Rob Bryan, a freelance journalist from New York City, discusses the "refreshing bluntness" of Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who has called for the genocide of all Palestinians including women and children (or little snakes, as she calls them).

Yousaf Butt, a nuclear physicist and senior scientific advisor to the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) in London, discusses the IAEA's failure to find a long-rumored explosion chamber for testing nuclear weapons at Iran's Parchin military site.

Dan Sanchez, a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses neocon David Wurmser's 1996 manifesto for "expediting the chaotic collapse" of Arab nationalism in Iraq and Syria to remake the Middle East in Israel's favor.

Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror, discusses the US airstrikes that destroyed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan; and why the attack is clearly a war crime.

Martha Mundy, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics, discusses why the West is so silent about the savage war in Yemen, and how Saudi Arabia is avoiding a UN investigation into human rights violations for its part in the war.

John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses how "the chain of events set into motion by the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq" are creating a new Nakba in the Middle East as massive refugee population transfers reshape the region.

Nathaniel Penn, a correspondent for GQ, discusses his article "The Untold Story of the Texas Biker Gang Shoot-Out," and the ridiculous court process playing out for the 177 bikers jailed afterward.

Greg Grandin, an author and history teacher at New York University, discusses Henry Kissinger's disastrous foreign policy legacy in the Middle East and beyond.

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the "inevitable" and "perfectly predictable" US blundering in Syria, and how Russia is taking action to support the Assad government.

James Bamford, author of several books on the NSA, discusses how authorized NSA eavesdropping on Greece's Vodafone telecom, supposedly to prevent terrorism during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, morphed into a massive spying operation that targeted top Greek government officials for 10 years afterward, and may have cost a Greek telecom employee his life.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the neocon foreign policy agenda; Charlie Rose's interview of Putin on Syria; and West Point professor William Bradford's inflammatory article on executing antiwar Americans and declaring total war on Muslims.

James North, a writer for Mondoweiss.net, discusses the New York Times' non-coverage of the "extrajudicial execution" of 18-year old Palestinian Hadeel al-Hashlamoun at an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron.

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the imminent release of Guantanamo's last British prisoner, Shaker Aamer, who was already cleared twice in 2007 and 2009 under presidents Bush and Obama.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the CIA's probably-illegal book that preemptively defends their torture program and officials from criticism and possible prosecution.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses America's role in Yemen's war and humanitarian crisis.