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Apr 2024
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Europeans Have No Right to Tell Palestin...

RANIA KHALEK
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Rania Khalek was joined by Yanis Varoufakis, economist, political leader, former Finance Minister of Greece and the author of many books including his latest “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism,” to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza. 
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