Juno News - October 19, 2023Pro-Palestine protesters HATE Justin Trudeau
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Summary
Pro-Palestine protests have taken place outside the Israel Consulate in downtown Toronto for the past two nights, and are expected to continue for the next few days. In this episode, we speak to pro-Palestinian protesters to get their side of the story.
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I think it's safe to say that things aren't looking very good.
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It feels as though we're collectively staring down the barrel of World War III, and very
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few people are doing anything to stop it from happening.
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When you mix that in with a decades-long program of mass migration into Canada, extreme financial
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hardship being faced by Canadians across the country, and a more polarized and tribal
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nation divided along ethnic and religious lines without a unifying Canadian culture
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for us all to embrace, we are looking at what one might describe as a powder keg.
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For two nights in a row, massive pro-Palestine demonstrations have taken place outside the
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Israel Consulate in downtown Toronto, where very emotional people accuse Israel of being
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murderers and of carrying out a genocide against Palestinians.
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Not only that, these people at the pro-Palestine demonstrations are very angry at Justin Trudeau
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They accuse Justin Trudeau of having the blood of innocent Palestinians on his hands.
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Just as we're seeing all over the world, large crowds of mostly immigrant Arabs are protesting
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in the streets after a bombing at a hospital in Gaza, which they blame Israel for.
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Israel denies all involvement and blames a misfired rocket fired from inside Gaza.
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Not just at a foreign country on the other side of the world, but this country, Canada.
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They believe Canada is playing a role in the murder of their people in their home countries.
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And after being on the ground covering these protests for the past two days, although things
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remain peaceful now, I am convinced that they are only going to get worse.
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But on this episode of Ratioed, we spoke to the pro-Palestine protesters to get their side
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And the common question for the episode is this.
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Should the Canadian government take a harsher stance toward the pro-Palestine protests happening
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Let me know in the comments and let's get into it.
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Didn't Justin Trudeau relentlessly remind us that diversity is our strength as he imported
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Canadians get that, that diversity is and must be a source of strength.
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Canadians understand that diversity is our strength.
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Well, it looks as though this diversity might not be exactly what Trudeau was talking about
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when he told us all it was going to be a strength for Canada.
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And just days after the federal government decided to ban prayers at official Remembrance
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Day ceremonies, prayers for Canadians who gave up their lives for this country to defend
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the freedoms we have in this country, we saw mass Islamic prayers happening along Bloor
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Street, which was shut down for a protest during rush hour.
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Of course, this is totally acceptable, but praying at a Remembrance Day ceremony for Canadians
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who lost their lives, that of course, doesn't fit with the multicultural vision presented
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For the second night in a row, large pro-Palestine demonstrations have taken over the Bloor-Young
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intersection in downtown Toronto, right outside the Israel Consulate.
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This intersection is one of the busiest in the city and is likely going to be shut down
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for the next few days during rush hour as these demonstrations continue.
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It should be noted that these protests, despite requiring a very heavy police presence of riot
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police, tactical units, and mounted police, things have remained very peaceful.
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That being said, after spending time on the ground and talking to these people, there are
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That's because even if we're being charitable to these pro-Palestine protesters, they don't
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In fact, they accuse Canada and our politicians of being behind the murder of their people.
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And whenever you feel about the protests happening in Canada, or the conflict happening
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right now between Israel and Hamas, what these protesters are expecting of Justin Trudeau
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Trudeau has already condemned what happened at the Gaza Hospital as being unacceptable and saying
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The news coming out of Gaza is horrific and absolutely unacceptable.
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International humanitarian and international law needs to be respected in this and in all
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But these protesters not only want Trudeau to condemn Israel for what they're doing to
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Gazan civilians, they want Trudeau to unequivocally stand on the side of Palestine.
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A side which refuses to condemn a listed terrorist organization in Canada, Hamas, which also happens
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In fact, the people protesting in Toronto, as you will soon hear, believe that Hamas bears
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no responsibility for what's happening to Gazan civilians inside Gaza right now.
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Also, at several points throughout our coverage last night, we were confronted by people who
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told us that we had to get lost to leave and that we are far-right media trying to agitate
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As you will see from our interviews, that was not at all the case.
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At one point, pro-Palestine protesters defended us as a very angry person confronting my cameraman
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Undoubtedly, there is a level of intimidation that these protesters try to employ when a journalist
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tries to explain what's happening on the ground at these protests.
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As soon as you start talking to the camera or interviewing someone, a large crowd of protesters
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will encircle you and listen to your every word.
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And if you say something that they don't like, they will tell you.
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I have covered many protests and that tactic is not something I've seen employed anywhere
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Again, whatever you think about this conflict or whatever side you're on, there are things
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Thousands of civilians, whether they are Jewish, whether they are Muslim, whether they are Palestinian
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And nobody should be cheering on the killing of innocent civilians or justifying it in any
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One civilian casualty is not better or worse than another civilian casualty just because
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War is hell and everyone should be able to pray for peace without being accused of supporting
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And as you'll see from the people protesting in the streets, that sentiment, despite whatever
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else is going on, is the overwhelming sentiment that they don't want civilians to die.
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Here's what the pro-Palestine protesters have to say about what's going on in their own
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Today we're out here and we're preaching for the genocide of our people, our people that
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have been under oppression for the last 75 years, our people who have had no freedom and
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no justice, and our people that are crying and screaming for our help and yet no one wants
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To stop the genocide, to stop the killing, to stop the hate, to stop the violence, that's
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what brings us here because it's not only my cause, it's not the Palestinian cause, it's
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not the Arab cause, it's the humanitarian cause.
