. >> israeli forces and hamas fighters in gaza escalated dualling air strikes and rocket attacks. 15 were killed, israel is preparing a potential ground assault. i'm david shuster in more antonio mora. welcome to "consider this", that story and more straight ahead. >> israel appears to be poised for a possible ground invasion

of hamas controlled gaza. >> we are preparing ourselves for that development. >> israel called up 40,000 digsal troops. >> hamas is warning it has new capabilities. >> president obama heads to texas, no trip to the border is scheduled. >> the white house asking congress for close to $4 billion to deal with the immigration cries ace. >> nearly $2 billion for housing. >> the folks are seeking asylum, they are immigrants that don't need deporting, but care. >> a book saying he was given permission to use testosterone. >> he's a guy that changed the stance on baseball drug policy. >> harry potter is back in a new way. >> jk rowling giving new life to harry and the hogg warts gang with a new short story. we begin in israel where prime minister binyamin netanyahu declared the gloves

are now off against hamas. israeli war planes targeted more than 50 targets in gaza as the daily cycle and airstrikes waged on. all israelis have become a target for missiles. the attempts to mark the keepest attacks into israel nips this round begone. israeli -- began. israeli leaders authorised 40,000 army reservists to be called up if needed and threatened to land an invasion in gaza if adacks do not stop. tensions are high on the palestinian side after air strikes killed 15 in gaza. the broadcast featured the gruesome images, against the background of a squirmish and killing of three israeli teenagers in the west bank, and

what appeared to be a grisly revenge killing last week in jerusalem. joke us from the israeli border is al jazeera correspondent nick schifrin. great to have you on the programme. describe this rocket ahack in hiva, what is the significance of that, and the rockets aimed at tel aviv. >> this is a dramatic escalation from gaza, which is behind me. it's an hour and a half ago when a barrage of 40 rockets flew from gaza all over the country. the headline there is hifa. hamas announcing it fired the r1-60 rocket, the first time it used it, the first time of it reached 150 miles north of here. in tel aviv, we have a state of emergency, we saw a lot of people running for shelters, and heard airraid sirens going off again and again. and in jerusalem.

you have two rockets shot there, and they landed outside the city, and so you clearly have a real escalation of rockets from gaza, and in the minutes afterward, you had a huge escalation from israel. we were right on the border, looking over gazas a the news came in. in 20 seconds, 18 air strikes, these are with f-16s, every time, barrage after barrage. mice ills were pounding gaza, and on the ground i spoke to a lot of people, a lot of children very scared and families hunkered down in the homes, expecting another long night. >> what is israel's political and military leadership saying about where this is heading? >> i think they are saying there is no end in site as the spokesman put it, they wanted to

finish hamas's ability to launch rockets once and for all. prime minister binyamin netanyahu released a statement tonight saying we are determined to give citizens the safety and security. the hints are that this might be a ground operation in the offing, and what we have seen, the movement of tanks, the movement of armoured personnel car yours, and the movement of up to 40,000 reservists to bolster the campaign, israel indicating that this will not be a short campaign. >> you kated that the is -- indicated that israel has been dropping leaflets in gaza asking citizens to help. what is the reaction to turn the civilian pop awe hags against ham -- population against hamas? >> they mock the effort. when israel days become an

informant, tell us what is going on. there are informants, and israel gets a lot of intelligence, but the majority say it's on occupation, they are basically in prison in gaza, as the air strikes come, they are not able to scope anywhere. there's a blockade by sea and a wall. there's a sense among ordinary gassans that israel is not helping. as the barrage continues, and specifically in a populated area, that israel says it uses. as the strikes hit the areas, more and more gazzans are affected. >> nick schifrin reporting from hifa. where one of the furthest attacks was launched today. thank you for joining us nick schifrin. for more we are joined from teleavive by ambassador pinkers.

