 I'm Mero. I'm Nadim. And today we're on Church Street asking people their opinions on the Palestinian Israeli conflict. Let's ask them and see what what will they say. What are your thoughts on the Israeli-Palestine conflict? Well I think it's really horrifying. I have been really frustrated to see a lot of public officials, especially US officials, standing with Israel but not standing with Palestine. I think there's been a really, I think the terrorism that Hamas is inflicting on Israeli people is terrible. And also I think if you call what Hamas is doing terrorism then you also have to call what the Israeli government has been doing over the last 20 years terrorism as well in pushing the Palestinian people closer and closer together on this tiny strip of land, this strip of Gaza. It's just really frustrating to see the international community standing with one group of people and not recognizing the really violent oppression that's happening to the other group of people. So that's how I'm feeling. And where have you been getting your like media about this issue? I follow a couple of Instagram accounts that Land Palestine, Ion Palestine are a couple of accounts that have journalists in Palestine that are covering the the violence there. I also often find democracy now covers this issue in a way that other news outlets tend not to. I really bring a lot of skepticism to mainstream news outlets in terms of coverage of this issue, especially you know the New York Times and CNN folks like that. I think that the Israelis have the absolute right to defend themselves and the atrociousness that happened there and I hope they do. From where do you get all the information about this matter? From the news. I mean where else do you get it? Of course the news. Like news like TVs or internet or radio. I get most of my information. I'm on holiday right now so I'm getting things off the internet. Using social media or what? I don't use social media. I use sites like Real Clear Politics for instance which is a good one. CNN, Fox News, I try and get a balanced view of everything. Do you think it's a balanced view and CNN and Fox and like such media? I think that both sides are a little bit prejudice. That's why I read both sides so I can make my own decision, try and get actual real information which is not easy but I think I've got enough to make my decisions of what's going on. I think there are a lot of people that are saying a lot of things that don't really know everything from all of the angles of the story and that this has been a deep-rooted issue for many many decades and a lot of people I think are trying to simplify it based off of the simple story that they hear. Are you getting your news from or media from? I would say mostly the New York Times but definitely something that I don't really investigate a lot like that story specifically I guess I would say. But I see a lot on social media and I try to always think of it critically yeah. That's what you're talking about right now. What's going on now or just before or along the time? Right now on the length of time. I feel like if you're talking about right now you might be a little bit uh how can I call this because if you see it well talking about the conflict all along or over years more than 50 years you know about the conflict if you're talking but now if you're talking about what's going on now I feel like uh they have the right they are it's their land they have the right you know to maintain the land their houses I feel like if you guys it's just gonna ask right now what's going on you should ask them what they are doing all over the years this is just one I'm not I'm not you know supporting what should they call it? Who are them? You said them who are them? Damn I'm supporting you know of course Palestinian because it's their land and they're just you know how can I call it it's defense I'm not going to call it an attack or whatever it's defense their way you know defense their land all over. From where do you get all your information about this matter? All about the matter well I'm not going to call it the news but you know all over the years you know I am from Morocco and we support you know Palestinian conflict over you know from all the years that we know since you know our childhood that's why you know I know pretty much not I don't know all pretty much like all what's going on but from my opinion I feel like they have the right you know to maintain their land and support it and you know defense it. But I mean what what kind of media outlets do you usually use to get your information from? Well internet I'm not going to call it you know Facebook and whatever but you know all over pretty much. Not really like is it a thing with like the wedding maybe not? I'm really not sure. Same for me honestly I didn't follow all the news and yeah I don't know like the worldwide news I don't always follow it so yeah that's pretty much it. And where do you guys get your news from? Probably social media I don't really watch the news like on TV or same for me honestly I don't really watch TV and stuff like that. I think it's sad I think there's a lot of innocent people caught in the middle of the conflict. What else do I think? I think it's just hatred that's gone on for years and years and years between the Palestinians and the Israel Jewish people. I don't know I feel sad that I feel like maybe I ran promoted this. I ran. I ran. You're sure you ran? No I said I ran. Didn't I? Yeah yeah I guess that's it. From where do you get all the information about this case? Um online I don't know I just like online what you're using? Oh I read a novel I can't remember it was called Seven Gates of uh kind of told both sides like the killing on both sides like the Israelites killing the Palestinians the Palestinians killing the Jews I just I wish they could all get along. I feel sorry for the families and the kids and the innocent people. I think there are I think Hamas is a radical group. Again you get your information from you say from online and uh do you use like TV or or social media platforms? Uh some yeah some. What do you watch hugely for TV? Just the news. And Fox CBS. Today's show. Yeah she does. Today's show. Today's show. What awesome social media. Just what pops up in our state like you know news break Nebraska whatever yeah. Well I think the Palestinians have lived under Israeli occupation for far too long. I think the um the Palestinians have um have made a mark for themselves this time. From where you get all your information about this issue? New York Times. Things on television that I watch. Like what? Well for instance the BBC has more about the Palestinians than any of the uh the American networks um but I've uh I went to Palestine about 15 years ago um and so I was there for about seven days and was able to go from Tel Aviv to uh to Jerusalem. And um it uh it really opened my eyes because I saw the way the Palestinians were treated by the by the Israelis just stopping them on the street demanding to see papers. I was witness to all that and uh so I have a sense of just how angry the Palestinians are.