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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Israel’s war threatens Biden’s Saudi-Israeli peace proposal

    While the U.S. continues to back Israel rhetorically and militarily, the war with Hamas could upend American peacebuilding in the Middle East.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 9, 2023 • 1 min read

    While the U.S. continues to back Israel rhetorically and militarily, the war with Hamas could upend American peacebuilding in the Middle East.

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Human connection, not hook-ups: A look at Madonna’s ‘Erotica’
    1. 0:00Will Israel’s leader remain in power post-Hamas attack?
    2. 9:11Israel’s war threatens Biden’s Saudi-Israeli peace proposalYou’re reading this
    3. 19:17What’s at stake in Trump’s civil fraud trial
    4. 28:32Post-palm LA? Maybe it’s time for dense, drought-tolerant trees
    5. 34:48Madonna’s ‘Erotica’: More about human connection than sex
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