good to have you on the programme again. you hold us a week ago that israel was nod going to insaid gaza, it appears that the forces are mobilizing for a ground assault. what changed? >> i stand by what i told you a week ago. i don't see an israeli invasion into gaza, and i don't see a sustained effort to topple hamas. the first option entails too many casualties, and the second is impossible do accomplish, ie, toppling the hamas regime. you cannot do, topple hamas without invading gaza, which is why i stand by what i told you. both are not feasible. >> 40,000 reservists that have been called up, is it part of a

pr campaign, where israel was ratcheted up the pressure of the hamas authority. >> it's a good question. let me divide the april. the first is not like pr, it's like deterrence. the people need to know, while i'm saying, that it's not an option. israel practically and effectively has the option. and so hamas better be careful because if they extend or stretch our patients, israel can invade gaza. i think we will not. the second possibility, david, is what is more frightening or perplexing or more anxious. and that is that things go wrong if these operations. hamas lobbying rockets into israel. 2 minutes ago, as i entered the building where the studio is, there was a siren in the it tel

aviv area, and an incoming missile was intercepted by an antimissile missile. >> if one kills a bunch of innocent israeli civilians, or if an israeli attack mistakenly or inaccurate missile fired kills innocent civilians in gaza, things can escalate. computer game, that we were watching right now. it could escalating into somethingest. >> and why the reservists were called up. haven't the mistakes been made. there were strikes that killed a dozen people. some were arguably hamas fighters and some civilians, including two children. what is your rehabilitation. >> my reaction is that it's always unfortunate and it's always tragic.

and it is hamas that is inflicting intolerable pain on the in thes living in gaza, who are impoverished. israel is being lured into this, or has no choice but being cornered into a situation in which had has to respond. this tragic situation, this equation, is fled with miscalculations and i dread to use the horrible word. there has to be - there's bound to be - again i hate the word collateral damage. it's tragic on both sides. >> you mentioned a week ago that the israelis have gotten a lot of cooperation from the palestinian authorities, tracking those responsible for the death of the teenagers. how fragile is the level of cooperation, is there a danger that the cooperation in security, that it is counting

on, that it crumbles. >> well, right now the david poort is not -- palastinian authority is not involved. there's a logic to - there's a logic to making the case that the palestinian authority is - while not happy for the residents of gaza, but is quietly content and happy, with hamas being inflicted because hamas poses a threat with the palestinian authorities. reconciliation and coalition government are put aside for political reasons. i do see, david, israel and the palestinian authority continuing on their cooperation. i think it is likely and almost inevitable and natural, if i night add, for the palestinian authority to condemn israel, but quietly. i don't think they care much about hamas being beaten again. and, in fact, david, look at the

arab world's rehabilitation look at the arab league's rehabilitation, look at arab leaders' rehabilitation. it's almost unheard and certainly not making any difference or stirring any commotion in the middle east. no one seems to care about hamas. everyone believes hamas is a problem, not part of the solution. >> would you agree that mahmoud abbas, the leader who is leading the palestinian authority, that his political situation is perhaps more tenuous given the extremist elements of hamas, than, say, binyamin netanyahu's position is, vis-a-vis the extremist elements in israel. >> totally. >> absolutely. i think that - and i think that this is - part of this tragedy, part of the ill fortune on both sides, for both sides, is that this all comes at a time when there's an absence of a peace process. when there isn't a diplomatic negotiating process. which means that abbas, israel's

natural interlock uter - as you know, i no longer work for the deposit, i'm free to say that. i think mahmoud abbas is a partner, i think the palastinian authority is a viable and a credible enterlock tur and i do thing these kinds of operations, which again hopefully not, but could potentially escalate, pose a definite threat to mahmoud abbas. i agree with the premise of your question, yes. >> former israeli ambassador. >> thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. >> joining us from denver, colorado. an associate professor and director for the center of middle east studies at the school of international studies at the university of denver. you heard the ambassador express remorse and regret over the deaths of innocent civilians. what is your rabz to that? >> -- rehabilitation to that?

