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Your Call: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and offshore tax havens

Photograph: Mohammed Saber
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Palestinians inspect a damaged classroom of the UN school in Jabalia, northern Gaza.

On the Agust 1st edition of Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss media coverage of US corporate tax laws and offshore tax havens.  And we’ll talk about reporting the ongoing Israeli assault in Gaza.  As of Thursday morning, more than 1300 Palestinians have been killed, and the conflict has also cost the lives of 56 Israeli soldiers and 3 Israeli civilians. We will be joined by McClatchy’s Kevin Hall, Michael Hudson of The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and Samer Badawi of +972 Magazine. Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you

Guests:

Michael Hudson, senior editor with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Kevin Hall, national economic correspondent for McClatchy newspapers

Samer Badawi, regular contributor to +972

Web Resources:

The Guardian: US condemns shelling of UN school in Gaza but restocks Israeli ammunition

AFP: Heartbreak: Reporting on Gaza’s child victims

+972: Not about tunnels: Israeli tanks take aim at central Gaza

ICIJ: Sun and Shadows: How an Island Paradise Became a Haven for Dirty Money

ICIJ: Hidden in Plain Sight: New York Just Another Island Haven

The Modesto Bee: Pass the salt: Breakfast with Paul Ryan

The Wichita Eagle: Obama wants to get tough on companies that flee U.S. taxes