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Episode: COSTS OF WAR: One Year LaterâThe True Cost of Israelâs War on Gaza & the West Bank
Description: In this episode on Speaking Out of Place podcast Professor David Palumbo-Liu talks with Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins and Jess Ghannam, who comment on a devastating new report authored by Stamatopoulou-Robbins. This report, âCosts of War,â reviews data gathered in Palestine since October 7, 2023. In that year alone, the report finds that the US has spent at least $22.76 billion on military aid to Israel and related US operations in the region. The number of direct deaths, but also so-called âindirect deathsâ (and such a term forces us to project such deaths well into the future due to Israelâs massive destruction of the infras...