Analysis of the reasons behind President Biden's immediate support for Israel, including personal emotional bond, Democratic Party ties, and foreign policy imperial reasons.
This was the top question we got from Today, Explained listeners. Joel Beinin, Middle East history professor emeritus at Stanford, has answers.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Isabel Angell, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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