Gaza Ceasefire Explained: Reading Between The Lines
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 16 January 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
A ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been announced in Qatar. The Israeli cabinet is expected to formally approve the agreement Thursday morning. What does this mean for Palestine, the region, and the world?
Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer, popular educator, and the Education Director at The People’s Forum.
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| 0:00.0 | A ceasefire may be at hand for the people of Gaza. After 465 days of merciless bombing by the Israeli |
| 0:12.7 | government, by the Israeli defense forces, a ceasefire may be at last at hand. |
| 0:19.1 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:21.3 | We need a new society. |
| 0:23.2 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:27.5 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the socialist program. |
| 0:56.5 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 0:58.2 | Today we're talking once again with Leanne Sima Fulian. |
| 1:01.2 | She's a popular educator, the education director at the People's Forum, |
| 1:05.6 | a lead organizer with the shut it down for Palestine Coalition. |
| 1:10.4 | Leanne, welcome back. |
| 1:11.5 | Thanks for having me back, Brian. |
| 1:13.3 | The images are amazing, Leanne, the images of people in Gaza right now after this |
| 1:19.6 | terrible genocide. |
| 1:21.3 | And that's what it is. |
| 1:22.2 | So many people have died, at least 45,000, 100,000 plus wounded, most of the population displaced, |
| 1:29.2 | all the university's blown up, |
| 1:31.4 | the hospital's gone, destroyed. |
| 1:34.1 | I mean, unbelievable. |
| 1:35.9 | We've watched it in real time. |
| 1:37.7 | We've watched it in real time. |
| 1:39.6 | A genocide being watched by the people of the world in real time. |
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