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We have said many times, we will not initiate any any war but if anyone wants to bully

Iran will respond firmly. The Pentagon launched airstrikes in Syria and Iraq against

Iran-backed militants and carried out new attacks on Huthi forces in Yemen over the weekend.

We'll speak with Middle East scholar Nargis-Bajoulli about how the war in Gaza revived

the axis of resistance. And we'll look at the impact of

Biden's Gaza policy on his re-election bid. We'll speak with Matt Dasse,

former foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders now at the Center for International Policy. Foreign Policy

to Senator Bernie Sanders, now at the Center for International Policy.

Then we'll speak with Dr. Thadek Hadad, who lost 80 family members in

Israel's Bombard of Gaza and refused to meet with U.S. Secretary of State

Antony Lincoln in a round table of Palestinian Americans.

I realized I couldn't in good conscience meet with him, knowing that there has been no constructive effort

whatsoever to actually change the situation on the ground

to make that situation better to stop the killing of my family members and

and that's ultimately why I decided not to show up.

And unless Israel changes course it could be legally culpable for mass starvation.

People are almost dying and they are suffering really badly.

It is getting to complete chaos and family especially in the north in Raffa and

Hanmunis.

All that and more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.

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