Abdallah Fayyad
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Correspondent, @voxdotcom | Pulitzer Prize finalist | Past: @BostonGlobe editorial board and @TheAtlantic
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Joined January 2013
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Prime example of why Israel’s numbers on civilian vs combatant casualties are entirely unserious. How cruel.
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A headline that perfectly captures what’s happening on American college campuses:
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The crowd is filling in outside the White House:
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If you’re outraged by what’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah now, wait till you find out how Israel was established.
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There’s actually just one reason: Israel doesn’t want aid to get to Gazans.
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There is no doubt in my mind that if western media covered Palestinians with the humanity afforded to Ukrainians, tens of thousands of lives would have been saved.
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What Ukrainian civilians are doing is armed resistance—a completely justifiable turn to violence to defend themselves. Americans have quickly understood that. I hope they can also be as understanding when non-Europeans turn to arms as a last resort in their struggles for freedom.
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“But it ended in two days.” They literally killed someone.
The Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was reprehensible. But it ended in two days. What’s happening now on college campuses is worse. It’s been happening for weeks with no end in sight. It’s based on hatred toward Jews and America. Where is Biden? Biden the hypocrite.
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"Palestinians are being told the same thing as Black folks in America: There is no acceptable form of resistance." . Powerful speech by Congresswoman @AyannaPressley.
We can't stand idly by when the United States government sends $3.8 billion of military aid to Israel that is used to demolish Palestinian homes, imprison Palestinian children and displace Palestinian families. Our government should not fund state violence in any form, anywhere.
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Israel has made explicit its goal of “maintaining a solid Jewish majority in [Jerusalem],” capping the Palestinian population at 40 percent. The only way to do that, given demographic trends, is through ethnic cleansing.
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Always interesting to see what gets labeled a massacre and what doesn't.
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Maybe women’s rights shouldn’t hinge on the whims of nine people, two of whom have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct.
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Netanyahu is absolutely right: George W. Bush should've been charged with war crimes.
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What a strange (revealing) thing for an Israeli military spokesman to say as a preemptive defense of killing a Palestinian journalist.
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It's unfortunate that this has to be said, but American lives are not more valuable than Afghan lives.
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Palestinians are indigenous to Palestine. It’s not just our narrative. It’s a fact.
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I will never forget the bloodthirsty, unconditional support for Israel we witnessed this past week. Never.
GAZA UPDATE: At least 724 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and shelling in the Gaza Strip since October 7, according to the Ministry of Health.
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The press is being banned from the institution that administers the Pulitzer Prizes.
NYPD forced all press out except for their own cop photographer, who doesn’t carry a press card — but a police badge. He’s taking video on his phone and shooting on a Canon.
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I finally read the Harvard letter and it’s entirely reasonable to say that the occupation is the root cause of the cycle of violence. I wrote an article making the same point. The fact that people have been blacklisted/lost job offers because of it is chilling. Mass hysteria.
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You can and should condemn the killing of civilians. You can argue there is no justification for such violence. But to call the attack “unprovoked” is not just dishonest but dehumanizing—as if to say the daily violence and oppression Palestinians face is an acceptable norm.
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Today, while asking me about who I was visiting on my trip, a border patrol agent said I was being “coy” with my answers and suggested that it would be possible that I am friends with—I kid you not—Osama Bin Laden.
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I wrote about how Israel has stolen Jerusalem from me. Even though I grew up in Sheikh Jarrah—a 10 minute walk from where my mom grew up—I can never live there again.
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For the Democrats, what’s happening to Palestinians isn’t a grave injustice; it’s an inconvenience they’d rather ignore.
BREAKING: a source tells me that the @DNC has said No to @uncommittedmvmt putting a Palestinian voice on the Convention stage to speak. There had been negotiations underway. Hoping this isn’t true. Waiting to hear more from @uncommittedmvmt.
