With U.S. Weapons Still Flowing, Will Israel Invade Lebanon?
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Israeli threats to launch an all-out invasion of southern Lebanon are growing more severe by the day. Meanwhile, the fighting in Gaza rages on with no ceasefire in sight. The Biden administration claims to be seeking an end to the fighting and de-escalation across the region, but refuses to touch the steady flow of arms and ammunition that makes Israel's aggression possibe.
Brian is joined by Layan Sima Fuleihan, a Palestinian organizer with the Shut It Down for Palestine coalition, a popular educator, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, and an editor at 1804 Books.
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| 0:00.0 | Netanyahu is preparing to turn the Gaza war into a regional war. |
| 0:06.5 | Lebanon is the next target. |
| 0:08.7 | Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues its full backing of Israel's war against the Palestinian |
| 0:13.9 | people and the people and countries of the region. |
| 0:18.1 | We need a new system. |
| 0:20.2 | We need a new society. We need a new society. |
| 0:22.2 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not |
| 0:27.5 | only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. The Socialist Program, I'm your host, Brian Becker. The Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
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| 1:12.6 | Today we're joined by Leanne Sima Fulihang. She is a popular educator. |
| 1:18.6 | She is also the education director at the People's Forum and a central organizer of the Shut It Down for Palestine Coalition. |
| 1:26.6 | Leanne, welcome back to the Socialist Program. Brian, it's great to be back. organizer of the Shut It Down for Palestine Coalition. |
| 1:29.5 | Leanne, welcome back to the Socialist Program. |
| 1:31.5 | Brian, it's great to be back. |
| 1:34.7 | Leanne, there's a lot to talk about. |
| 1:39.9 | We're going to talk about U.S. weapons shipments to Israel that have been, you know, |
| 1:45.4 | essential for the Israeli genocidal campaign waged against the people of Gaza. |
| 1:51.9 | As I said in the introduction, we're going to also talk about the danger of a regional war, |
| 1:58.2 | a war against the people of Lebanon, a war that could turn, in fact, into a global war. |
| 2:03.6 | Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, made a speech about a week ago. He said, |
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