The city of Los Angeles is considering funding a private security firm that hires former Israeli soldiers, in the wake of a sale of Palestinian land for zionist settlement construction which took place in June at a Los Angeles synagogue, and protests outside were labeled “anti-semitic”. We speak with Jonah Valdez, a journalist and poet based in Los Angeles whose recent piece for the Intercept is called “LA City Council Considers Paying Former IDF Soldiers to Patrol its Streets.”

Read the Jonah Valdez’s article here: https://theintercept.com/2024/07/18/los-angeles-city-council-idf-magen-am/

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