Israeli Genocide Verdict? US-Israel Will Lose War Against Palestine and Yemen w/ Vijay Prashad
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. is amplifying its war on Yemen, in retaliation for Yemen’s protest against the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice will rule on South Africa’s case against Israeli genocide.
Brian Becker is joined by Vijay Prashad, the Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Chief Editor of LeftWord Books, and a prolific author, most recently publishing a new book with Noam Chomsky called “The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.”
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| 0:00.0 | The International Court of Justice, which heard the oral arguments and the written arguments |
| 0:07.2 | by South Africa, making the case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, has announced |
| 0:13.8 | that they will make their decision on Friday, January 26th. |
| 0:20.2 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:21.6 | We need a new society. |
| 0:23.6 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:27.6 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to this week's episode of the Socialist Program. |
| 0:57.8 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:00.5 | Today we're talking with VJ Prashad. |
| 1:02.9 | He is the executive director of Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research. |
| 1:07.9 | He's the chief editor of Leftward Books. He's a prolific author and most recently |
| 1:13.4 | publishing a new book with Noam Chomsky called The Withdrawal, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, |
| 1:20.1 | and the fragility of U.S. power. Vijay Prashad, welcome back. |
| 1:24.5 | Thanks a lot, Brian. It's great to be with you as usual. |
| 1:28.5 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:36.8 | Right before we started our program today, the announcement came that the ICJ will rule on Friday. |
| 1:41.5 | The ICJ is the primary judicial branch of the United Nations. |
| 1:47.0 | The South Africans made a dramatic case, an 84-page brief, documenting that the Israelis have the intent to commit genocide using the statements of Israeli |
| 1:53.0 | officials, civilian and military, the intent to commit genocide, and the methods and the |
| 1:59.7 | application of military force such that they are indeed |
| 2:03.0 | committing genocide. First of all, let's talk about the importance of this application to the |
| 2:09.2 | ICJ by South Africa. And what do we expect? And what's the process if the ICJ moves to adhere to or |
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