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Former African slave and refugee stand with Israel against familiar enemies

“Our Middle East,” Ep. 41

Dan Diker and Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh talk with former African slave Simon Deng and refugee Naka Pitia about their steadfast support for Israel against Hamas. They explain how the Oct. 7 atrocities remind them of the horrors done to the South Sudanese and how that has led them to stand with Israel during these troubling times.

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Dan Diker is president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs and the longtime director of its Counter-Political Warfare Project.
Khaled Abu Toameh is an award-winning Arab and Palestinian Affairs journalist formerly with The Jerusalem Post. He is a senior distinguished fellow at the Gatestone Institute and a Fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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