Democracy Now! 2026-04-15 Wednesday
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for April 15, 2026; Israel’s War & Demands “Could Throw Lebanon Back into a Civil War”: Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy; “Scorched-Earth Campaign”: Israel Uses “Gaza Playbook” to Turn Southern Lebanon into Rubble; Reps. Swalwell & Gonzales Resign over Alleged Sexual Misconduct; Will Congress Take More Action?; “The Future Is Peace”: Maoz Inon & Aziz Abu Sarah on Israelis and Palestinians Working Together
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:18.0 | This is about bringing a permanent end. |
| 0:24.8 | The 20 or 30 years of Hezbo's influence in this part of the world |
| 0:26.1 | and they're not just damages inflicted on Israel, |
| 0:29.5 | the damage is inflicted on the Lebanese people. |
| 0:31.8 | We have to remember the Lebanese people are victims of Hezbo. |
| 0:35.1 | The Lebanese people are victims of Iranian aggression, |
| 0:39.3 | and this needs to stop. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted duress talks |
| 0:43.3 | between Israel and Lebanon in Washington Tuesday, |
| 0:47.3 | the first such meeting in decades. |
| 0:49.3 | We'll speak with former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy. |
| 0:55.0 | Meanwhile, Israel continues to bomb Lebanon. |
| 0:58.0 | We'll go to Beirut. |
| 1:00.0 | Then Republican Congress member Tony Gonzalez and Democrat Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress |
| 1:08.0 | over mounting allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape. |
| 1:13.6 | My delay in taking action against Eric was driven by fear, not doubt, fear of his political |
| 1:20.6 | power, his background as an attorney, and his family law enforcement ties. |
| 1:28.3 | We'll speak to Fatima Gross Graves of the National Women's Law Center. |
| 1:32.3 | And finally, two peace activists, one Israeli, one Palestinian. |
| 1:38.3 | Maozinan's parents were killed by Hamas on October 7, |
| 1:42.3 | 2023. Aziz Abu Saro's brother died after being tortured in Israeli killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. |
| 1:44.2 | Aziz Abu Saro's brother died after being tortured in Israeli prison. |
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