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Near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone. Survivors describe stepping over corpses to get their hands on a bag of flour: ‘What choice do we have?’
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Israeli flag next to the flag of Pahlavi Iran, at a protest against the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 29, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

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For Iran expert Ori Goldberg, Netanyahu has overreached and can only avoid getting bogged down in Iran by dragging the West into the war.
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A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction.
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