We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza / Phyllis Bennis

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis on her recent writing, “As Israel and Gaza erupt, the US must commit to ending the violence — all the violence,” at The Hill and, “Both Israelis and Palestinians Are Victims of Israel’s Apartheid System," at InsideSources. We will also have this week's Hangover Cure, Question from Hell, and Rotten History. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

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0:00.0	And I'm
0:02.0	I'm going to find out there. I'm going to be there. The National Guard
0:25.0	Take a job.
0:27.0	Take a job!
0:28.0	Make a job! Thank you. This is hell.
0:47.0	is hell many saw the war in the occupied territories as inevitable. Many were afraid
1:07.7	that the attack by Hamas would lead to a disproportionate response by Israel's military, as is so often the case.
1:16.0	And that any attack from Gaza would lead to increased fighting in the West Bank, which it has.
1:22.6	Now with Hezbollah, launching missiles from Lebanon
1:25.8	and Israel retaliating, forcing 13,000 Lebanese
1:29.9	to evacuate their homes, with Israeli airstrikes behind the bombing of an airport in
1:35.0	Syria. Plus strong words of opposition from Iran. Many now fear the war may become regional or may even lead to World War 3.
1:51.9	It's as if the most dissenting opinion today is peace. We've been told by Israeli
1:59.9	Defense Ministry spokespeople that support for a ceasefire is actually
2:03.8	support for Hamas. Yes, peace means supporting terrorists.
2:09.7	Meanwhile the Western media is working hard to manufacture consent for Israel's ongoing
2:15.0	siege of Gaza even after Israel told Gazans to flee south, only to discover that the south
2:22.2	around Rafah was also being targeted by Israeli bombing.
2:26.9	This morning's headlines report that Israel is stepping up its bombardment of Gaza,
2:31.6	which would seem impossible judging by the devastating images of destruction
2:35.6	we are seeing from the region. Today we will be discussing if peace does have a chance in the raging Israeli-Palestinian war when we have the return of writer,
2:46.4	activist and political commentator Phyllis Benis, who recently posted the article,
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