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Jul 2024
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What met Israel’s Netanyahu in Washingto...

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About this episode

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United States Congress, many lawmakers failed to appear, including Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Is this a sign that Washington is changing its tune?

In this episode: 

  • Omar Baddar (@OmarBaddar), Political Analyst, Director of Communications, Public Citizen

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Khaled Soltan, Tamara Khandaker, and Sonia Bhagat, with Manahil Naveed, Veronique Eshaya, Mohammad Zain Shafi Khan, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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