Israel Wants to Turn Lebanon Into Gaza (w/ Rania Khalek)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: Rania Khalek is a journalist based in Beirut and the host of Dispatches on BreakThrough News. In this conversation with Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, she describes life under bombardment in Lebanon as Israel’s assault displaces over a million people and spreads fear across Beirut. Khalek discusses the silence of U.S. Democrats, what Americans are responsible for as their government backs the war, and the broader escalation across the region. She also examines the failures of U.S. media coverage, the dehumanization that enables mass killing, and why Iran’s response must be understood in the context of self-defense and the breakdown of international law. 🇱🇧

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This episode was published on Mar 18, 2026.

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