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Discussed on the show:

• “Screams without proof: questions for NYT about shoddy ‘Hamas mass rape’ report” (The Grayzone)
• “Israeli army gassed my son ‘like Auschwitz,’ mother of slain Israeli soldier says” (The Grayzone)

Director and writer of “Killing Gaza,” Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah and The 51 Day War. Follow him on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal.

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Greg Mello, Secretary and Executive Director of the Los Alamos Study Group, discusses why the Nuclear Security Summits in Washington DC don’t focus on eliminating nuclear weapons from the countries with vast stockpiles (like the US), instead concentrating on an anti-terrorist nonproliferation agenda.

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Kenneth Rapoza, a writer at Forbes.com, discusses the recent improvement in relations between Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, and how this bodes well for US-Russia relations despite conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and the rabid anti-Russia attitude in Congress and the media.

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Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s sycophantic speeches at AIPAC‘s annual summit meeting in Washington, where Israel was held up as the closest US ally and Iran was deemed the number one sponsor of global terrorism.

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Journalist Robert Bryan discusses his attendance at AIPAC’s conference at the Washington Convention Center; how AIPAC resembles a cult – demanding unquestioning allegiance from its members to the state of Israel; and why equal protection under the law for minorities is OK for the US, but for some reason represents an “existential threat” to Israel.

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Martha Mundy, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, discusses Saudi Arabia’s efforts to stop negative reporting on its US-backed bombing campaign and blockade of Yemen – which should be classified as war crimes; and the destruction of Yemen’s agricultural economy before and during the war.

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Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses why the US and Europe aren’t going to rescue Ukraine from becoming a failed state; and Donald Trump’s reasoning for disbanding NATO.

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Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the tangled web of intrigue still surrounding the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and its aftermath, involving current Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, DOJ attorney and accused rapist Richard Roberts, and Jesse Trentadue – a justice-seeking trial lawyer trying to uncover the truth about the OKC bombing and his brother’s 1995 murder in federal custody.

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Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC on March 18; and his efforts to educate Americans about Israel, Palestine, and which side is occupier and which the occupied.

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