By Katiana Krawchenko – WUFT-FM
It was yet another bloody weekend on the border of Israel and Gaza. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Katiana Krawchenko looks at how local Israeli and Palestinian supporters are reacting to the latest violence and American media coverage of it.
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