hello and welcome. come to spotlight, the death tool from the israeli aggression on gaz is topped 27,100, that's an average of 230 palestinin lives lost every day for 120 days, a war of aggression that has killed more than 12,000 children and thousands of women, a war of aggression in which the aggressor keeps getting armed and supplied by the world's of biggest military industrial complex, while the people facing the aggression are denied basic humanitarian assistant. in their

struggle to survive bombings, famin and starvation and the cold weather. stay with us as well discuss a situation in the besieged gaza strip with our guests tonight. from montreal, we have author and political activist eve angler, and human rights activist is joining us from houston, texas. gentlemen, welcome to the program. let's start off with mr. angler in uh montreal. the total death tool from israel's 119 days of incessant bombings and attacks has passed the 27 mark. in our intro, we just covered that of that's an average of 230 palestinians killed every day for the past four months. over 66 thousand people have been injured, schools, mosks, churches, hospitals and ambulances have been frequent targets. the strikes which

have left only few medical facilities partially operational now, please share with us your perspective on the horror that gazen have been enduring for the past four months, it's beyond belief, it's it's hard to wrap one's head around just how barbaric uh israeli policy is uh obviously those who've been the luckiest in gazia, those who haven't been killed or have haven't... seriously injured or haven't had family members killed um they will be traumatized probably for their whole life uh over what's taking place and what they've seen and what they've been in the middle of um so it's it's just a incredible uh collective trauma, a collective abuse of 2.2 2.3 million people uh it's just uh remarkable that this can happen. "in an

age of of instant um video, instant communication where we we see the horrors so easily, yet they um, they continue. movi, since the beginning of the onslot on the israel uh by the israeli regime, they've sought uh to dismantle the resistance groups in gaza, but after 119 days of the deadly attacks, the resistance groups we see are fighting back strong both inside and outside. uh of gaza, hamas representative in lebanon has also said that israel has failed to achieve any of its objectives in gaza, so what have the israelies achieved all together, other than being recordholders for murdering children? the israelis have miserably lost this uh this war, may that be diplomatically, may that be um the media war, the war of narratives, and more than anything the... "they have lost the military war,

there is absolutely no doubt about that, because not a single military objective of the zin regime has been achieved up to now, the the one military objective that they have spoken about from the very beginning, which they use as a pretext of this war, was the dismantling of the resistance forces in palestine, was the dismantling of all palestine freedom fighters, including hamas, they have..." failed to do that, we are of seeing videos on on different groups, on different channels, on telegram, on media outlets like the electronic intefada, breakthrough news and it is quite clear how proficient the fighters in the al-qasam brigade are, it is in the brigade are, and how these different factions of freedom fighters in palestine are collectively systematic. ically and strategically

defeating the the zionist regime in gaza, honestly now in today's day and age it doesn't really matter how... how conventional media portrays the success of the resistance, because people know the truth, the truth is on social media, so it doesn't really matter what israeli newspapers or or mainstream media funded by the zianists is saying, because the world now knows the truth. mr. angler, is israel in your opinion using the excuse of eradicating hamas something that our guest. in uh houston also agrees with that it is failed to achieve to just to continue to kill palestinians. the un special rapporter on palestine has said in the past just a couple of weeks what israel uh is doing in gaza is the monstrosity of our century. and now we see israel is even

bombing areas of gaza that it has designated as being safe, wiping out entire families. there's much more intent to this than just being collateral damage when the... scope of death and destruction is considered? yeah, i it's definitely not just collateral damage. um, this is, this is a policy of collective punishment, a policy of driving people out genocide. um, now i think there is an interesting question about whether the the aim of of israel is really to eradicate uh hamas. i don't know that they the the more sober-minded people in the... israeli establishment would believe that was a realistic aim or that they could have success in in fulfilling that, so the question then becomes is that is the rhetoric about uh we have to eradicate hamas, is that rhetoric

really just a way to justify uh genocide, and i think there's there's certainly significant amount of of reality to that um "i'm not sure if the if you know netanyahu himself is so deluted that he believes he could he could eradicate hamas or you know kill everyone in hamas um they clearly as my co-panelist is is pointed out the the the hamas is still able to fight and still able to blow up israeli tanks and still able to kill israeli soldiers so israel's ability to keep keep control of gaza is is is um is seriously in question, it's not, it doesn't look very good, so from an israeli perspective, so so um, that that dimension, but but no, mean i think that it's it's it's very clear that um israel's rhetoric about hamas is is uh is part of

