Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast. The genocide and subsequent

ceasefire in Gaza is only the latest horrifying consequence of botched military misadventures in the

Middle East. And if the history of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the Abu Ghraib and

Guantanamo Bay prisons can teach

us anything, it's that atrocities have long shadows. For those looking for a quick overview,

the sources providing our top takes in about 50 minutes today includes the socialist program,

American prestige, behind the news, revolutionary left Radio, Counterspin, and Democracy Now.

Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show, there will be more in four sections.

Section A, The Deal, Section B, Ceasefire Politics, Section C, the Empire, and Section B, now what?

There's a lot to talk about. What is Biden say about the agreement? What does Donald Trump say about the agreement?

What is Netanyahu and the Israelis say about the agreement? Again, what did the regional actors say about it?

Again, we want to talk about what the Palestinian people say and the Palestinian resistance forces.

We want to hear their voices. You know, the United States characterizes every Palestinian resistance organization as a terrorist entity.

So if you show solidarity with the Palestinian people, you're frequently labeled in the United

States as aiding and abetting terrorism. I mean, the U.S. said the same thing about the ANC and

Nelson Mandela in South Africa up until 1988 and even beyond, actually. But I want for our audience to hear what the

Palestinian resistance forces say about this agreement. Now, first of all, it's a three-stage

agreement. I want to go over the three stages with you. But let's first hear, if you have it,

what did Hamas say about it? What is Islamic jihad, another Palestinian

resistance group? What did the popular front for the liberation of Palestine? All of these

organizations, again, identified as terrorist entities such that the U.S. media and the U.S.

people never hear, or the U.S. media never tells what they think and the U.S. people never hear what they think.

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