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A new humanitarian outrage is unfolding in the Middle East. It's not in Gaza

JL;DR SUMMARY The article by Rob Eshman highlights the severe and underreported humanitarian crisis facing Afghan refugees in Iran. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaIranHumanitarian CrisisDiscriminationDeportationRightsAfghan RefugeesInternational FocusAfghan Women

Places mentioned

Afghanistan
"Until recently, about 3.8 million Afghans lived in Iran, having fled instability, persecution and war in their home country."
Iran
"But what I dont understand is how that same criticism has appeared to entirely bypass Iran, which on the very same day that Netanyahu met with Trump ramped up efforts to expel Afghans living within its borders to as many as 50,000 each day."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this month, he faced international condemnation for renewing Trumps call to resettle Gazas 2 million residents outside the battered enclave."
United States
"But its also impossible to overstate how much attention Israel and its war in Gaza has sucked from this situation."

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