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			<title>Netanyahu’s fight for political survival: PR stunts and press control</title>
			<itunes:title>Netanyahu’s fight for political survival: PR stunts and press control</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>With elections one month away, the media discourse in Israel has narrowed in on one question about one man: What did Benjamin Netanyahu know before October 7? The prime minister is suing the Israeli newspaper that reported the claim, </itunes:subtitle>
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			<description><![CDATA[With elections one month away, the media discourse in Israel has narrowed in on one question about one man: What did Benjamin Netanyahu know before October 7? The prime minister is suing the Israeli newspaper that reported the claim, while the right-wing Channel 14 insists none of it matters. Missing from the coverage is any reckoning with what Israel has done in Gaza.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With elections one month away, the media discourse in Israel has narrowed in on one question about one man: What did Benjamin Netanyahu know before October 7? The prime minister is suing the Israeli newspaper that reported the claim, while the right-wing Channel 14 insists none of it matters. Missing from the coverage is any reckoning with what Israel has done in Gaza.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Why is the Trump administration trying to dismantle the ICC?</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Washington's sanctions came hours after a former International Criminal Court judge, Navi Pillay, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The ICC prosecutes war crimes, crimes against ​humanity and genocide. It issued arrest warrants against more than 70 peopl]]></itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Washington's sanctions came hours after a former International Criminal Court judge, Navi Pillay, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The ICC prosecutes war crimes, crimes against ​humanity and genocide. It issued arrest warrants against more than 70 people, including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Russia's Vladimir Putin. The US has denounced the court in the past, especially after it issued warrants for Israeli officials. But the latest move seeks to cripple the operations of the court, according to the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. What's behind the escalating measures against the ICC? And will Europe defy Washington and defend it?<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>How robust is the Iranian state system?</title>
			<itunes:title>How robust is the Iranian state system?</itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei assassinated in attacks by Israel on Saturday- huge crowds of mourners on the streets. The complex process of selecting his successor is already underway. So how does Iran work - and how robust are its state systems, now]]></itunes:subtitle>
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			<description><![CDATA[Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei assassinated in attacks by Israel on Saturday- huge crowds of mourners on the streets. The complex process of selecting his successor is already underway. So how does Iran work - and how robust are its state systems, now under attack?<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Why is Israel accused of being an apartheid state?</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle>In the past, apartheid was only associated with South Africa. Now, it’s a label that some attach to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. So what is apartheid? How did it work in South Africa? And why is it now being used in the context of Israel?</itunes:subtitle>
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			<title><![CDATA[Israel's war on Gaza Humanitarian crisis]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[Israel's war on Gaza Humanitarian crisis]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:56:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Israel's war on Gaza Humanitarian crisis The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel Gaza war. The crisis includes both an impending famine and a healthcare collapse.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Israel's war on Gaza Humanitarian crisis The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel Gaza war. The crisis includes both an impending famine and a healthcare collapse.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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