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Apr 2023
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The "Pro-Democracy" Israeli Protests wit...

Al-shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
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Ameer Makhoul joins host Yara Hawari to discuss the ongoing Israeli protests against Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government. Makhoul provides a sobering analysis of the so-called pro-democracy protests in the context of the Israeli regime's settler-colonial and apartheid rule over millions of Palestinians. Support the show [https://al-shabaka.org/donate] 
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