#1602 What Happens in Israel and Gaza Doesn't Stay in Israel and Gaza
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 1/5/2024
As the war in Gaza drags on, accusations of genocide by Israel have been filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice and we are reminded that the tactics and technology that Israel develops and tests against Palestinians are sold around the world.
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SHOW NOTES
Introduction: In Gaza and Israel, side with the child over the gun
Ch. 1: Israels Push to Expel Residents of Gaza - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-3-24
Dutch Palestinian policy analyst Mouin Rabbani says Israel is using the Hamas attack of October 7 as a pretext to carry out its “long-standing ambition” to push Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.
"I believe South Africa will win an order against Israel to cease and desist from committing all acts of genocide against the Palestinians," says Francis Boyle, an international human rights lawyer
Intercept co-founder Jeremy Scahill and journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous discuss the U.S. role in Israel’s scorched-earth campaign to annihilate Gaza.
Ch. 4: Disease In Gaza - Up First - Air Date 12-28-23
The World Health Organization warns that disease could kill more people in Gaza than the bombings.
Ch. 5: Gaza, Solidarity, and the Movement for Palestinian Liberation - Making Contact - Air Date 11-29-23
We uncover the military corporations profiting from the war.
Antony Loewenstein, journalist and author of The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, joins The Chris Hedges Report for a deep dive.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 9: Christian Zionism - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 12-30-23
Ralph welcomes Rev. Dr. Donald Wagner, National Program Director of Friends of Sabeel—North America, to discuss the ongoing violence in Palestine, the influence that Christian Zionists have on America's Israel policy, and more.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on the impacts of the antisemitism that is felt by the Jewish diaspora in the wake of the Hamas attack and war in Gaza
Articles referenced:
California lawmakers ‘pull the fire alarm’ on antisemitism
Anti-Defamation League staff decry ‘dishonest’ campaign against Israel critics
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Description: Black and white photo of a woman at a protest in the city. She stares straight into the camera while holding a cardboard sign that reads "Bombing refugee camps, hospitals, ambulances, children is not self defence."
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning Best of the Left Podcast |
| 0:06.0 | Podcast in which we will look at the accusations of genocide by Israel |
| 0:10.0 | that have been filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice |
| 0:14.4 | and are reminded that the tactics and technology that Israel develops and |
| 0:18.8 | tests against Palestinians are sold around the world. |
| 0:22.3 | Sources today include Democracy Now, The Intercept, |
| 0:26.0 | up first, making contact, and the Chris Hedges Report |
| 0:30.0 | with additional members only clips |
| 0:32.0 | from the Chris Hedges report and the Ralph Nader |
| 0:35.0 | radio hour. |
| 0:36.0 | But first, I just want to quickly address a concern that seems to be fairly widespread, |
| 0:40.3 | which is that anti-Semitism is being perceived based not just on what some are saying about Israel, the war, or Jews in general, but also based on what's not being said, primarily from generally left-wing advocates, activists, and organizations. |
| 0:57.3 | The accusation is that many on the left haven't prefaced their criticisms of the war or of Israel with enough condemnation of the attack on Israel by Hamas or with enough recognition of the pain being felt by the Jewish diaspora. |
| 1:13.6 | For me, I can actually sort of understand the oversight |
| 1:17.0 | and why so many on the left wouldn't |
| 1:18.9 | have felt the need to condemn the attack by Hamas. |
| 1:21.9 | And it's not out of a lack of concern for the Jewish |
| 1:24.4 | community or some deep-seated anti-Semitism. It's just so obvious. It seems like |
| 1:31.3 | something that should go without saying. |
| 1:33.0 | Well, that's how it feels from a left-wing non-Jewish, non-antismetic perspective. |
| 1:40.0 | But the problem is that there are enough anti-Semitic extremists out there for whom an attack on Israel is not obviously bad, which muddies the water to the point where everyone actually has to state their position on being |
| 1:56.4 | for or against a war crime massacre. |
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