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Jul 2024
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Bad Hasbara 38: Zio-huasca, with David S...

Matt Lieb
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Matt and Daniel talk with journalist David Sheen – author of Kahanism and American Politics – about Kahanism, where those tzedakah box coins go, and the elegant good looks of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Read David's piece for Electronic Intifada "How an Israeli colonel invented the burned babies lie to justify genocide"


Find out more about our guest at davidsheen.com


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