>> i think i welcome the sentiments, and we need a ceasefire and a deescalation to the hostilities enknufling the israel -- engulfing the israeli conflict. and then something that the ambassador did not mention, and we need a serious peace process. we have seen the movie before in 2008 and 2009. we had operation that killed 1500 people, most of them palestinians. we had 2012, operation pillar of defense. now we are at it again. we are in the cycle until somebody substance up to the plate and shows genuine leadership and provide a peace settlement. it will put an end to the conflict and attacks and counterattacks. >> is it possible to have peace talks or settlement talks at a time when - never mind the israeli air strikes, fired over

50 rockets into gaza and israel. >> how was that helpful. how was the hamas rocket attacks. how was it helpful to the palestinian cause or efforts to restart peace talks. >> they are not helpful. neither are the strikes killing civilians. >> i think it's pointless to go back and forth and emphasise and ask whose rockets and missiles are worse. we need a long-term, durable conflict, bringing us back to the obama administration. it has a lot to answer for, they are partly responsible for what we are seeing. it's given up a serious commitment after the demise. kerry peace initiative. we are back at square one, large by because the president obama administration dropped the ball. >> is it fair. if you say someone dropped the ball, isn't it fair to put the blame on negotiators and palestinan. john kerry couldn't get both

sides to agree on frameworks for a notion, for 10 months. how is that the obama administration's immigration fault. >> it's not an innocent party, it claims to be a broker in the conflict the the united states is israel's biggestally, supporting it diplomatically, militarily. i think until it does what it needs to do, that is keep pressure on the binyamin netanyahu government to make serious compromises to get us to a peace negotiation or peace settlement. we are not going to get there. in that sense the president obama administration decided and its unwillingness to show the leadership to apply the necessary pressure on the parties, principally the israeli side, in that sense president obama is responsible for creating the circumstances in the companies that it has engulfed israel and palestine.

>> i want to ask you about the leadership over the past couple of days. there has been strong rehabilitation to revenge killing of mohammed abukhdair. a gaza resident said this - watch. >> translation: everyone is a witness. sees and hears the crimes of the occupation, and the last of them, the crimes that the occupation committed against a young man. >> president binyamin netanyahu also condemned the killings and israel arrested six people for the murder. what else could the israeli government possibly do to soothe tensions? >> well, they can seriously negotiate a lasting comprehensive peace settlement based on international law, passed on the concept that there were two involved in the concept. >> i get your point. a lot agree they should be

negotiating, talking, responsibility. in the immediate focus when teenagers could be killed, what could either side do. >> condemning them is the first step, but it needs to go beyond expectations. this is happening in a context. it's been going on for far too long. it's not to be diminished. we shouldn't focus on what the israeli or palestinian leaders should do. it's not the israeli actions. until they step up to the plate, we'll be witnessing this conflict going on for the foreseeable future. >> ab sent an overarching peace process, no discussions, and given the environment on the ground, how do you see this playing out over the next couple of weeks. >> i suspect there'll be more rocket attacks on both sides coming from the gaza strip , israeli reprisals, and you'll

see civilians, larger numbers of them, mostly palestinian killed. a radicalization of the middle east. which, of course, complicates what is happening in the middle east, inflaming tensions and sentiments against israel, the west, and the united states. i suspect we are going to see this go on for a couple of weeks i don't see israel trying to occupy or sort of topple the hamas government. that would be a huge military risk for them. it doesn't seem like that is on the table for the future. i'm hoping that, you know, there can be a deescalation. until someone stels in, until the -- steps in, until the u.s. embassy steps in to de-escalate the conference, we are heading for more violence. >> well said. thank you for being on the programme. >> you're welcome. >> now for more stories from around the world. [ ♪ music ]

we begin in somalia, where militants attacked the palace. the president was attending a function elsewhere and was not harmed. a spokesman for al-shabab claim their forces killed troops in the raid. government officials say no casualties occurred, and the attackers were repep peled by security -- repelled by security forces. al-shabab controls much of the country and vowed to increase attacks during the holy month of ramadan. >> we head to japan, to the island of okayin awe weigh. it was hit by a typhoon. it barrelled closely to the islands south-west of japan. it's weakened from its status as a super typhoon, but the wind is gusting 150 miles per hour, toppling buildings and trees. one man has been confirmed

killed, which will reach tokyo and mainland japan in the week. we finish in venezuela, where a long-last painting by henry mattize has been returned years after being stolen from the contemporary art museum. the painting was recovered when they arrested two people for selling the painting. no one is sure when the pointing was -- painting was stolen, because it was replaced with a crude forgery unnoticed until 2002. according to american officials, the painting is worth around $3 million. that is some of what is happening around the world. coming up, president obama is looking for 3.7 billion in funding to help stop illegal immigration. will it make much difference? also, major league baseball standing alex rodriguez for more than a year. why did they give him the okay to use the drug a few years