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Demanding that Israel respect and recognize Palestinians' human rights is only difficult or radical if you don't think of Palestinians as human beings.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the DNC’s refusal (so far) to give a single Palestinian American voice any airtime:
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Stop calling on Egypt to accept Gazan refugees. That's the start of a mass expulsion—most will never be allowed to return. Many Gazans today are 1948 refugees. If Israel actually cares about civilian lives as it so claims, why won't it lift the blockade and let them return?.
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Go-go band leads crowd to Black Lives Matter Plaza (that’s the White House at the end of the strip):
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The whole point of this blackout, other than the sheer cruelty of it, is to prevent us from ever having a full accounting of the horrors befalling Gaza tonight.
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.@AOC: “We have a tight margin in the Senate. I respect that we have to get Senator Sinema and Manchin’s vote on reconciliation. They should also respect that there’s a very tight House margin and that we have to be able to uphold our end of the bargain as well.”.
Rep. @AOC on the bipartisan infrastructure deal: "If there is not a reconciliation bill in the House and if the Senate does not pass a reconciliation bill, we will uphold our end of the bargain and not pass the bipartisan bill until we get all of these investments in." #CNNSOTU
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There is not a single legitimate defense of Israel engineering a famine. You cannot justify starving anyone—let alone children or the elderly—to death. This is horrific, amoral, and illegal, and everyone should be outraged.
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Children in Gaza are literally being starved to death. That should be front page news every single day.
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.@gcaw, did you verify that the 150 Palestinian prisoners were accused or charged of serious crimes? Many aren’t told what evidence Israel has against them. Some accusations include stone throwing, “supporting terrorism” (broadly defined), incitement on social media, etc.
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I truly cannot imagine any other war where mainstream US news outlets would not be expressing righteous outrage—through editorials, statements, and damning coverage—over a country imposing a media blackout and killing scores of journalists.
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@conor64 If the Israelis weren’t interested in killing innocents, they could’ve agreed to a ceasefire deal.
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As it turns out, shoplifting rates were lower by the end of 2022 than they were before the pandemic. So I wrote about one of America's latest moral panics—the shoplifting wave that wasn't—and how it's undoing years of progress in criminal justice reform.
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“Not to be confused with Second impeachment of Donald Trump.”
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32,000+ killed, 2 million displaced, and the New York Times goes with Israel “asked them to flee”
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You’re literally not Palestinian.
As a brown and bearded man, I’ve spent time in both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Never felt unsafe or victimized or even looked at funnily in any way. I simply don’t recognize the #Israel these activists demonize day in and day out.
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The person being dehumanized in this video is not the soldier.
I never had a source assaulted in front of me until today when an Israeli soldier who stopped my interview did this with a Palestinian peace activist Issa Amro in Hebron. I can't stop thinking how dehumanizing the occupation is on the young soldiers charged with enforcing it.
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I wrote about the Israeli occupation of Palestine and where the “cycle of violence” begins—not with a single attack but by slowly and methodically, over the course of generations, vanquishing all hope among innocent people who have never known freedom.
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On Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, the Mourner’s Kaddish is heard outside the Supreme Court in honor of RBG. Ends with Shana Tova (wishing a happy new year).
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Simply being Palestinian is offensive to some people.
New: Rep. Rashida Tlaib still has a Palestinian flag hanging outside her House Office amid Hamas’ invasion of Israel. Story: .
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Whether Taylor Lorenz posted the story as a joke/meme or if she meant it sincerely doesn’t matter. What does matter is that the Washington Post is handling this situation as though Biden is a monarch who must not be criticized.
Top Wash Post editors are reviewing Taylor Lorenz's private Instagram story which appeared to label President Biden a "war criminal" in a photo she took at White House event. She argues it was just a joke off a real social media meme. My story for NPR: .
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The entire Republican argument against prosecuting Trump is that when they’re in power again, they simply won’t be able to resist jailing political opponents for completely illegitimate reasons.
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“Land long used by Palestinians”.
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I covered DC's BLM protests this summer, and not once did I see police—let alone police in riot gear—walk alongside protesters like this. They would be blockading streets or dispersing crowds (often violently, shoving, tear gassing, shooting rubber bullets, etc.) . Gross contrast.
