Why one State Department official who worked in weapons transfers quit over America’s policy towards Israel and Gaza—and what that says about U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Guest: Josh Paul, former State Department official working in arms transfers to foreign powers, who resigned on Oct. 18.

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