JIMMY DORE SHOW—The DIve host Jackson Hinkle recently appeared on British network TalkTV’s “James Whale Unleashed” to discuss the Israeli-Hamas conflict, and the results were both shocking and hilarious. The show’s hosts mostly went back and forth between spreading Israeli government propaganda and bickering with one another, only briefly stopping to express exasperation at Hinkle for failing to agree with their stale talking points.
BRITISH DEVIOUSNESS
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JONATHAN COOK—After its mass ethnic cleansing operations of 1948 and 1967, Israel tried to manage the remaining Palestinian population through the traditional apartheid model of herding the natives into reservations, as its predecessors did with the remnants of the “locals” who survived their efforts at extermination.
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DAN YASEEN—Gaza is five miles wide and 25 miles long. Israel has 170,000 troops and 465,000 reserves. The US has already sent two aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean with 10,000 sailors. The US is sending the US Army 101st Airborne Division to Jordan. Also, a rapid response force consisting of 2000 Marines has been there. The USA already has 60 to 80,000 troops stationed in the Middle East. It seems as if the United States is preparing for World War three. Jeff, give us your analysis of what’s going on in Israel-Palestine.
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JIMMY DORE SHOW—Thanks to the Israeli military’s brutal assault on Gaza, many stalwart Zionists are waking up to the reality of the occupation and what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. We highlight one video published by a young American Jewish woman who explains everything she’s learned recently about the occupation and why she’s had to let go of her former Zionist beliefs. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss what it takes to shake someone’s core inculcation after a lifetime of propaganda.
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EDITOR—President al-Assad: Gaza has never just been a cause… Palestine is the Cause, and Gaza is the embodiment of its essence. Assad, like many Arabs, sees Gaza as a symbol of Arab oppression by the combined West, which naturally includes their enclave in the Middle East, Israel.