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president obama asked congress for $3.7 billion to deal with the influx. imglant. according to the white house, the mummy would be allocated to send judges to the southern border, build additional detention facilities and add ates. the goal is to deploy the tens and thousands of women and children who entered illegally. mostly in the rio grand valley. tensions continue to play out in southern california. some of the migrants from busted, and protesters blocked the streetsers forcing buses from entering the towns. counterprotesters arrived. there has been arrests and discussions about bringing in

the national guard. let's bring in a congressman who represents the fourth district. visiting the border with nancy pelosi. and other house members. what do you make of the white house request - $4 billion for judges, border patrol agents and detention facilities, is that the solution? >> it's part of what congress needs to consider - working together in a humanitarian crisis, for children fleeing violent and oppressive continues in their home country in central america. >> a lot of people have identified those as the root cause, families are encouraging children to make the dangerous threat. is the administration doing enough to help the problems in these countries? >> to be clear. this is an issue, a law that was

passed in 2008 under president george bush. many of the critics are the same that voted for the law in 2008. rather that focus on partisan political scoring, they need to focus on the children. fleeing oppressive conditions, drug cartels, sex and human trafficking. violent gangs. these are not children trying to come for a promise of dhaka or legal administration of reform, they would not be eligible for the programs. these are children trying to flee a violent and oppressive conditions. let me be clear. these are the children that made it. there are countless children who died trying to flee the violent and oppressive conditions. >> does the obama administration

has a responsibility to advertising in these countries, get the word out that there is no amnesty. >> upped the law the president has to follow the law, requiring children from central american countries, they are noncontig use countries, who are supposed to, under the law, be placed in an appropriate setting once they are released from border detention and control. so that is the president just following the law. what i find hypocritical about the house republicans is they are criticising him for following a law passed by president george bush and the leaders. >> you can empathize with the feeling that a lot of migrants are making the trek because there are rumours going around,

spread by the drug cartel. if they make it to the united states, you get amnesty. technically that's not true. a lot thing the administration has a greater responsibility to educate people in the countries to make sure that they are not coming to the yauts based on rumours. >> clearly people should not put their children at risk because of a rumour that is not true. importantly, the united states working with allies through the united nations should be addressing the root causes causing the children to flee to begin with, which is the oppressive conditions of drug cartels and other schemes. that is causing the children to leave. i was on the border and talked to border control officers. what they told me is we need the resources put in the place that

is going to get children out of our custody so we can do our primary job, to protect and secure our borders. >> when the illegal immigrants make it to the united states, they have to be transferred to a facility where they can be processed. na is the backdrop for the california. where the federal government is trying to bus in bus roads of immigrants. there is nothing against the illegal immigrants, we can't use the gaol as a processing center, that's why we are blocking the buses. >> they are going against the federal law requiring border and custom control officers, federal agencies to take the unaccompanied minors into custody. it's required by federal law. the individuals blocking the buses are interfering with

fedoral officers performing legal responsibility under federal law. they should be held accountable for not cooperating with the federal officers. this is part of the law, and it's part of what is required under the law. >> that is a valid point. what about the point they are making. regardless of following the awe or not, what about we should not take illegal immigrants and put them in inhumane conditions and put them in a gaol or prison cell and turning it into a processing center? >> to be clear, they are not saying that the undocumented individuals should not be held in the detention center. they are saying they don't want them in their communities, that's against federal law. >> to be clear, we had the mayor on, and the city council, and they said maybe there are people who don't want illegal immigrants in their town. that's a valid point. the leadership says this is not about whether we want the

illegal immigrants, we don't have the facilities to turn a gaol into a processing center. shouldn't the government do more to help them with processing centers and facilities? >> the federal law requires after 72 hours, children from central american countries be released to department of health and human services under the refugee resettlement officers. the reason the unaccompanied chip are not able to be released is there aren't the places to transfer the children. that's what the border officers told me, when i visited the border, they need the resources put into healthy human services. these are children. i'm a father of three. we have a lot of partisan bickering in washington dc. all of us should be focussed on the central priority of the children, and what is in their best interests. it's not in their best interests

to have them contained in a scpral cell with bare flows, with no mattresses, blankets and inadequate facilities and resources to care for them, because it's a humanitarian crisis that should be addressed as such. >> a democrat who represents nevada's fourth district. thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> time to see what is trending on the web. let's check in with harmeli aregawi. >> this story is getting a lot of detention. a yankee fan is doing major sports entities, 26-year-old andrew fell asleep in the stands during the red sox game, the e.s.p.n. cameras caught him snoozing and announces opened an unending amount. words. based on this clip the announcers didn't use any.

