Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org.

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the

news. We'll begin with Wednesday deadline of the US 30-day ultimatum to Israel fast approaching

to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza or face a cutoff of arms or even suspension of veto

protection at the UN. Joining us to discuss the likely move by the Biden administration to hold Israel non-compliant

that Trump will reverse once in office is Josh Paul, the director of a new policy.

He spent over 11 years working as a director in the State Department's Bureau of Political Military Affairs,

which is responsible for U.S. Defense diplomacy, security assistance, and arms transfers.

In October of 2023, he became the first official in the Biden administration to publicly resign

in opposition to the administration's arms transfer policy towards Israel.

He is currently a non-resident fellow at Democracy for the Arab World now Dawn, and a recipient

of the 2003 Calloway Award for Civic Courage. Then on this Veterans Day, we will speak with

a member of a storied American military family,

Lucy and Truscott IV, as journalist, screenwriter and author of five best-selling novels.

A graduate of West Point, he has covered the wars in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan,

and is a regular contributor at Salon, where his latest article is,

betting it all on fluoride.

Trump takes a risky final gamble to let RFJ Jr. go wild on health.

And he blogs at luciantruscott.substack.com.

Then finally we'll examine how much we are entering a strong man era as plutocrats like Musk hang out with Trump,

almost acting as co-presidents.

Musk deployed his influential platform X to help Trump along with being his largest donor,

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