This group — w/ Proud Boys in the yellow & black — is trying to march to BLM Plaza, as police in riot gear walk along side them. Officers have shut down the street at H and Vermont, not allowing them to pass. But as they march up together, it really looks like a police escort.
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Prisoners are 5.5 times more like to get covid than the general population and 3 times more likely to die from it.
2 Mass. Prisoners Die Of COVID-19 | WBUR News
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Here’s to all Palestinian journalists covering the occupation, day in and day out, who are so rarely recognized for their bravery and their courage to shed light on Palestinians’ stories. They risk their freedom, their wellbeing, and their lives to simply tell the truth.
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US: We are concerned about your behavior. Israel: ok. US: Anyway, here’s another $3 billion.
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All these nonsensical explanations for why protests are happening underscore just how dehumanized Palestinians are in the eyes of mainstream media. Somehow the slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians can’t possibly be enough to move people to take to the streets.
Why has the Gaza war spun colleges into chaos?. Because campuses have weakened as actual communities, where people mingle, interact and get to know and trust each other. My latest column:
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"Joe Scarborough had gotten it precisely wrong; the boos that emanated from Nats Park, demanding to be heard by the president, were profoundly American."
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At least 58,000 Palestinians have been internally displaced and made homeless in Gaza.
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My first impulse was to inform him that bin Laden is dead, but I wasn’t sure how that would be received so I let that technicality go.
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“Defund the police” did not, as it turns out, prevent Democrats from controlling the house, senate, and the presidency.
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One DC-specific observation: The marches have not moved beyond L'Enfant's original plan, showcasing the street grid's purpose as a monument to democracy: Diagonal avenues with vistas of government buildings allow protesters to easily navigate where to go to express discontent.
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If a Palestinian spoke about Israel and Israelis the way Naftali Bennett talks about Palestine and Palestinians, they would, without question, be called genocidal.
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Growing up in Palestine, I was told by the West that I come from a violent culture. Meanwhile in America, politicians accepted school shootings as something Americans just have to live with. We worried about a lot of things when we were in school; a shooting wasn’t one of them.
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Looking forward to hearing what the people who said “Arab Americans are only 2 percent of Michigan’s population” will say.
its 16% uncommitted with none of the Dearborn vote in lol.
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Yes, this op-ed from Josh Shapiro is more than 30 years old. It was then, as it is today, an incredibly racist thing to say.
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For my first piece for @voxdotcom, I wrote about Palestinian prisoners and Israel's unlawful detention practices, which include persecution and the severe restrictions of civil rights, crackdowns on speech and dissent, sham trials, and torture.
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Spray painted on the White House Historical Association building
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The Palestinian students who were shot in Vermont were wearing keffiyehs. So I wrote about the history of the keffiyeh—how it evolved from a practical garment to a tool of class struggle to an emblem of an aspiring nation—and why it evokes so much emotion:
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I wasn't planning on freelancing between jobs. But an opinion editor looking to publish more Palestinian voices solicited an op-ed from me about the war on Gaza. I filed a piece this morning. It went through edits, but a higher up just killed it and I wasn't given a reason.
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This is recklessly irresponsible journalism. The @nytimes entirely omitted the reason for the protest—that the synagogue was hosting an event selling properties in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. These are the outlets that worry about misinformation and hate?.
in the CNN report, you gotta scroll for a bit before hitting the actual reason for the protest - only after it’s already been characterized as antisemitic and put in the ‘context’ of ‘rising antisemitism’ from anti-genocide protestors.
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.@BostonGlobe Editorial Board: If George Santos had any sense of decency, he would resign. But given that he has so far shown no inclination of doing so, investigators should get to work unraveling the source of his campaign money — now.
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It was an absurd and extremely weird interaction. I asked him if he said that because of my name. “man I didn’t even know what your name was until now that I’m looking at it,” he said as though he had not just gone through my passport, scanned my face, etc.
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Wrote about how thoughtful many Arab American and pro-Palestinian voters are being about their votes. If Trump wins by a slim margin, it’s not going to be their fault, as many liberal commentators would like you to believe. 1/2
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We as a society need to decide whether biweekly is once every two weeks or twice a week.
