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Steve Bannon compares US left-wing to Hamas: 'We have Gaza here in this country'

Right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon warned his predominantly white audience that people angry that America colonized "indigenous peoples' land" could be "coming" for them in a conflict similar to that seen in Israel.

On his Tuesday afternoon War Room podcast, Bannon likened Gaza to the United States.

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From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that has its roots deep in the mid-20th century. FRANCE 24 traces its history.

1947: Thousands of European Jewish emigrants, many of them Holocaust survivors, board a ship – which came to be called Exodus 1947 – bound for then British-controlled Palestine. Heading for the “promised land”, they are intercepted by British naval ships and sent back to Europe. Widely covered by the media, the incident sparks international outrage and plays a critical role in convincing the UK that a UN-brokered solution is necessary to solve the Palestine crisis.

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The village at the end of the world

The last Inuit hunters of Ittoqqortoormiit are a resilient bunch.

Surviving among the icebergs of Greenland's Scoresby Sound, one of the toughest and most remote places on the planet, has never been easy.

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Afghanistan hit by second strong quake days after first killed more than 2,000

Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.

The latest 6.3-magnitude earthquake was about 28 kilometres (17 miles) outside Herat, the capital of Herat province, and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, according to the US Geological Survey.

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US arrests Chilean ex-soldier for murder of singer Victor Jara

A former Chilean soldier accused of torturing and killing beloved folk singer Victor Jara 50 years ago during the country's dictatorship was arrested in Florida, officials said Tuesday.

Pedro Pablo Barrientos is in the custody of immigration authorities after being detained in the city of Deltona in the southern US state last Thursday.

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Foreigners killed, abducted or missing in Hamas attack

Dozens of foreigners have been killed, injured or taken hostage during a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Many of the missing foreigners were at an electronic music festival in the southern Israeli desert, at which scores of revellers were killed.

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How Amazon 'failed to protect' workers in Saudi Arabia

Amazon failed to protect contract workers in Saudi Arabia from human rights abuses that may have amounted to human trafficking.

That's one of the findings from an Amnesty International exposé and combined reporting from NBC News, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, and The Guardian, all published Tuesday. The investigations focused on men recruited from Nepal to work at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia, where they found themselves faced with low pay, unhealthy living conditions, and no job security. When they complained directly to Amazon managers, nothing changed.

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'Unthinkable': Tim Scott’s blaming of President Biden for Israel attack met with outrage

U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s claim President Joe Biden bears responsibility for the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, and has “blood on his hands” after more than 1000 Israelis were slaughtered, is being met with outrage.

“Mercy,” Senator Scott said in his remarks at The Hudson Institute, which has been described as a “hawkish think tank that heavily relies on Pentagon funding."

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'Ignorant' Republicans can't see Ukraine faces same threats as Israel: Ex-GOP lawmaker

Republicans have rushed to pledge their support for Israel in the wake of horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas that are threatening to send the region spiraling into its first full-scale war in decades — but some are taking the opportunity to demand aid to Ukraine be cut off, with Israel prioritized for defense.

That's a wrongheaded way of seeing world security, argued former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) on MSNBC Tuesday, because the horrors faced by Israel and Ukraine are more alike than different.

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'Inversion of reality': Expert destroys Trump's brag that he brought peace to Middle East

Donald Trump and Jared Kushner drafted a so-called peace plan that at least one expert claims actually enabled the terrorist attacks in Israel over the weekend.

University of Illinois international relations professor Nicholas Grossman wrote for the Daily Beast Tuesday that the Abraham Accords led to false hopes, ignored the Palestinians and let Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu run roughshod over the whole process.

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Mohammed Deif, the elusive architect of Hamas's attack on Israel

Mohammed Deif, the leader of Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, organised the deadly assault on Israel over the weekend. The attack plunging Israel and Gaza into a new war brings to the forefront a little-known character who has managed to elude Israel's intelligence services for over 30 years.

Mohammed Deif has been on Israel's 'most wanted' list for nearly three decades. The leader of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, is unlikely to lose the designation anytime soon.

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'Shame on you': Hamas massacre survivor buries GOPer's attempt to sell out Ukraine

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) this week floated cutting off funding for Ukraine to deliver more money to Israel – but he quickly got cut down by an Israeli man who survived Hamas' brutal terrorist attack over the weekend.

Writing on Twitter, Hawley argued that "Israel is facing existential threat" and thus "any funding for Ukraine should be redirected to Israel immediately."

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Heckler showers glitter on UK opposition leader before key speech

A heckler scattered glitter on Britain's opposition leader Keir Starmer on Tuesday as he began to deliver a keynote speech at his Labour party's annual conference.

Starmer had just arrived on the event's main stage in Liverpool, northwest England, to make his address when he was interrupted by the male protester who stormed the platform.

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