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Political correspondent Tal Schneider and reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
As Israel marks 30 years since the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Schneider reflects on the Saturday night rally held in the square near where he was shot and why the annual event commemorating him wasn’t held for the last five years.
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Surkes examines two cases of growing pollution, first in the northern West Bank, where Palestinians often burn garbage, resulting in clean air complaints, and in Hadera, known as Israel’s most polluted city because of the massive power station in its midst.
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‘The shots still resonate’: 150,000 mourn at protest rally 30 years after Rabin’s murder
As trash burns in the West Bank, NGO sees huge jump in reports of smoke, foul smells
Residents of most-polluted city fight bid to extend life of coal-fired power station
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