{"id":1260325,"date":"2023-10-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/?p=447212"},"modified":"2023-10-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:00:00","slug":"the-gaza-cauldron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/11\/the-gaza-cauldron\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gaza Cauldron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- BLOCK(acast)[0](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22ACAST%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22SHORTCODE%22%2C%22optional%22%3Afalse%7D)(%7B%22id%22%3A%22the-gaza-cauldron%22%2C%22podcast%22%3A%22intercepted-with-jeremy-scahill%22%2C%22subscribe%22%3Atrue%7D) -->\n<div class=\"acast-player\">\n  <iframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/intercepted-with-jeremy-scahill\/the-gaza-cauldron?accentColor=111111&#038;bgColor=f5f6f7&%23038;logo=false\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"acast-player__embed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END-BLOCK(acast)[0] -->\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-underline\">The Israeli government<\/span> of Benjamin Netanyahu has initiated a total blockade of Gaza amidst a merciless scorched-earth bombing campaign. The country\u2019s defense minister said Israel will operate with an iron fist in its war against \u201chuman animals\u201d following the well-coordinated surprise attacks over the weekend led by Hamas. The unprecedented raids into Israel over the weekend killed scores of both Israeli military and civilians. Hamas has vowed to execute Israeli hostages in retaliation for Israel\u2019s bombing of civilian sites in Gaza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on Intercepted, Al Jazeera\u2019s senior political analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/marwan_bishara_201132512858571875\">Marwan Bishara<\/a> joins Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain for a wide-ranging discussion on Hamas\u2019s strategy, Netanyahu\u2019s possible attempt to draw the U.S. into a war with Iran, and the prospects for a wider Middle East war. They also discuss the difference in media coverage of Palestinian and Israeli violence and the deaths of civilians, as well as the Biden administration\u2019s role in the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Transcript coming soon. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/10\/11\/intercepted-gaza-israel\/\">The Gaza Cauldron<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/\">The Intercept<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/10\/11\/intercepted-gaza-israel\/\">The Intercept<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marwan Bishara  breaks down Hamas\u2019s deadly raids into Israel, the decades of Palestinian suffering, and how Benjamin Netanyahu may exploit the horrors. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/10\/11\/intercepted-gaza-israel\/\">The Gaza Cauldron<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/\">The Intercept<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264496,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260325\/revisions\/1264496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}