Democracy Now! 2024-07-09 Tuesday
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🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for July 09, 2024; Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force. He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza; “On the Record with Hamas”: Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About Oct. 7, Ceasefire Talks & Israel
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:17.0 | I spent the past 22 years in the Air Force and during those 22 years, although I didn't agree with all the policies |
| 0:24.8 | I hope that hopefully one day as a Palestinian American I can make an impact using my voice |
| 0:30.7 | because I wanted that to be that representation for the Palestinian people |
| 0:36.1 | within the military community. |
| 0:37.9 | I just never expected it to come at a time where we're watching the indiscriminate killing of 38,000 Palestinians, |
| 0:45.1 | including some being my family members. |
| 0:47.8 | As Israel's war on Gaza enters its 10th month, |
| 0:52.0 | we'll speak with a Palestinian American who ended a 22 year career |
| 0:56.7 | in the US Air Force after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed his aunt. |
| 1:03.2 | First Sergeant Mohammed Abuheshen |
| 1:05.6 | is the first known person to resign |
| 1:08.2 | from the US military or government |
| 1:10.3 | who had a direct connection to Israel's war on Gaza. |
| 1:14.0 | Then we'll talk to investigative journalist Jeremy Sgehill, |
| 1:18.0 | who recently spoke to senior Hamas officials |
| 1:20.0 | about the ongoing ceasefire negotiations and the group's broader goals. |
| 1:26.1 | From Hamas's perspective, they've waged a guerrilla insurgency for nine months against Israel |
| 1:30.8 | that has exposed not only Israel's brutality, but its weaknesses. |
| 1:35.2 | And now you have a situation where Netnjahu has been unable to free almost any hostages |
| 1:41.6 | militarily inside of Gaza. A large number of them have been |
| 1:44.7 | killed and I think what we're seeing in these negotiations is that Netanyahu's |
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