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Speaker 1: Members of Darwin's Jewish community are holding a silent protest

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Speaker 1: today for the children of kidnapped of those for the

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Speaker 1: children who were kidnapped in Israel. Now joining me on

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Speaker 1: the line is one of the organizers of the silent protest.

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Speaker 1: It is Rabbi Manacham Aaron. Good morning to you, Rabbi.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning. Now

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Speaker 1: it's been more than forty days since thirty two Israeli

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Speaker 1: children witness the murder of their family and neighbors and

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Speaker 1: were taken by Hamas in Gaza. What is planned for

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Speaker 1: the peaceful protest?

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Speaker 2: So, yeah, So there's a small Jewish community up in

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Speaker 2: Darwin and they're getting together in solidarity with all those

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Speaker 2: children that have been brutally taken from their homes. They're

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Speaker 2: getting together and preparing a display to raise awareness for

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Speaker 2: all these very very young people that have been away

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Speaker 2: from the homes for a very long time.

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Speaker 1: And what is the message that you're hoping to send

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Speaker 1: and those that gathered together or hoping to send.

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Speaker 2: So I'm hoping to personally send support to those children,

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Speaker 2: to the families of those children that are obviously in

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Speaker 2: a lot, a lot of pain and a lot of

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Speaker 2: suffering for the past forty odd days. And we're also

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Speaker 2: trying to show that we care all the way here

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Speaker 2: in Australia. The Jewish people are united as one and

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Speaker 2: we could be thousands of miles away from Israel, all

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Speaker 2: the way up in Darwin, in you know, a remote

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Speaker 2: part of Australia, but that doesn't matter. We are united

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Speaker 2: as one and our brothers and sisters pain in Israel,

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Speaker 2: that is our pain.

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Speaker 1: And why is it something that you wanted to do?

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Speaker 1: Is it because you want people to realize that even

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Speaker 1: in places like Darwin, you know we do care.

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Speaker 2: It's a good question. But at the same time, these

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Speaker 2: children have been taken away from their home. It's the

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Speaker 2: only thing we can do. There's been a lot going on,

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Speaker 2: but we don't want these children to be forgotten. And

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Speaker 2: just to think about that, imagine if there's thirty kids

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Speaker 2: in Australia would be taken away from their homes. The

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Speaker 2: country would be turning itself upside down to get those home.

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Speaker 2: And that's what we're doing. We're trying to raise awareness

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Speaker 2: and make sure that everybody is a way of the

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Speaker 2: plight of these children and that it's unacceptable that they've

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Speaker 2: been gone for so long and that they need to

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Speaker 2: be brought home today.

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Speaker 1: Rabbi, how many people are you expecting to attend the

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Speaker 1: peaceful protest here in Darwin?

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Speaker 2: So it's it's not so much about the numbers, it's

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Speaker 2: more about putting those posters out there, making sure people

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Speaker 2: are aware of who is coming. It could be a

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Speaker 2: couple of hundred, We'll have to see how it goes

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Speaker 2: on through the afternoon. That's taking place this afternoon.

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Speaker 1: And are you aware of territories with links to those hostages?

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Speaker 2: There are, there's a small Jewish community up in Darwin.

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Speaker 2: As I mentioned before, none of them are directly related

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Speaker 2: to those hostages. But at the same time, like I said,

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Speaker 2: the Jewish people are united as one and we're feeling

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Speaker 2: for each other for those that are in captivity.

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Speaker 1: Today, Rabbi, what are the details of today's event?

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Speaker 2: So there'll be a display over there on the it's

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Speaker 2: going to be taking place at the Nightcliff foreshore. A

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Speaker 2: display over there displaying images of these children, these very

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Speaker 2: very young people that have been kidnapped, and that'll be

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Speaker 2: there for the public to be able to pass by

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Speaker 2: on Pedestine, travit people driving through the area, to be

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Speaker 2: able to see that and to be able to be

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Speaker 2: aware of exactly the fact that these children are still

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Speaker 2: missing today, Well.

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Speaker 1: Rabbi, I really appreciate your time this morning. I thank

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Speaker 1: you for speaking with us, and I know that there

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Speaker 1: will be certainly a number of people within the community

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Speaker 1: who are going to be keen to attend, so I

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Speaker 1: thank you for making us aware of it.

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Speaker 2: Yes, thank you, and also thank you to the Zioners

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Speaker 2: Federation of Australia for their assistance in putting this putting

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Speaker 2: this presentation together.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you so much for your time this morning.