Lebanon War Rages, Iran Hits Back, Middle East Explodes in Regional War, w/ Ben Norton
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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🗓️ 3 October 2024
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Israel is at war with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and now Iran. More than 180 Iranian missiles struck Israel on Tuesday. For the last year Israel has carried out a non-stop killing spree in Gaza—that war is now part of a larger regional war in the Middle East.
Brian Becker is joined by Ben Norton, an investigative journalist currently based in Beijing, and the editor of the independent news website Geopolitical Economy Report, at geopoliticaleconomy.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Israel is at war with Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and now Iran. |
| 0:10.4 | More than 180 Iranian missiles struck Israel on Tuesday. |
| 0:16.3 | For the last year, Israel has carried out a nonstop killing spree in Gaza. That war is now part of a larger |
| 0:24.1 | regional war in the Middle East. Today we'll talk about what comes next. We need a new system. |
| 0:32.5 | We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:39.3 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:09.6 | Today we're talking with Ben Norton. Ben is an |
| 1:12.6 | investigative journalist currently based in Beijing, China. He is the editor of the independent |
| 1:18.6 | news website Geopolitical Economy Report, which you can find at geopoliticaleconomy.com. Ben Norton, |
| 1:26.9 | welcome back. |
| 1:28.1 | Thanks for having me, Brian. It's one of my favorite programs, so it's always a pleasure |
| 1:31.1 | being here. Well, thank you so much for joining once again. The whole world witnessed on |
| 1:37.3 | Tuesday Iranian missiles coming down into the heart of Israel, 180 missiles. |
| 1:49.5 | The Iranian foreign minister invoked Article 51 of the UN Charter, |
| 1:52.9 | meaning that Iran was acting in self-defense. |
| 1:57.3 | Israel had assassinated Ismail Haniyah, |
| 2:04.3 | the political leader of Gaza, the chief negotiator with Israel purportedly for a ceasefire, |
| 2:12.1 | the Israelis assassinated him in Iran while he was visiting Iran to take part in the inauguration ceremonies for the new Iranian president. At that time, Iran said it would retaliate. It said it was also retaliating for |
| 2:19.9 | the assassination of Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. Of course, Israel has carried out many |
| 2:26.7 | assassinations in Lebanon. But Ben, we are in a regional war, and it's not simply Israel's |
| 2:33.9 | regional war against Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, |
| 2:38.7 | Syria, and Iran. This is the United States. You've written about it. You've talked about it. |
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