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This episode discusses Nicholas Kristof's claims about systemic sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners and questions their validity.

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People in this episode

Host: Haviv Rettig Gur

Topics covered

• Israel
• Palestinian prisoners
• systemic sexual violence
• New York Times
• Nick Kristof
• Middle East

Keywords

• Nicholas Kristof
• New York Times
• Israel
• Palestinian prisoners
• sexual violence
• Middle East

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Organizations: New York Times

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