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Speaker 4: I'd say New York is on edge. The city is

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Speaker 6: A lot of this discourse has been playing out, as

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Speaker 11: At the moment, I don't think that cancelling the rally

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Speaker 10: You exactly right, politicians, some call for these marches to

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Speaker 12: Can you know these things have happened in the past.

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Speaker 10: I mean, right now, safety is not worth that most

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Speaker 6: But let's go back to Paris and our reporter Jenny Chay.

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Speaker 4: In terms of school authorities, No I think everyone is

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Speaker 9: My Jewish sisters and brothers and I are on the

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Speaker 8: And there have been meetings between Jewish organizations and the government,

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Speaker 5: Listen, as long as the conflict is right, Palestini is going,

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Speaker 10: I think what happens in the Middle East is a huge,

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Speaker 6: East, Bloomberg's aim in Farhat in London, Katti of Porzikanski

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Speaker 6: in New York, Jenny Chay in Paris, and Michael Cohen

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Speaker 6: in Cape Town. Thank you to you all. After we

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Speaker 6: recorded this conversation, three college students of Palestinian descent were

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Speaker 6: shot and seriously injured near the University of Vermont's campus

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Speaker 6: in Burlington, or Police said they have no additional information

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Speaker 6: to suggest a motive. They noted that two of the

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Speaker 6: victims were wearing traditional Palestinian scarves known as cafeas at

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Speaker 6: the time of the assault. I'm Stephen Carroll. Thank you

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Speaker 6: for listening. This is Bloomberg

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Speaker 9: And