Biden’s ‘Red Line’ Was a Lie: U.S. Sponsored Massacre in Rafah

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

All eyes are on Rafah as Israeli forces murder Palestinians, even children in refugee camps designated as ‘safe zones.’ Yet Biden continues his support, providing the U.S. bombs that rain down on Rafah.

Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, organizer, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books. She spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine last weekend and says on June 8, people will descend on the White House to “draw their own red line” against genocide.

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0:00.0	All eyes are on Rafa.
0:03.9	The gruesome massacre of Palestinians has not slowed Joe Biden's support for the genocidal campaign conducted by Israel in Gaza.
0:14.5	On June 8th, people are descending on the White House, tens of thousands in an international day of protest against the genocide.
0:23.6	We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago,
0:32.6	but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker.
1:03.0	Today we're talking once again with Leanne Sima Fulihon. She is a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine Coalition.
1:12.5	She's a popular educator.
1:14.4	She's an organizer and she is the education director at the People's Forum.
1:20.0	She was a speaker at last weekend's People's Conference for Palestine.
1:25.2	Layan, welcome back.
1:26.5	It's great to be back.
1:35.7	Leanne, let's begin with some media clips about this gruesome massacre. We were in Detroit when the news came. People could not look at the videos. We're not going to show the videos
1:40.6	because they're too gruesome. Joe Biden had said if Israel invaded Rafah that there would
1:46.7	be a red line that he would stop sending weapons to Israel. That turned out to be a lie. One more
1:52.2	lie, a fiction. Anyway, let's start with some news clips about what actually happened.
1:58.1	Well, turning out of the Middle East, where dozens more Palestinians are dead after an airstrike in Rafa. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nya, turning out of the Middle East where dozens more Palestinians are dead after an
2:00.9	airstrike in Rafah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nanyahu is calling the incident a tragic mistake.
2:06.8	Foxx-Ives. Sharon Crowley is here with the latest on this attack, which Sharon appears to be one of
2:10.6	the deadliest in the war. Yeah, that's right, Natasha. Israel is now facing more pressure from the
2:15.6	international community for the airstrike that killed so many civilians in Gaza Sunday.
2:21.0	Here in the U.S., a National Security Council spokesman issuing a statement saying in part,
2:25.7	Israel must take precautions to avoid killing civilians.
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