{"id":3675,"date":"2014-01-30T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T22:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2016-10-05T18:43:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T22:43:43","slug":"335-guest-salim-mansur-stephen-harper-gets-it-right-about-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/3675","title":{"rendered":"335 &#8211; Guest: Salim Mansur &#8211; Stephen Harper gets it right about Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2867\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3675-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140130-justRIGHT-335-StephenHarper-Israel-Canada.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140130-justRIGHT-335-StephenHarper-Israel-Canada.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140130-justRIGHT-335-StephenHarper-Israel-Canada.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140130-justRIGHT-335-StephenHarper-Israel-Canada.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3675-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20140130-justRIGHT-335-StephenHarper-Israel-Canada.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20140130-justRIGHT-335-StephenHarper-Israel-Canada.mp3\">Download<\/a> (65.8MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('3675-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_3675-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_3675-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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