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was given permission to use banned substances. during 2008 he was granted prime ministers to take med -- permission to take medication designed to increase testosterone levels. we talk to the managing editor of miami times, and the co-author of "blood sport." this is a revelation that rodriguez got prime ministers, is that the take away, the reveal. >> it was a surprising fact. we dove into the book with a great set of records from a clinic, that no one else had. through the course of the reporting we had a transcript of amex rod reeg -- alex rodriguez's hearing when he challenged his suspension. under baseball's policy, if you take a medication that is banned

but believe you have a medical reason to use it, you can ply to a doctor, explain your case and he can decide if they are allowed to use medication. in alex's case, he has permission, it was called the mother of all anabolic steroids. the doctor granted the prime ministers. alex had permission to use testosterone, way was amazing because 2007 is one of the best nears. he signed a contract. >> given that maimingor leek baseball approved this, why were there effort to take it under wraps. >> these exceptions were kept confidential. it didn't come out.

interesting aspect of this testosterone exceptions are rare. a young man, 31 at the time. there's few reasons why he would need it'ses to ter own, unless he had been using perform ds in his career before that date. we know that that's the case with a-rod, because he tested positive in 2003 for steroids. for that reason, it's almost never happening. >> what is major league baseball saying about this, alex rodriguez. >> major league baseball is standing by the process, saying it's rigorous, and they check it. it does not know who receives the tiwis. >> what is that. >> the near puttic use exemption. a-rod wants to move on and play in 2015.

>> is it egg on the face for major league baseball. he gets banned, suspended because of performance enhancing drugs, now we find out he was able to use it for a year. >> it was clear they were not thrilled about the em'em son in 2008 when he was given permission to use another drug that can boost tes toes ter own. it's important to note that this was part of the process that was administratived. as part of the drug policy they agreed on this. it's not unusual. what is unusual is to give an exemption. they'll review the policy. >> tell us how he was caught up in more of the performance enhaning drugs. what was going on, how did it come to pass. >> one thing we wanted to do was

put the biogenesis into context. he came into the league when we know the league took a permissive view towards the drugs. a large number of players used and there was no testing. when they started testing he was one of 104 players who failed. that kick started what happened in the league, now he is the central figure in the latest doping scandal ending up with 15 players suspended including alex with a ban. >> sounds like alex rodriguez didn't change as much. and alex was there from the beginning as the league became harsher and aggressive. >> it's true. he came when it was permissive. it was his rookie year. >> the attitudes towards stersides.

one thing we learnt was we learnt the details of anthony boschish's testimony. >> who is that? >> the chief of the steroid clinic providing to amex and more than a -- alex and more than a dozen other playersful he sided with major league baseball after pursuing him and he testified against alex rodriguez. we learnt the details of the testimony, and it shows how brazen therm, and sloppily -- they were, and sloppy. bosh would visit alex in his new york city apartments, in his mansion. at one point they met in a men's room of a nightclub. the fountain blue hotel nightclub in miami beach. bosch drew a-rod's blood and put

the vial on his breast pocket. instead of taking it to the lab or home, he went to the dance floor, danced, lost the vial, frantically looked for it and found it. it's incredible that these were the guys that caused so much trouble for major league baseball. and really blew up the game. >> the recklessness, it must be apparent to rodriguez, if he had blood drawn in the nightclub bathroom. >> it was effective. we know that tony bosch had a sophisticated doping regiment, he understood how baseball's tests worked and for the entire time that alex was on tony bosch's regiment, he never failed a drug test. it's the first case in baseball history where players were suspended without a positive test.

baseball brought in the department of investigation, which almost conducted a police-like investigation, was able to prove the charms against the -- charges against the guys, even though they had evaded a test. >> you guys are more familiar with rodriguez's stat sticks. he doesn't have the drugs or performance enhancing drugs. how does he do it? >> when they comes back. he'll turn 40 years old. his body appears to have been destroyed by his steroid youse and by aging. it's going to be rough in the bronx, i think, given that he took on the league and other players when he sued the players' union. it will be a rough season. if we learn anything about him, it's that he's determined and fights back. he'll be back and should be more dramas next year. it's out and available.

thank you both for your time. appreciate it. coming up. sarah palin drops a hint about wanting to join "the view", would they have her? the first republicans chose a city in a swing state to host the next lit call suggestion. recent history suggests the move may back fire. we'll explain the data dive is next.

