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It is day 202 of the war with Hamas. Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

So-called pro-Palestinian rallies have sprouted up on US campuses, from Columbia University in New York -- where in-person classes have been canceled -- to the University of Southern California on Wednesday, just hours after police at a Texas university aggressively detained dozens of protesters. Horovitz describes what he believes are the protesters’ goals.

A senior Israeli defense official said Wednesday that the Israel Defense Forces has conducted all necessary preparations to take Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah and can launch an operation the moment it gets government approval. But will the IDF also wait for US approval?

Thirty years after the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina has asked Pakistan and Sri Lanka to arrest Iran’s interior minister Ahmad Vahidi who is a lead suspect in planning the attacks. Why is Argentina again interested in seeking justice for the bombing?

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Discussed articles include:

The goal of the campus Jew-haters: To render Israel indefensible, in both senses of the word

At heart of protests sweeping US universities is demand they divest from Israel

Dozens arrested at U of Texas, USC as anti-Israel protests spread to more US campuses

As anti-Israel encampment at Columbia endures, Jewish students lament ‘Judenrein’ campus

IDF ready to conquer Gaza’s Rafah, awaiting government okay, says senior official

Argentina asks host countries to arrest visiting Iranian minister over 1994 bombing

THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel

THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

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IMAGE: Students attend a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally against the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, on April 24, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP)