Chris Hedges Discusses Israeli Occupation With Israeli Journalist Amira Hass (Video)
The Haaretz correspondent for the occupied territories and author of "Drinking the Sea at Gaza" has angered Israeli and Palestinian leadership with her uncompromising honesty.Chris Hedges goes inside Israel and the occupied territories with Amira Hass in this week’s episode of “On Contact.”
Hass is the Haaretz correspondent for the occupied territories and author of “Drinking the Sea at Gaza.”
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