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thing >> today's data dive is putting on a show. the republican party sight selection committee picked cleveland to host a convention, beating ot dallas. cleveland won because it isn't dallas. officials are scoerned about the texas heat. the lone star's shift to the extreme right and texas, for better or worse is home to the bush family. conventions are supposed to boost a presidential candidate in the eyes of independent and swing voters. republican party leaders aim to have the convention at the end of june or july, unifying the party sooner. cleveland's worth is beginning. the host committee is putting up

the costs of the tens of thousands are expected to attend, generally $200 million in revenue. ohio is crucial in the general election. the presidential winner in every election since 1960. here is another streak staring republicans in the face. the republicans lost the last five states to host the convention. democrats carried the state. all the way back to 1992. except for the last convention in 2012, in north carolina. coming up taylor swift made a fortune in music's $64 million. fortune is telling, and bucking wisdom. we will explain next. @jvé

taylor swift is going back to the future. the music superstar wrote an op ed in "the wall street journal," declaringal blooms are far from the past and -- albums are far from the past, and artists will decide what they are, and she'll pay for it. we'll bring in an al jazeera culture clinic. great to have you on the programme. she says people are buying albums in lower number, and artists will form bonds with artists, and that fans will continue to stay true. do you buy all of that? >> no. taylor swift. she's a remarkable young woman, tal epted and bright. i don't under the logic of her piece much the fact is fans have a chance to pay for albums, and they are not.

it's down 220% of what it was 10 or 15 years ago. the market is gone, it's not coming back. i don't understand why she of all people is complaining about it. she's one of a few artists making a lot of money. >> she'll continue to get record deals, because she has fans. she's an example of it. why is it naive to think all the change will lead to a resurgence in the music industry? >> it is just because there's a music industry. they go out on tour. almost any artist, if you buy a ticket to the show, you are giving them more money than you will of a lifetime of an old-fashioned cd or album. artists get a dollar or each. if you see them live they make $40 or $50. that's why the piece didn't tell people the whole sorry and

explain how the money works and why should fans spend $10 for an album and givate of it to n.c.a. nashville or sony. jk rowings posted a story on her website about ron and the rest of the crew, what is the update for fans? >> it's interesting. harry potter - he's a mature guy with streaks of grey in his hair. one of his buddies has thinning hear. hermione is flying around as a law enforcement person. this is a pop culture story, about money. there's a new harry potter attraction in florida, orlando, i don't think it's a coincidence that it was posted. >> to tie in with the movie. >> exactly. it's a movie, but they have a park in orlando, and a new one opening. and "the view", they have been cleaning house and hired

rosie o'donnell and then there's sarah palin who said: does "the view" want someone to go rogue? >> i don't think so. sarah palin doesn't really want it, she's good at inserting herself into debates and getting attention. i don't think she needs the view, it's better if they have a fading celebrity or an up and coming person, it's hard to see whoopy gold berg sharing stage with sarah palin, her personality is a little more narcissist tick, politics aside. talking about people fading, i would think in the world of political celebrity, sarah palin fits the bill. she's calling for obama's

impeachment. and someone that a lot wish would go away. >> absolutely. she's not very well liked. "the view" audience is old and female. i think that the producers will see how that might fit in. there may be a lot of older female audience people that like sale jip. i see her -- sarah palin. i see her making a lot of money that don't involve the gruelling hours of work. >> thanks as always for joining us. we peesht it. >> thank you. >> that is all for now. coming up on wednesday's "consider this". anger rises across america. a key player in the congressional battle, california representative joins us. jacques yves cousteau's grandson fabian returns from 31 days under water, he's dried off and ready to tell us about the experience in studio.

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