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 the killing of Yaya Sinwa, the Hamas leader behind the October 7th attack

on Israel, in which 1,200 mostly civilians died that led to the current war on Gaza, which

has now expanded into Lebanon.

Joining us to discuss whether this now removed obstacle to peace, Sinwa, along with

Netanyahu, will lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages, as well as the burning

alive of a promising young Palestinian scene on video around the world, is Dove Waxman,

Professor Anne the Roslund and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel

Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also directs the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center

for Israel Studies. He has been a visiting fellow at Tel Aviv University, Baralan University,

the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Oxford

University, and is the author of the Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Identity, Defending,

Defining a Nation, Israel's Palestinians, the conflict within, trouble in the tribe,

the American-Jewish conflict over Israel, and most recently the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

what everyone needs to know. Then what examined the billionaire Tech Bros. Stalking Horse

for the presidency, J.D. Vance, and the blatant attempt underway by plutocrats to buy the

next Trump presidency, however short it may be, is Jacob Silverman, a contributing

writer for the new republic and a contributing editor for the Baffler covering tech and national security.

He is the author of Terms of Service, Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection,

and most recently Easy Money, cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the price of constant connection, and most recently easy money,

cryptocurrency, casino capitalism,

and the Golden Age of Fraud,

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