The ‘Sheer Evil’ of Israel’s War Crimes: Israeli General’s Son Speaks Out

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Miko Peled, the son of an Israeli general, explains the barbarity and criminal logic of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

Palestinians are being massacred by Israel after the Al-Aqsa Flood uprising that began on October 7, with bombs hitting apartment buildings and ambulances, fuel running out, and Israel blockading food, water, and aid from the Gaza Strip — announced by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as treatment for “human animals.” Meanwhile, Western media is pushing the narrative that presents Israelis as victims rather than the long-besieged Palestinians. What is the root of this war? How did a group of fighters take Israel’s well-funded army with a sophisticated surveillance arm by surprise? What is the status of the Israeli state?

Brian Becker is joined by Miko Peled, a human rights activist, host of The Miko Peled Podcast, and author of “The General’s Son - A Journey of an Israeli in Palestine” and "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.” You can find his podcast, books, and much more at mikopeled.com.

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0:00.0	The Israeli government funded by the United States is at this moment in the process of destroying
0:08.4	Gaza, home to more than 2 million Palestinian people.
0:13.8	We need a new system.
0:16.6	We need a new society.
0:18.5	We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. Today we're talking with Miko Pelled. Miko is a human rights activist.
0:58.1	He's the host of the Miko Pellad podcast and the author of the General Sun,
1:03.4	A Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. He's also the author of Injustice, the Story of the
1:09.8	Holy Land Foundation 5.
1:12.1	You can find his podcast, books, and much more at miko pellet.com.
1:17.8	Miko, welcome back.
1:19.3	Thank you. Good to be with you again.
1:21.4	Right now, Miko, as I said in the introduction, the Israeli government funded by the United States
1:26.4	is in the process of destroying
1:29.4	Gaza. Tens of thousands of residential homes have been damaged. Big parts of the infrastructure have been
1:37.5	destroyed. A quarter million Palestinian people have fled their homes. The Israeli defense minister has said the Israeli government is fighting human animals and will
1:50.6	treat the war as such at the time that he announced a complete blockade of food, water, and
1:58.4	electricity. In other words, it is a policy designed to destroy Gaza and the people who live there.
2:06.2	Joe Biden spoke about the war, the latest version of the war the other day, and he said
2:13.1	the cause of the war is Hamas and the Palestinian people, and he described them as, quote,
2:19.5	sheer evil. So it's a war between good and evil. Miko, your comments.
2:27.4	Well, thanks for having me on the program again. I think what we're seeing is we're seeing a
2:33.1	gangster who's been humiliated and is now
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