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She was asked to defend America's Gaza policy to Arabs. She quit instead | Hala Rharrit

She was asked to defend America's Gaza policy to Arabs. She quit instead | Hala Rharrit1 sep1 u 07 min

'Nothing for me is worth selling my soul.’

Hala Rharrit spent 18 years as a US diplomat, most recently serving as the State Department's Arabic language spokesperson.

In the wake of the Gaza genocide, she was tasked with defending America’s Gaza policy to the Arab world. She refused and soon quit.

In this Real Talk interview, Hala sits down with Mohamed Hashem about what she saw from inside the Biden administration, and what she makes of former Biden officials now claiming they should have done more.