the reality of the commitment which lies within each of these fine officers with us today and those across our great state and our great nation,” Ogden Police Chief Eric Young said during the annual memorial service for Utah law enforcement on the west grounds of the state Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday.
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