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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Headlines for April 06, 2026; Israeli Peace Activist: Gaza, Iran &amp;amp; Lebanon Are All Part of &amp;#8220;One Forever War&amp;#8221; That Must End; &amp;#8220;He Is Increasingly Desperate&amp;#8221;: Trita Parsi on Trump&amp;#8217;s Expletive-Laced Threats Against Iran; Israel&amp;#8217;s War on Lebanon Is a Consequence of &amp;#8220;No Accountability&amp;#8221; for Gaza: Human Rights Watch&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <description>Part 2 of our conversation with Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia, who was freed on March 16 after spending more than a year in an ICE jail in Texas. She was arrested in 2025 as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to target student activists and others who advocated for Palestinian rights.</description>
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