#1659 Conflagration Through Escalation: Israel expands the war to Lebanon to defend their ongoing genocide in Gaza

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 157 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Air Date 10/1/2024

There's still no end in sight to Israel's war on its neighbors and the US continues its toothless efforts to de-escalate while maintaining seemingly unconditional support in spite of standing laws that should prevent our sale of weapons to any country committing war crimes - which Israel certainly it.

Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

Full Show Notes | Transcript

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!)

Join our Discord community!

KEY POINTS

KP 1: Israel Terrorizes Hezbollah With Exploding Pagers - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 9-20-24

KP 2: Hell Is Breaking Loose in Lebanon Israel Rejects Ceasefire Proposal as U.N. Chief Calls for Peace Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-26-24

KP 3: U.S. Gov't Agencies Found Israel Was Blocking Gaza Aid. Blinken Ignored Them to Keep Weapons Flowing - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-26-24

KP 4: 'Whitewashing genocide' How Democrats & the media kept Gaza out of the DNC - The Real News Network - Air Date 8-31-24

KP 5: Palestine In Israeli School Books w Author Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Book Cafe Podcast - Air Date 2-22-24

KP 6: How U.S. College Administrators Are Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-5-24

KP 7: Arrest Netanyahu: NYC activists call for mass march during Netanyahu's UN address - The Real News Network

(55:08) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the ease of misunderstanding when discussing Israel

Article: A Leftist Analysis of Antisemitism - Jacobin

DEEPER DIVES

(1:01:15) SECTION A: STATE TERRORISM

(1:27:44) SECTION B: GLOBAL COMPLICITY

(2:00:10) SECTION C: PROTESTS AND INDOCTRINATION

(2:14:13) SECTION D: RESISTANCE

SHOW IMAGE CREDIT

Description: A black and white photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making a speech with the flags of Israel and the United States behind him.

Credit: "Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a joint press briefing with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, April 12, 2021" by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders / U.S. Secretary of Defense, Wikimedia Commons | License: Public Domain

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We've all seen the headlines in the news of how somebody lost their life in an act of cold-blooded murder, and it grabs your attention,
0:06.0	but have you ever stopped to think about the life of the person at the center of the news story?
0:11.0	These victims were way more than a salacious headline. I'm Eric Carter-Londine, and my podcast, The Murder and
0:17.6	my family dives into some of those stories to help listeners get to know the person who was lost and how their death
0:24.0	affected those closest to them. Listen to the murder of my family everywhere you
0:28.1	listen to podcasts.
0:29.1	Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast.
0:37.0	There is still no end in sight Israel's war on its neighbors,
0:40.6	and the US continues its toothless efforts to de-escalate while maintaining
0:45.8	seemingly unconditional support in spite of standing laws that should prevent our
0:51.2	sale of weapons to any country committing war crimes, which Israel certainly
0:56.7	is.
0:57.7	Sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes today includes the Mukuckrake political podcast, Democracy Now, the Real News Network, and the Book
1:07.0	Cafe Podcast. Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four
1:12.4	sections. Section A, State Terrorism, Section B,
1:17.2	Global Complicity, Section C, protests and indoctrination and section D resistance. We have to start with a really really bizarre story that I think has huge implications
1:37.3	Over the past few days Israel has carried out a I don't even know what else to call it a strange innovative tragic attack in Lebanon against Hezbollah
1:49.2	blowing up pagers and walkie-talkies so far it looks like the death toll has climbed up over 30 and we're talking about over 2,000 people being injured by this.
2:00.0	The details are starting to come out a little bit here and there how this might have happened what exactly took place
2:07.6	Israel has officially called this quote a new era of war and also it seems that they're now turning their eye towards Lebanon in their
2:16.0	operations as peace remains unfortunately and tragically far off or non-existent.
2:23.2	Nick I have a lot of thoughts about this.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jay Tomlinson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jay Tomlinson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.