basically uh justifying genocide and and and with regards to the genocide even, mean it's horrible what they've done, but i don't i think that there was and there still is you know the israeli government that won't wants to drive palestinians out of gaza and want to put a whole lot of pressure on egypt and some other countries to you know to take uh uh palestinians gaza, that's also uh they haven't succeeded on that front um either um so they they seem to be caught in this pattern of just you know killing children and women and random men and and not succeeding uh uh militarily right uh mosen. uh in houston, how important has the unified response been from the resistance fronts in the region? there's leben's hezbulah, there is yemen's ansar resistance movement and the armed forces of the country, resistance groups in syria and iraq, which have also

carried out operations against israel and the united states positions as well, do you think that the israelis and and washington were not considering uh the repercussions of a coordinated and unified response from all resistance fronts in the region, i think the the the unique, the unique strategy and the unique aspect about the resistance is that element of surprise, time and time again and the resistance has surprised its opponents in in war, we saw that, we saw how hizbullah surprised western proxies in syria, we saw how hashadul shahbi surprised western proxies like isis, "the empires proxies like isis in iraq, and and i think once again in this conflict we see resistance forces constantly surprising the their opponents, no one expected the ansarulah, the the legitimate

government of of yeman to enter this conflict in the way they did, they've they've really gone head first into this conflict by targeting us cargo ships, by targeting um..." cargo ships of of of any country that is in any way supporting israel. um, hizbullah obviously was, it was expect that hisbullah would involve themselves in this conflict, but i think the fact that they are, they have limited their their involvement to the extent of lebanese borders and as said himself, that they are strategically attacking the facilities of the zionist regime, this was also something that the zionist regime did not predict, the they predicted a more heavy response from hisbolla, which was also it added up to that element of surprise, and then the we see k. we see the hash, the factions of hashad really going ahead first

as far as their involvement in this conflict is concerned by by attacking, constantly attacking military bases of of the us in iraq, so definitely, and and i think more than anything, and to say the least, the fact that resistance freedom fighting forces within palestine, in gaza, in west bank, we see them, fight as one unit, which which we haven't really seen before, so the the way the strategy that the resistance front has adopted is something that it is without a doubt was unexpected off of its opponents, and that is one reason why we we are seeing the resistance resistance front victorious against the us empire and their allies, mr. condemnations are pouring in over uh some country's suspension of funding to the un

agency that supports palestinian refugees, honora uh also 28 aid ngos have voiced deep concern over the decision taken by the likes the us and the uk and some other countries warning that the reckless decision may lead to the complete collapse of humanitarian response that will impact the assistance for over two million civilians. what was your initial reaction to hearing this decision and what do you think of the? motives behind such move? well, i think the first uh element was that the this was israel trying to take away from the discussion around the international court of justice ruling that they're plausibly committing genocide and what was essentially saying that they need to cease their genocidal policies? which was relatively considering the court relatively strong uh strong ruling. and so they they uh announced that this business of 12 uh unrow

employees and this was a way of you know involved in october 7th and this was a way of of shifting the the discussion away from the icj ruling so i think that was quite clear i mean the timing was was was and then the americans immediately uh uh suspended funding canada followed within you know hours and number of other countries uh followed suit so... "this was there was i think a very important public relations element to this from israel's perspective, the us perspective, but i think that also a bigger picture they you they want to make life so miserable in gaza that it's you know uninhabitable and and unra is important uh in delivering services and getting some food in and you know the basics and and so obviously undermining unra or destroying anra or destroying the ability is is..." serves israel's purpose. israely officials have been pretty open about this in recent weeks, going

back multiple weeks before this, the funding was suspended that they wanted to destroy anra, and and so that's part of it. from the standpoint of a someone sitting in canada though, or the us, as a canadian, when the reaction of the canadian government to the world court saying that israel basically need to cease its gena policies, the canadian government didn't even say, not even a perfunctory statement saying, well, israel's bound legally by that ruling, instead, the same day, the same day they severed money to to unra, so i mean, they just basically made it absolute crystal clear that they are part of enabling israel's genocidal policies, um, it's an outrage beyond, i'm quite cynical. of the canadian government, i've seen canadian foreign policy being, brutal in many

different places, but i was myself stunned by being so crass that on the day the international court of justice ruled that israel is plausibly committing genocide, that the canadian government's reaction was to, okay, well how can we help uh that genocide by by um by cutting off funding to uh refugees? same question to you uh in reaction, of course, to the icj's ruling, uh, the israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu called to the order a disgrace and vowed to continue the onslot, but that was to be expected because the israelis, they've been a rogue entity. since day one, what about the western countries that back the israelies? these self-proclaimed beacons of democracy. the ruling should have brought them in check to stop their support and stop their arms deliveries to the israelis. they had to be thinking twice about the pressure that this ruling would pile on them as well as if they continue to support this massacre, and as our guest in montreal just mentioned, uh, they

