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Shortly before President Joe Biden embarked on a politically risky trip to Israel, there was a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Then came the outrage and confusion. The Gaza Health Ministry initially said it was an Israeli bombing. Israel and the U.S. military say it was a misfired rocket launched from within Gaza by Islamic Jihad.
But the damage was already done. “In the hours between the initial charge and the release of evidence to the contrary, thousands of enraged protesters across the Middle East took to the streets, and even moderate Arab heads of state were compelled to denounce Israel for the heinous act,” Fred Kaplan writes. “A summit in Jordan—which Biden was scheduled to attend with the leaders of Egypt and the Palestinian Authority—was called off.
Plus: At the White House, hundreds gathered to chant: “How dare you use my grief to justify killing innocent civilians in my name?” Emily Tamkin takes a look at Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Jon Cherry/Getty Images, jamirae/iStock/Getty Images Plus, Seth Herald/AFP via Getty Images, Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images, and Igoriss/iStock/Getty Images Plus.Election denialists are hitting the road to spread voting conspiracy theories—and they’re getting exclusive audiences with state lawmakers.
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