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Thursday, March 21, 2013
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Hall fills up ahead of Obama speech
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Jerusalem hall where Obama is about to speak is packed, the stage lined with US and Israeli flags.
The Israeli national anthem, “Hatikva,” was followed by the “Star Spangled Banner” as the crowd waited for Obama to arrive.
The speech is the central event of Obama’s visit, and is supposed to be an address to the Israeli people. The audience is made up of journalists, VIPs and students from Israeli universities.
Israel’s pride in its hi-tech prowess was called into question by a failure to provide outlets for the hundreds of electricity-hungry journalists, the TOI’s Raphael Ahren reports from the hall.
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