turn around and cut funding to uh to anrua, which is a un agent. see that supports palestinian refugees, the first country that comes to mind is of course the united states, what's your take on that? it's it's absolutely despicable when when icj came out with their landmark judgement, majority within the congress called were critical of the icj saying that that this that this judgement was was without any merit '. and so that in itself reflects upon the the con the kind of representatives we have in congress, but it also goes to represent the the power of zinist lobbyist groups who who who literally control the and how they control the the us government, the likes of apac for

instance, the kind of influence they can pull on on on us senators, representatives and congress. so it's when we talk about fairness and justice, we don't see that reflecting upon the us congress and that's why there was a, i'm forgetting his name, but there was a congressman who who was question by a protester and activist in which when when he was asked as to why, how can he pull out his funding or or can you vote for for pulling out funding for onra while their? kids being being killed in in gaza, to which he said, no, there should be more restrictions, he said, i will fight for more restrictions, we shouldn't everything is about hamas to them, they're almost blinded by the massacre that us tax dollars are are committing in in gaza, so it's it's quite clear that when it comes ethics or basic human morality, that does not

exist, when you are a politician here in the us, it is all about pleasing. your zionist, lobbyist, financiers over representing the will of the people of your country, and this is issue that needs to come in the forefront of us politics where there needs to be limits on the actions of lobbyist groups, lobbis should not control the policy of this country, but rather it's it's representative should reflect upon the intent of the people. they represent, because it's quite clear, millions have come out in solidarity for palestine, millions are coming out protesting against albat systems, against the the role that the us government is playing, the the they have been strikes outside blincon's office, there are people doing protests outside outside government representatives

because of their direct involvement in this conflict, and i mean i wouldn't be exaggerating - was saying that the us is a direct party in the genocide of the innocent palestinians. mr. navy, i'm going to stay with you for this next question. the yemani army, it says it has targeted a british commercial vessel in the red sea which was bound for israeli ports. yamina's pledge to continue its operations against israeli linked vessels until the regime stops its war on gaza regardless of uh the attacks by the usa coalition uh in the red sea. talk to us about the yemeny. response to the gaza onslot and the defiant message that the yemenes are sending to the us and its allies. i mean, think about it, yemen is a country that has been under famin, that has been under saudi bombardment for years, right? it's it's fairly new government, it's an unstable country, yet when it comes to resistance

against the zionist regime, they are at the forefront, we we if if "the countries of the gulf, the arab, so-called muslim countries of the gulf took similar actions, we wouldn't see um, the genocide that is happening in gaza today. i, i, i, in my opinion, the yeminies are doing everything within their power and beyond to try and limit any kind of support that the zience regime is getting or receiving, when you limit support to..." to zinus israel, that is how you force them or corner them towards weakening them, weakening them and calling for a cease fire, right? so the yamni actions are are, actions that are are commendable, these are heroic actions um that everyone else should follow, looking at

what they've done, okay, i'm sorry to jump in there, mr. navy, we're short of time, i want to get one quick final word from mr. angler as well, briefly, if you may, sir, spite of all the efforts to weaken the resistance in the region, and efforts by uh, israel and co, to demonize the resistance, why is the resistance front still thriving? buse israel is massacring people and people are appalled by that and obviously different organizations for many years uh us imperialism in the middle east is not new uh so there's groups that have had many years to to organize themselves to to uh prepare for these types of uh moments and obviously the same thing goes in terms of uh hamas. they they've known that the israeli government's not going to concede modicum of justice to palestinians

without a need to be militarily prepared and and they have they have done that and you know israel continues with its barbarism and the government in in yemen you know takes actions in solidarity against that barbarism. and those are the those are the dynamics. all right, let's leave it there. author and political activist. vangler joining us from montreal, and thanks to human rights activist uh speaking to us from houston, texas, and of course, a special thanks to you our viewers for staying with us on tonight spotlight. it's good night for now, and see you next time.

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news and re for this hour, more than 100 people have been killed in the latest israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. the israeli genocidal war is nearing its fifth month. with the focal point of the attacks now being the south, including hannius. the total death sold from the non-stop strikes has topped 27,100. brussels has summoned tel aviv's ambassad after a belgian agency was targeted an israeli strike in gaza. the belgian foreign ministry condemned the bombing and destruction of the offices known as enable. it also slamed as acceptable israel's bombardment of civilian infrastructure in gaza.