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

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with mounting pressure on Netanyahu from the Israeli public, outraged by the

killing of hostages in Gaza, as the UK government cuts off some arm sales, citing a clear risk

of violating international law. Joining us is Paul Pillar, who served for 30 years as an analyst at the CIA,

in which his last position was National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia.

Previously, he served as chief of analytics units at the CIA covering portions of the

Near East, the Persian Gulf, and South Asia.

He also headed the assessments and information Group of the Director of Central Intelligence

as Counterterrorism Center.

He is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University

and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

His latest book is Beyond the Water's Edge,

How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. foreign policy,

and we will discuss his article at Responsible Statecraft,

Trigger Happy Israel, and its thirst for revenge.

Then we'll look into a disturbing article at the Associated Press.

GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states,

hoping to siphon off Harris votes.

Joining us to discuss how the Republicans are financing and boosting the campaigns of Cornel West and Jill Stein,

is David Daly, a senior fellow at Fair Vote, and the author of Rat Eft,

the true story behind the secret plan to steal American democracy, which helps spark the

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