# Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek)

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Podcast: [Current Affairs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/current-affairs-1140771)
Published: 2026-05-09T22:39:38+00:00
Episode link: http://www.currentaffairs.org
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## Resource

Rania Khalek is a Lebanese-American journalist based in Beirut and the host of Dispatches on BreakThrough News. She returns to Current Affairs to give an update on Lebanon, where Israel has continued bombing, occupying territory, issuing displacement orders, and demolishing villages during what is being called a “ceasefire.”

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