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Noam Chomsky: U.S.-Backed Israeli Policies Pursuing “End of Palestine”; Hezbollah Capture of Israeli Soldiers “Very Irresponsible Act” That Could Lead To “Extreme Disaster”
Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon as warplanes launched fresh strikes on Beirut airport, communication networks, Lebanese roads and a power plant. Meanwhile, the US has vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution condemning Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. MIT professor Noam Chomsky says the US and Israel are punishing Palestinians for electing Hamas, and says Hezbollah’s capture of Israeli soldiers subjects Lebanese “to terror and possible extreme disaster” from Israeli strikes. We also get comments from Middle East analyst Mouin Rabbani in Jerusalem.
The One Percent Doctrine: Journalist Ron Suskind on the Deliberate U.S. Bombing of Al Jazeera, Losing Bin Laden and More
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind joins us to discuss his new book, “The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America’s Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11.” In it, Suskind writes that that the U.S deliberately bombed the Kabul, Afghanistan offices of Al Jazeera in 2001.
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