Israel Unleashes Fury on West Bank Days Into Gaza Ceasefire

 

On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 1/23 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear are joined by special guests: Layan Sima Fuleihan, Education Director at The People’s Forum and an editor at 1804 Books, joins the show to discuss how, just days after the Gaza ceasefire, Israel launched a large-scale offensive in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, involving air raids, bombings, and mass abductions of Palestinians. Fuleihan will unpack Netanyahu’s “Operation Iron Wall,” the surge in settler violence, and the ongoing movement for the total liberation of Palestine. Jorge Torres, the National Organizing Director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), joins the show to discuss how immigrant communities are mobilizing to resist Trump’s promised raids and mass deportations. Torres will explain Trump’s plans to deport millions, the executive actions on immigration he has already signed and the fightback led by immigrant worker organizations. Maryjo Tucker, a resident of Asheville, North Carolina, and an organizer with the Helene Survivors Committee joins the show to discuss how FEMA is evicting thousands of Hurricane Helene survivors whose housing was destroyed during the devastating storm in September 2024. Tucker will discuss the disastrous federal response to the ongoing crisis and how residents are organizing to demand full relief. Brian Becker, Host of BreakThrough’s The Socialist Program, joins the show to unpack Trump’s flurry of executive orders he signed within days of beginning his second presidency. Becker will explain how these orders aim to roll back Biden’s most progressive policies on immigration, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, and climate change—and how people nationwide are mobilizing to resist Trump’s billionaire agenda. Kambale Musavuli from the Center for Research on the Congo joins the show to break down the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Musavuli will discuss how Rwanda's proxy force, the M23 rebel group, is advancing against the Congolese army (FARDC) and why Western powers keep fueling the crisis.