VERY
VERY UPLIFTING FOR US LIVE FROM IINDY. >> YOU'RE WATCHING 13 NEWS. IT IS A VERY VOLATILE
A VERY QUICKLY DEVELOPING
SITUATION. JUST A SECOND AGO WE
HEARD A SINGLE CRACK. IT
SOUNDED LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A SNIPER FIRE AND HERE COMES
THE THE DEADLY CONFLICT
ERUPTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST
RIGHT NOW MAY SEEM LIKE A
PROBLEM A WORLD AWAY BUT FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN INDIANA
IT IS VERY REAL AND VERY
FRIGHTENING. THOSE MISSILE
STRIKES AND VIOLENCE HAVE BEEN
ONGOING FOR MORE THAN A WEEK
NOW WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
KILLED AS THE US NOW FACES
GLOBAL PRESSURE TO HELP
FACILITATE PEACE, HOOSIERS ARE
GETTING INVOLVED WITH BOTH
WORDS AND ACTIONS. >> PEOPLE IN
BOTH THE PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH
COMMUNITIES HERE IN IINDY HAVE
FAMILY AND LOVED ONES
WITNESSING FIRSTHAND THE
CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ISRAELIS
AND THE PALESTINIANS MAKING
THIS DEEPLY PERSONAL AND
VISCERAL DESPITE BEING
THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY DEEPLY
PERSONAL TOO FOR THESE TWO MEN
ONE PALESTINIAN, ONE JEWISH
FRIENDS SINCE GRADE SCHOOL BOTH
RAISED IN IINDY WE HAVE TO MAKE
THIS UP FOR THE PEOPLE. >> THEY
CAME TOGETHER TO MONUMENT
CIRCLE TUESDAY TO REMEMBER THE
MORE THAN 200 PALESTINIANS
KILLED IN THE PAST TEN DAYS
NEVER GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF OUR
FRIENDSHIP. I THINK IF PEOPLE
THINK THEY HAVE A LOT MORE IN
COMMON THEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
TUESDAYS VIGIL WAS ORGANIZED BY
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN
PALESTINE BOTH FROM BUTLER AND
IUPUI. >> WE NEED TO LOOK AT
WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FRONT
OF OUR EYES AND WHAT WE SEE
HAPPENING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES
IS ETHNIC CLEANSING AND
GENOCIDE AND APARTHEID AND THAT
HURTS EVERYONE BUT NOT FOR THE
IRON DOME. MORE THAN 3000
ROCKETS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
LANDED ON ISRAELI CIVILIANS IN
TWO MINUTES WITH THE
INDIANAPOLIS JEWISH COMMUNITY
RELATIONS COUNCIL SAYS ISRAEL
IS ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE. WE
HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT
THAT A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY ISRAEL
IS DEFENDING THIS THE VERY
LIVES OF ITS CITIZENRY. THAT'S
WHAT EVERY STATE HAS A RIGHT TO
DO. THIS VIGIL ORGANIZER SEES
IT DIFFERENTLY CALLING THE
PALESTINIANS THE OPPRESSED AND
ISRAEL THE OPPRESSOR BECAUSE
THE OPPRESSED WHEN THEY STAND
UP AND THE MEANS YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER MEANS THEY USE IT IS
IN DEFENSE OF LIFE. YOU KNOW IT
IS IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM. IT IS
PUSHING TOWARDS A WORLD WITH
WITH EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE
FOR THESE TWO BEST FRIENDS
DESPITE THEIR SOMETIMES
DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE
CONFLICT, THEY CAN AGREE ON NO
MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE ISSUE
YOU'RE ON THAT THAT HUMAN LIFE
HAS VALUE AND THAT BOTH SIDES
NEED TO SEE THAT WE CAN GROW UP
TO HATE EACH OTHER. >> THIS
LATEST CONFLICT STARTED BACK ON
MAY 10TH WHEN HAMAS FIRED
MISSILES TOWARD JERUSALEM
SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN PROTESTS
OVER THE POLICING OF A MOSQUE
DURING RAMADAN. NOW KEEP IN
MIND A MAJORITY OF PALESTINIANS
DO NOT SUPPORT HAMAS AND
ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUP BUT
THEY'RE HOPING THIS CURRENT
CONFLICT CAN PRESSURE ISRAEL TO
GIVE THEM A HOMELAND. NOW
DESPITE BOTH ISRAEL AND HAMAS
FIRING ONE ANOTHER TODAY TALKS
OF A CEASE FIRE SEEM TO BE
GAINING TRACTION. >> GAZA WHERE
A LOT OF THIS VIOLENCE IS
UNFOLDING IS A TWENTY FIVE MILE
LONG STRIP THAT IS SANDWICHED
RIGHT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND EGYPT
.IT'S ONLY ABOUT SIX MILES
WIDE. SO HOW HAS SUCH A SMALL
AREA BECOME SUCH A BIG HARBOR
OF CONFLICT? WELL, THIS IS AN
ISSUE WITH A VERY LONG HISTORY.
BASICALLY IT'S CAUGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS FIGHT BETWEEN
ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS FOR
CONTROL OF LAND THAT IS RICH
WITH HISTORIC CULTURAL AND
RELIGIOUS IMPORTANCE FOR
REFERENCE THIS CURRENT ROUND
OF MAJOR CONFLICT IS THE FOURTH
SINCE 2008. NOW YOU CAN READ UP
ON CURRENT PEACE EFFORTS, U.S.
INVOLVEMENT AND