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I'm Meghna Chakra Bardi and this is the jackpot where on point news analyst Jack Beaty helps us connect history, literature,

and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity to the world we live in now.

Hello there, Jack.

Hello Megna. Well, we've arrived at episode 36 what's your

headline for today? Stop it now Joe. Stop it now Joe that sounds familiar

who was it? Yes it's from Jill Biden, reportedly. It's what she said to her

husband on hearing the news of the killing in Gaza by Israeli bombs of the seven volunteers for World Central

Kitchen. Stop it now, Joe. She said Joe didn't stop it then. He didn't stop it several weeks ago when the State

Department released a mendacious report which could have stopped it because it would require the US to limit aid if the

Israelis were found to have been interfering in the bad, Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland,

excoriated the report as a cover-up.

Joe Biden didn't stop it then.

He didn't stop it just a few days ago when the International Court of Justice said

it must stop. The attack on Rafa cannot go ahead. Joe didn't stop it. And you know, where are we now with the Biden policy?

Well, Nick Christoph is an outstanding reporter and columnist

for the New York Times and also a admirer of Joe Biden

who has worked with Biden in the past on human rights issues but he has written two long

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