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and here in studio with me is laura friedman, president of the foundation for middle east peace. thank you all for joining me. i got a one to start with you. but we've seen the dire situation in gaza. schools and hospitals destroyed residents struggling to get basic necessities. i mean water for example, with violence against palestinians has drastically risen in the occupied westbank. at least $58.00 palestinians have been killed since october 7th. and there are reports that 2 villages have been de, populated. the situation has become increasingly unsustainable for palestinians, at least $229.00 powers things have been killed since the beginning of this year. can you talk about the reasons behind this escalation of violence and in particular in the west bank? of course, um, well, we're getting reports even as we speak about additional communities that are being this place. and i think the kind of them. so we're, we're seeing a move by the center is a very intentional move to capture on the fact that the world's attention is on gaza. right down. and that is always getting so much

. >> laura: tom friedman says it is disgusting one of the most deplorable chapters in our nations historyer offensive again? >> every day you get these reports how everything is going extremely well. but look at the map after one year you see almost no change in the amount of land and how many lives people saw the brutality of what happened war is brutal and we should think how we could make it is we don't have half a million casualties. >> laura: talk about academia you can see where it forms on college campuses but a harvard university larry summers is shocked which i am surprised he raise the point the delayed harvard leadership statement fails to meet the needs of the moment and the statement paled in comparison to statements on ukraine and george floyd he was shame to finally release a statement about the attacks in israel but the left was very united in the summer of love. >> yes. larry summers is brilliant and realistic but is not surprising a generation ago these institutions or if you go to harvard the big dining hall is dedicated those who died in the civil war is a basic love o

and i am very pleased to announce that the governor signed laura friedman's bill, ab 645, our top legislator priority, which authorizes finally speed safety cameras on a limited basis in california. california now joins us. most of the rest of the world and at least 18 us states, including states like mississippi and virginia and tennessee, in legalizing ing this basic life saving technology that can cut traffic fatalities by as much as half. we were fortunate to have attended a celebration event hosted by walk sf last night that included a based basically the entire spectrum of policy makers here in san francisco, members of our board, many members of our staff, families for safe streets and advocates from all over san francisco, all of whom came together under a quite big tent in order to continually expand the coalition of people who could support this this measure by listening to them carefully and by incremental adjustments to the legislation to the point where it finally got signed. so thank you to all of you, and particularly jerry ekin, for your support. there's a couple of other bil

is the legislature approval of ab645, the speed safety camera pilot bill from assembly woman laura friedman that authorize implementation of speed safety cameras in six cal cities including san francisco. i focused on the need for sfpd to step enforcement of unsafe traffic behaviors and will hold a hearing on that at our pss committee at the board of supervisors this thursday september 28 beginning at 10 a.m. thank colleagues and community members for your support on the effort. i want to thank walk sf, bay area safe streets, commissioner peskin and commissioner dorsey and broad state wide coalition that advocated to get this speed safety camera bill to the governor's desk for signature. we need this tool along with sfpd traffic enforcement and all the other tools to counter the sad disturbing increase in severe and fatal crashes, including the tragic death of a child and two seniors in the past month alone on our streets. i submitted to governor newsom [indiscernible] vision zero strategies implementing later on this morning agenda. finally, as many of you probably all of you know and expe

and i am very pleased to announce that the governor signed laura friedman's bill, ab 645, our top legislator cameras on a limited basis in california. california now joins us. most of the rest of the world and at least 18 us states, including states like mississippi and virginia and tennessee, in legalizing ing this basic life saving technology that can cut traffic fatalities by as much as half. we were fortunate to have attended a celebration event hosted by walk sf last night that included a based basically the entire spectrum of policy makers here in san francisco, members of our board, many members of our staff, families for safe streets and advocates from all over san francisco, all of whom came together under a quite big tent in order to continually expand the coalition of people who could support this this measure by listening to them carefully and by incremental adjustments to the legislation to the point where it finally got signed. so thank you to all of you, and particularly jerry ekin, for your support. there's a couple of other bills that also got signed. ab 361 now allows local

and i am very pleased to announce that the governor signed laura friedman's bill, ab 645, our top legislator priority, which authorizes finally speed safety cameras on a limited basis in california. california now joins us. most of the rest of the world and at least 18 us states, including states like mississippi and virginia and tennessee, in legalizing ing this basic life saving technology that can cut traffic fatalities by as much as half. we were fortunate to have attended a celebration event hosted by walk sf last night that included a based basically the entire spectrum of policy makers here in san francisco, members of our board, many members of our staff, families for safe streets and advocates from all over san francisco, all of whom came together under a quite big tent in order to continually expand the coalition of people who could support this this measure by listening to them carefully and by incremental adjustments to the legislation to the point where it finally got signed. so thank you to all of you, and particularly jerry ekin, for your support. there's a couple of other bil