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Dave DeCamp was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss all the bad news coming out of the Middle East. He gives Scott an update on where things stand in Gaza before zooming out to analyze the danger that this war spreads throughout the region. 

Discussed on the show:

• “IDF Fires on Ambulance in Gaza and Arrests Medical Staff” (Libertarian Institute)
• “Gaza Health Care System ‘On Its Knees’ as Experts Warn Disease Will Spread” (Libertarian Institute)
• “Hamas could recognize Israel to end war in Gaza, senior official says” (The Jerusalem Post)
• “Israel’s War Cabinet Blocks Mossad From Restarting Hostage Talks” (Haaretz)
• “Yemen peace plan at risk over Houthi attacks in shipping channels, says US” (The Guardian)

Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com and the host of Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp. Follow him on Twitter @decampdave

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David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English at Yale University, discusses the roots of Hillary Clinton’s hawkish foreign policy, and the neoconservatives jockeying for position in an anticipated Clinton presidency.

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