The Colonial Roots of Zionism: Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 13 February 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The Israeli state was born in 1948 when zionists colonized Palestine. What are the colonial roots of Israel and what role does Israel play in the pursuit of policies mirroring the interests of U.S. and western imperialism?
Brian is joined by Richard Becker, the author of the newly updated book, "Palestine, Israel, and U.S. Empire," published by 1804 Books.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're discussing the colonial roots of Zionism and the birth of the Israeli state in |
| 0:07.4 | 1948. We'll talk about the role that Israel plays in the pursuit of policies that accord with |
| 0:13.8 | the interests of U.S. and Western imperialism. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, |
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| 1:08.0 | Today we're talking with Richard Becker. |
| 1:10.3 | Richard Becker is the author of a new book. Well, |
| 1:13.2 | it's an old book with a new edition, Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire. Richard, welcome to the |
| 1:19.3 | socialist program. Thanks very much for heaven, man. Richard, the struggle in the last months |
| 1:25.4 | ever since the October 7th raid by Hamas, into that part of historic |
| 1:30.7 | Palestine that's across the wall that's been erected by occupation forces to keep Palestinians |
| 1:36.7 | inside of Gaza. Ever since that time, there has been this dramatic change in world public opinion because the world is watching, |
| 1:48.4 | perhaps for the first time, a genocide being carried out in real time. Perhaps it's not on all of |
| 1:55.4 | the mainstream television networks in the United States, but people have access to social media, foreign media. |
| 2:03.3 | They are watching a genocide being played out in real time. And I think for a lot of people, |
| 2:10.1 | especially people in the United States, people who perhaps voted for Joe Biden in 2020, |
| 2:16.1 | but who are so mortified by the death and destruction by the Israeli |
| 2:20.3 | military against the people of Gaza, and recognizing that Biden, the person they voted for, |
| 2:27.3 | seems to be joined at the hip with Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing prime minister of Israel, |
| 2:33.4 | and the U.S. continues to fund and finance and arm |
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