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May 2022
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Ep. 608 - The Assassination of Shireen A...

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This morning the Apartheid Government of Israel targeted and assassinated revered Palestinian American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. This is a war crime. Let me unpack and explain what we know so far.

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