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On the show this week: • Censorship and propaganda are making Trump and Netanyahu’s chaotic war harder to track • Israeli media’s disinformation drive to pull Gulf states into the war • AI warfare isn’t new, but it’s becoming far more lethal — we speak with Matt Mahmoudi ▶️ youtu.be/yD91rm3QdZU
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