Inside Biden's Gaza policy
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Inside Biden's Gaza policy

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202634 min
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For more than a year, the Biden administration said it wanted to limit the destruction in Gaza, increase humanitarian aid and bring the war to an end. But as the humanitarian crisis accelerated, the U.S. continued to supply Israel with weapons and diplomatic protection. In his book 'Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza' journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed draws on nearly 175 interviews to reconstruct the internal debates, political calculations and decisions that shaped the administration’s response. Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the diplomatic cor...

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This is a CBC Podcast. Hey, everyone. I'm Jamie Prusson. For more than a year, the Biden administration said that it wanted to limit the destruction in Gaza, increase humanitarian aid, and bring the war to an end.

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