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On the show this week: • The fight to control the narrative from Washington to Tehran to Tel Aviv • The coverage of Israel’s assassination spree, negligible attention to the question of legality • Journalist Jean Kassir on how Israel is unleashing the Gaza model on Lebanon ▶️ youtu.be/Et9-CbYtLl8
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