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Sep 2024
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Palestine in the 2024 U.S. Elections

OCCUPIED THOUGHTS BY FMEP
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In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP President Lara Friedman discusses how Palestine is one of the defining issues of the 2024 elections with Rania Batrice, and FMEP 2024 non-Resident Fellow. Read more: https://fmep.org/resource/palestine-in-the-2024-u-s-elections/ 
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