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3 News Stories You Should Read Today – 4/4/2018

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Soon-to-exit McMaster blasts Russia

“For too long, some nations have looked the other way in the face of these threats. Russia brazenly, and implausibly denies its actions, and we have failed to impose sufficient costs,” McMaster said during a speech at the Atlantic Council’s 100 Years of U.S.-Baltic Partnership event in Washington.

The three-star Army general added that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes he is “winning” through his county’s “hybrid warfare,” which “combines political, economic, informational and cyber assaults against sovereign nations.” But, he argued, the U.S. and its allies will prevail.

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Gaza hospitals: ‘Israel was shooting to kill or cause disability’

Al Jazeera speaks to doctors and Palestinians injured during Gaza’s Land Day protests at a hospital struggling to cope.

More than 1,500 Palestinians wounded on Friday when the Israeli army unleashed a storm of live ammunition, tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets on thousands of people protesting along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border with Israel, killing 18.

According to the Ministry of Health, at least 800 Palestinians were targeted with live fire, while some 150 were wounded from rubber-coated steel bullets and about 20 from tear gas inhalation.

Several countries and human rights groups have condemned Israel’s use of force.

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“TRUMP IS LIKE, ‘HOW CAN I F–K WITH HIM?’”: TRUMP’S WAR WITH AMAZON (AND THE WASHINGTON POST) IS PERSONAL

With the West Wing finally calm, Trump is contemplating a multi-front campaign against Jeff Bezos.

according to four sources close to the White House, Trump is discussing ways to escalate his Twitter attacks on Amazon to further damage the company. “He’s off the hook on this. It’s war,” one source told me. “He gets obsessed with something, and now he’s obsessed with Bezos,” said another source. “Trump is like, how can I fuck with him?”

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