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Israel simultaneously aired a $7 million Super Bowl ad while killing scores of Palestinians in a so-called “safe zone”.
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.@LindseyGrahamSC told @JeffreyGoldberg in 2018 that should he become chair of the Judiciary Cmte, he would not confirm a SCOTUS nominee in 2020: “If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term and the primary process is started, we’ll wait for the next election.”.
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I asked @SenWarren why she came out today. “Cuz she real!” someone shouted from behind. “We can’t just stand back. We can’t do this,” she said, adding that change will happen as a result of these protests “because were gonna stay on it. I want to see police practices change.”.
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Two protesters were taken to the hospital. @MayorWu has to address this. Why is the BPD violently suppressing student protests?.
Boston police forcibly remove Emerson pro-Palestinian tent encampment, at least 100 arrested
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I will never understand why politicians, specifically those who love to talk about democracy, treat protesters with such disdain and disrespect. It is not disrespectful to protest or interrupt a speech that one of the most powerful people in the world is making—that’s democracy!.
Pro-Palestine protesters just disrupted Kamala's speech in Michigan. Her response: "If you want Donald Trump to win say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.”
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Why are newsrooms so reluctant to use the name Palestine? The few times you see it is when it's hyphenated ("Israel-Palestine"), in a quote, or in the opinion pages. Palestine is a state recognized by the vast majority of countries and the United Nations. It's a real place.
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Why is “occupation of Palestine” in quotes? How is that objective journalism?
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@glennkirschner2 That's why we at the Boston Globe Editorial Board are making the case to prosecute Donald Trump. @GlobeOpinion:
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For example, this kid was detained for going to Al Aqsa without a permit:
Israel detained this Palestinian boy for about six months. Why? Because he wanted to pray at Al Aqsa Mosque and dared to try.
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It turns out the West can support a movement to, uh, boycott, divest, and sanction…
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Police charge at protesters to move them out of the area. They’ve detonated at least 8 stun grenades so far and used chemical irritant. You can see an officer shoving protester to the ground here:
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It's much easier to blame Netanyahu than it is to take an honest look at what the country he serves has stood for since its founding.
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I don’t have a definitive answer for why Harris lost—there are many reasons I can point to—but I find it amazing how the moderates who demanded Dems run a moderate campaign got exactly what they wanted and are now blaming everyone and everything except for their failed strategy.
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The World Health Organization says that, in the coming months, more Palestinians could die from disease and starvation than the total number of Palestinians killed in the war so far.
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Pointing out racist/classist double standards in how Western media and governments respond to war in Europe vs the rest of the world is not "hijacking" the moment to shift focus elsewhere. It's demanding that this humanitarianism be extended to all people regardless of background.
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Amazing how the White House says it has enough information about Hamas tunnels in an attempt to justify hospital raids but somehow can’t track its own weapons and how they’re used.
However, State Dept says it does not have complete information to verify whether U.S. weapons were specifically used in actions that have been alleged as violations of international humanitarian law or international human rights law during the period of the report.
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One month later, it’s now nearly one out of every 100 people in Gaza killed.
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It is incredibly taxing for Palestinians to constantly try to humanize our story, to make ourselves relatable, just to get the most basic acknowledgment that we are an oppressed people through no fault of our own, and that we deserve dignity and respect like anyone else.
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The ADL specifically made itself an unreliable source by prioritizing promoting Zionism over combating antisemitism. Glad Wikipedia is calling them out.
NEW: Wikipedia editors declare the ADL "unreliable" and ban the use of the ADL as a source on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A ban on the ADL as a source on antisemitism expected next.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren, husband Bruce, and dog Bailey are here. Chants of, “VP! VP! VP!” break out:
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No plans to go home anytime soon in DC tonight. This is outside Lafayette right now:
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A personal note: It’s my last day at the Boston Globe. I’m so grateful to have had this opportunity to work with wonderful people. More soon on what’s next, but for now, I’ll leave you with my last Globe article, which I hope you’ll read if you haven’t yet.
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