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217: Give It to Them
Act Three

What's A Moderate?

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What if a new Palestinian leader came on the scene who was neither part of the corrupt autocracy of the Palestinian Authority, nor part of fundamentalist, suicide-bombing Hamas? Nancy Updike follows around possible future Palestinian political candidate Mustafa Barghouti, a doctor who's well known for setting up clinics. (13 minutes)

All of Nancy Updike's radio work is supported with a grant from Hearing Voices, with funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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