News Brief: Axios, NYT Help White House Obscure Their Role in Rafah Invasion

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News Brief: Axios, NYT Help White House Obscure Their Role in Rafah Invasion

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In this News Brief, we breakdown the White House's latest attempt to arm and fund Israeli war crimes while looking like helpless. bumbling humanitarians.

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