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Kyle Anzalone was on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss developments in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. They discuss the war crimes case against Israel, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the risk of a wider war in the Middle East, the status of the war in Ukraine and more.

Discussed on the show:

• “Blinken Warns of Expanding War in the Middle East, But Restates Full Support for Israel” (Libertarian Institute)
• “Media amplified US, Israeli narrative on Palestinian deaths” (Responsible Statecraft)
• “Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees” (+972 Magazine)
• “Israel Choking Aid Deliveries into Gaza” (Libertarian Institute)
• “An American Appeals to Taiwan: Don’t Vote To Be Ukraine 2.0” (Antiwar.com)
• “RFK Jr.’s ‘unconditional’ support for Israel is costing his campaign for president” (Orange County Register)

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman. Follow him on Twitter @KyleAnzalone_

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Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the IRmep-sponsored polls showing that Americans, and particularly young Jewish students, have an increasingly less favorable view of Israel.

Reminder: On March 18, 2016, Grant F. Smith and many notable journalists and academics will participate in the “Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Listeners of this podcast will receive a $20 discount on admission tickets!

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Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the emerging winners and losers in the Syrian conflict – although the end isn’t yet in sight.

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Jon Schwarz, a journalist with The Intercept, discusses Donald Trump’s proclamation in the South Carolina Republican debates that George W. Bush lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 war, and the profound effect Trump has had on the core belief system of American conservatives.

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John Feffer, the director of Foreign Policy In Focus, discusses South Korea’s decision to close the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the last remaining economic link between North and South Korea; and how this brings the “sunshine policy” era to a close.

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Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent investigative journalist, discusses why the Obama administration continues to pretend the al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front qualifies as one of the “legitimate opposition groups” in Syria that should be exempted from Russian air strikes.

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Charlotte Silver, an independent journalist and regular writer for the Electronic Intifada, discusses the plight of Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, who has been on a hunger strike for 3 months in protest of being held in administrative detention in Israel.

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Dan Sanchez,  a contributing editor at Antiwar.com and an independent journalist for TheAntiMedia.org, discusses Israel’s “Plan B” in Syria if their long-planned regime change of Assad’s government fails to happen.

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Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses his article on the Israel lobby’s international reach and influence in nearly every western nation.

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