thePodcast: Colwood councillor Ward recounts Israel trip, Iran attack

theBreaker.news Podcast

Apr 21 2024 | 00:28:43

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Show Notes

For the week of April 21, 2024: For several hours on April 13, the world watched and wondered: what next for the Middle East and beyond? While Israel’s war on the Iran-backed Hamas terrorists drags on in Gaza, Iran directly attacked Israel for the first time. The ally of China and Russia fired missiles and drones at the Jewish state, in retaliation for Israel’s April 1 bombing of Iran’s consulate in Syria, which killed seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members. A politician from Vancouver Island happened to be there. Colwood city councillor Ian Ward was near the end of a […]

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