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Israel Continues to Pound the Gaza Strip
As Israeli jets continue to fire on the densely-populated Gaza Strip, guest host Sara Terry looks at the impact in Gaza, the region and around the world. What is Israel trying to accomplish? What pressures do the attacks place on Arab leaders and the US? Will Israel's actions fuel Islamic militancy around the world? Also, Barack Obama's rise to the presidency. A reporter looks back at her own coverage of the race.
By Sara Terry • • 1h 0m ListenAs Israeli jets continue to fire on the densely-populated Gaza Strip, guest host Sara Terry looks at the impact in Gaza, the region and around the world. What is Israel trying to accomplish? What pressures do the attacks place on Arab leaders and the US? Will Israel's actions fuel Islamic militancy around the world? Also, twelve months that changed the world. One political reporter takes stock of what she got right and what she got wrong in a year that saw the first African American reach the White House; a reporter looks back on the year of Obama.
Banner image: Smoke rises above Gaza after another Israeli air strike on a Hamas target, December 29, 2008 along Israel's side of the Gaza border. Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
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