In This Episode
Tommy talks with journalist Mehdi Hasan about a troubling series of hires on Trump’s National Security Council staff of individuals with far-right, paranoid, Islamaphobic views. Then they talk about the situation in Gaza now that the protests have ended and TV cameras have left.
Show Notes:
- CNN: Hamas says Gaza ceasefire reached following intense fighting with Israel
- CNN: Gaza militants launch mortars, rockets at Israel, which responds with airstrikes
- Haaretz: U.S. Calls for Emergency UN Security Council Session Over Rockets Fired
- The Intercept: Donald Trump’s Words Are a Green Light to Dictators and Torturers Around the World
- Washington Post: The word the United States that the United States hates to use talking about Israel – By Mehdi Hasan
- The Intercept: Trump Violates the Iran Nuclear Deal — Ignoring U.S. and Israeli Generals Who Support It
- The Intercept: Dear Saudi Crown Prince Supporters: Your Hero May Allow Women to Drive, but He’s Also a War Criminal
- The Intercept: Israel Kills Palestinians and Western Liberals Shrug. Their Humanitarianism Is a Sham.
- New York Times: Is Trump Going to Lie Our Way Into War With Iran?
- The Guardian: As a Muslim, how do I tell my child the new president doesn’t like us?
- New York Times: Sadiq Khan and the Future of Europe – By Mehdi Hasan
- Haaretz: Meet Britain’s guy for all things Muslim
- The New Statesman: The sorry truth is that the virus of anti-Semitism has infected the British Muslim community – By Mehdi Hasan
- Gatestone Institute
- Gatestone Institute: European ‘No-Go’ Zones for Non-Muslims Proliferating
- Gatestone Institute: Germany: Migration Crisis becomes Public Health Crisis
- Gatestone Institute: Is the United Kingdom an Islamist Colony?
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