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Speaker 1: The city and we with Kate Ritchie podcast.

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Speaker 2: You just covered in the news the burning of the

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Speaker 2: Israeli flag on the steps of the Opera House, which

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Speaker 2: is just disgusting to see. Thank you for keeping us

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Speaker 2: up to speed. It is confronting the images that we

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Speaker 2: are seeing across Israel, across Palestine. It's such a long story,

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Speaker 2: and you know, whatever side you might be taking here,

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Speaker 2: I think it's as we would all agree, it's just

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Speaker 2: extremely jarring and shocking to see what's going on. A

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Speaker 2: post us or this morning, I think sums it up perfectly,

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Speaker 2: which said, forget the story we think we all know.

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Speaker 2: Can we just agree that kidnapping women and children is

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Speaker 2: wrong and that I'm not ever going to say that word.

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Speaker 2: The treatment of an eight year old girl is wrong,

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Speaker 2: that torturing twelve year old boys is wrong. If you

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Speaker 2: don't think that's wrong, it's time to figure out what

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Speaker 2: the hell is wrong inside yourself. MDG will keep us

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Speaker 2: up to speed. But you know, to think that Israel

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Speaker 2: is looking to fight Hermas and then Hamas has come

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Speaker 2: out and said, well, with every attack, we will execute

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Speaker 2: one of these hostages kidnapped, Like, where do you go

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Speaker 2: from here?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's even conflict here as well, MDJ, and you've

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Speaker 2: been following it here. But it's it is. It's scary

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Speaker 2: all over the world because there are protests every week.

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Speaker 1: Well that's right. The majority of world leaders have come

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Speaker 1: out in support of Israel. Hamas is largely a aggressive,

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Speaker 1: militant terrorist. Their actions are designed to inflict terror and

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Speaker 1: inflict pain. The world has come out against and so

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Speaker 1: you saw, like with the sales of the Opera House,

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Speaker 1: many of the landmarks around the world lit up in

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Speaker 1: blue and white in support of Israel US. There are

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Speaker 1: Palestinian supporters around the world and here in Sydney. So

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Speaker 1: last night when they lit the Opera House sales, people

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Speaker 1: who are there to support and green those Israelis who

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Speaker 1: were killed. They were there along with pro and Palestinian

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Speaker 1: supporters who were there to stamp their authority as well.

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Speaker 1: And the scenes were ugly. Let's be very clear. The

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Speaker 1: burning of a flag, the lighting of flares, that's threatening.

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Speaker 1: One of the people we've heard from this morning say

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Speaker 1: police who were there those right, police look scared themselves.

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Speaker 1: Because you can see the intensity of the emotion. You

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Speaker 1: can also see the unpredictability of the situation and it's

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Speaker 1: going to continue. So the number one message that's come

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Speaker 1: out today from all Australian leaders in particular is yes,

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Speaker 1: people have strong feelings on this, but please do it peacefully,

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Speaker 1: do it in a way that shows your support without

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Speaker 1: hurting or injuring others, because we don't need to bring

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Speaker 1: the vans that we're seeing there here.

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Speaker 2: I made it mine recently in Israel, I said how

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Speaker 2: are you holding up, buddy? He said, sadly, not good.

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Speaker 2: A family friend was murdered out the front of his

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Speaker 2: house trying to save his wife and daughter. Thankfully they

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Speaker 2: were saved, but he was fatally shot. It's all too

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Speaker 2: real right now. That fine, Oh my god, that footage

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Speaker 2: from the fest of all that was going on where

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Speaker 2: they just took the Peace Festival Music and Peace Festival

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Speaker 2: two hundred and twenty.

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