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Feb 2024
2h 22m

The German Question w/ Emily Dische-Beck...

Daniel Denvir
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Featuring Emily Dische-Becker on how Germany became attached to a wildly narcissistic anti-antisemitism and Israeli proxy nationalism that have made it one of the most anti-Palestinian governments on earth.

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