Why Biden Continues Supporting Israel’s Onslaught in Gaza
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Jeet Heer’s controversial speech at the Regina Public Library.
President Joe Biden joined Israel’s prime minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023.
(Miriam Alster / AFP via Getty Images)On June 28, I delivered a speech at the central branch of the Regina Public Library on the history of American support for Israel. The speech almost didn’t happen. The library briefly canceled it, claiming that the group promoting it was encouraging discrimination against Jews. Fortunately, a city councillor intervened to sponsor the talk. For this podcast, I give the gist of my talk.
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