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Jun 2025
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US Private Contractors in Gaza with Safa...

Al-shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
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Al-Shabaka policy analyst Safa Joudeh joins co-director Yara Hawari to discuss the privatization of aid and security, and how the Israeli regime and the United States weaponize humanitarian assistance as a tool for ethnic cleansing and colonization.

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