Israeli Apartheid Politics Takes a Bizarre Turn
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be replaced by an even more fanatical racist? A last-minute coalition deal appears to have ended the 12-year-long reign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just days after he presided over an 11-day massacre of Palestinians. But the man set to replace him is even more right wing. Meanwhile, the resistance of the Palestinian people is intensifying and global support for their cause is growing.
Brian is joined by Miko Peled. He’s an activist and the author of “The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,” and of "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.”
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| 0:00.0 | A last-minute coalition deal appears to have ended the 12-year-long reign of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just days after he presided over another 11-day-long war or massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. |
| 0:15.5 | But the man set to replace him as even more right-wing, and the new coalition partners are united around only one |
| 0:21.9 | issue getting rid of Netanyahu. Meanwhile, the resistance of the Palestinian people is |
| 0:27.7 | intensifying and global support for their cause is growing. We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:36.6 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:41.3 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Real Story on the Socialist Program. |
| 1:13.7 | I'm your host, Brian Becker, and I'm joined by Miko Pelled. |
| 1:18.7 | Miko is an activist and the author of several books, including The General's Sun, Journey of an Israeli in Palestine, and the book Injustice, the Story of the Holy Land |
| 1:26.0 | Foundation 5. |
| 1:27.6 | Miko, welcome to the show. |
| 1:29.4 | It's good to be with you, Brian. |
| 1:30.6 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:31.7 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:34.1 | I want to talk to you about what it means for Netanyahu to no longer be the head of state in Israel |
| 1:40.7 | and what it means for the other people who will take his place, what that means. |
| 1:50.3 | We also want to put it into the context of the recent conflict, the 11-day massacre, |
| 1:56.5 | and also into the global context of how support for the Palestinian people is growing so dramatically, including right here in the United States. |
| 1:59.5 | But let's just start with the change in the |
| 2:01.6 | Israeli government. Benjamin Netanyahu has been prime minister for a long time, the dominant figure, |
| 2:07.6 | certainly in Israeli politics. Anyway, what's your take? I would say that it's too soon to lament his |
| 2:14.1 | or celebrate his passing. He's not done being prime minister yet. This new |
| 2:19.3 | patchwork of parties that is calling itself a coalition is still short of the 61 majority that |
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