US & Israel’s Fake ‘Ceasefire Deal’ and What Hamas Is Really Demanding
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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The United States has vetoed a ceasefire resolution in Gaza three times in the United Nations, but is now blaming Hamas for the absence of one. In the negotiations, Hamas outlined their demands for a permanent ceasefire, return of Palestinian prisoners for the exchange of Israeli hostages, and a complete withdrawal of forces. But few of its stated positions get reported accurately in the Western media.
Brian Becker is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a popular educator, organizer, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.
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| 0:00.0 | Having vetoed a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations on three separate occasions, |
| 0:09.0 | the Biden administration is now blaming Hamas for the absence of a ceasefire. |
| 0:15.2 | On the eve of Ramadan, more than 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza, |
| 0:20.7 | 75,000 have been wounded. |
| 0:23.6 | People in Gaza are literally starving to death. |
| 0:28.1 | We need a new system. We need a new society. |
| 0:32.1 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:36.9 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:07.7 | Today we're talking with Leanne Fullyhan. She is a popular educator organizer, the education |
| 1:13.4 | director at the People's Forum, and an editor at 1804 books. She's also been a lead organizer |
| 1:20.1 | in the mass demonstrations under the rubric under the banner of Shut It Down for Palestine. |
| 1:26.9 | Leanne, welcome back. Thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:30.7 | We're in this Alice in Wonderland world, Leanne, reality turned upside down. The Biden administration, |
| 1:39.5 | standing almost alone in the whole world, has used the U.S. veto power as a permanent member of the U.N. |
| 1:46.0 | Security Council to stop a ceasefire resolution. Now, as President Biden prepares to make his |
| 1:53.2 | State of the Union address, very important for his potential re-election bid, the Biden |
| 1:58.9 | administration is blaming Hamas for the absence of a ceasefire. |
| 2:03.0 | Anyway, let's start there. I want to get your take. It's really such a hypocritical approach. |
| 2:09.2 | I mean, the United States has been, like you said, primarily the force blocking a ceasefire. |
| 2:15.4 | They're not proposing a ceasefire, they're proposing a truce. |
| 2:18.8 | And I think the amount of both public pressure inside the United States and international |
| 2:23.4 | isolation that they're suffering from has forced them to try to now start adopting the language |
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