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Nov 2023
21m 59s

The Intelligence: Israel and Hamas’s hos...

The Economist
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After weeks of negotiations, Hamas has agreed to release some hostages. In exchange, there will be a four-day pause in fighting. But then what? Americans really love their cars and dependence on them is making the country fairer (09:34). And what Netflix’s latest spin-off reveals about the changing trends in TV (15:56). 


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