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We want the killing, we want the hate, we want the violence to stop on all sides, on all parties.
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No more civilians dying, no more Palestinians dying, no more Israelis, no more Jews, no more
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All wars can get accomplished on tables, not by killing.
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We are here just to tell the whole world that we will not go down, we are standing for
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our rights, we are spreading the truth about what's going on in Gaza.
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I'm here today to protest for human rights for the Palestinian children and mothers, and
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to be honest, for humanity, for the Muslims, the Jews, and the Christians who are being
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Obviously, you believe that the response from the Israel government has been disproportionate
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In your opinion, I know it's a tough position to be put in, but in your opinion, what would
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a proportionate response look like for Israel for what happened 11 days ago?
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Are we talking about proportional with math and calculations?
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Because if we're talking about proportional, then we're never going to stop killing each
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We've heard people here chant that Justin Trudeau has blood on his hands, and a lot of people
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obviously hold the Canadian government responsible.
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We've also seen Trudeau say that the bombing at the hospital was unacceptable, and everybody
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So, in particular, what would you guys like to see the Canadian government do?
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At the end of the day, it's not just the Canadian government.
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It's the entire Western government, whether it be Canada or the States.
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We sit as people, and we pay our taxes, and we fight for the rights of the Ukrainians.
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We fought for the rights in the Holocaust, and this is Holocaust once more, and no one wants
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Justin Trudeau was admiring the Israeli government, the IDF, for what they did in the first three
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days, but once they bomb a hospital, that's when he wants to come on our side.
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He's saying unacceptable, but in the meantime, they are standing 100% with Israel.
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So, is that acceptable for you or for anybody to stand to pick and choose, and to say this
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is unacceptable, but we are standing beside Israel, and Israel has the right to defend
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I want him to come out and take Israel accountable for their actions.
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Say anything that's remotely related to Israel committing this genocide that we've all seen.
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And Trudeau hasn't said one thing at all, condemning Israel's actions for the past 75 years.
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That's why Canada, that's why Justin Trudeau has blood on their hands.
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I came here 21 years ago, and this country gave my family an opportunity.
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It gave me a home, a safe home, where my people weren't getting killed.
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They're sending, they're not taking care of our own people here on land.
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Honestly, all the politicians in the running, they're all trash.
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Do you think Hamas has to take any responsibility for what's happened to Palestinians over the past week?
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Well, without any sort of resistance, you can pretty much say that Palestine will be wiped out.
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We've been fighting for our lands, fighting for change.
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In Palestine and other countries as well, like Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, other countries, we've all been protesting.
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We've all been wanting our governments to take, like, steps to change the situation of the Palestinians.
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Do you think both sides have a right to defend themselves?
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They are the one who's controlling the sea, controlling the food, controlling the land.
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How you can equal between somebody who put them in a prison and the prisoner?
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Who am I the one who are under occupation since 1948?
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At the end of the day, ever since 9-11, any single Arab that wants to fight for the freedom of their people is labeled as a terrorist.
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Any single Arab that wants to speak the truth of their people is justified as a terrorist.
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If a white person or any other person came down here to speak for the freedom of their people, this would be labeled as a protest.
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In Islam, the murder of innocent people is wrong.
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And to say Gaza and Hamas were the ones that did it is completely incorrect.
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And the Western media portrays us as the terrorists.
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They killed people in Afghanistan and in Syria and in Libya and in many other Middle Eastern countries and justified it off of 9-11.
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Although things remain peaceful for now, I wouldn't expect that to continue.
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Things in Israel look like they're only going to get worse as a ground offensive seems imminent.
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The anger at Israel and directed at the Canadian government is only going to increase as more civilians die, which of course seems horribly inevitable.
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And we've already seen what happens at these protests in other parts of the world.
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In Berlin, 65 police were injured at a pro-Palestine protest as organizers called to burn everything.
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We've already seen leaders in other parts of the world called to ban pro-Palestine protests from happening.
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And I would assume that politicians in Canada will soon start doing the same thing.
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It also should be noted that it's unsustainable to be able to shut down the largest intersection in the city for several nights in a row during rush hour.
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At some point, the city will eventually have to say, you can't do this at Bloor Young.
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So I'm afraid this is not looking like it's going to end well.
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The winner is Chrystia Freeland for this absurd take.
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She wants to remind all Canadians that actually she is going to be the one who's going to make sure banks treat Canadians fairly.
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Not, of course, like she was the one who told banks to freeze accounts for people who dared to protest the government.
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Whether it is ensuring Canadians have access to affordable banking options and are not subjected to unfair fees,
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or making sure they receive the mortgage relief they need in times of distress,
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we will continue working to ensure Canadians are treated fairly by their banks.
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It seems as though, no matter what Chrystia Freeland writes on social media,
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Chrystia Freeland, the minister responsible for freezing the bank accounts of Canadians she didn't like,
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is also the minister in charge of making sure that Canadians are treated fairly by their banks.
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You are also making sure that you can shut down their bank accounts if they want to protest your fascist policies.
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Yikes. Rough day there for Chrystia Freeland.
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Did they really expect Canadians to forget that they froze the bank accounts of peaceful protesters?
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Alright everyone, that's going to do it for us this week on the show.
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My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Ratio.
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