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America and Israel: Unconditional Allies?

Joe Biden has promised to support Israel with whatever it needs in the war with Hamas.

President Biden has promised to support Israel with whatever it needs and forcefully condemned the attacks by Hamas on civilians. But what do Americans think about the unfolding conflict in the Middle East?

The Americast team also hears from 2020 presidential candidate and co-founder of the Forward Party, Andrew Yang, on why third parties are important to US politics and what it鈥檚 like running for the Oval Office.

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鈥 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
鈥 Sarah Smith, North America editor
鈥 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
鈥 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST:
鈥 Andrew Yang, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate

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This episode was made by Rufus Gray with Claire Betzer and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producer was Philip Bull and the sound designer was David Crackles. The series producer is Daniel Wittenberg. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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Fri 13 Oct 2023 23:00

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