as the israel regime continues its onslot in the gaza strip, there's a massive increase on all fronts, from the death toll, which has reached almost 30,000, to the cost of the aggression itself, just cost the israely economy massively, was also the steadfast support that palestinians have been getting of from hisballah to yemen, to the resistance forces in the west asia region. meanwile deliverations of icj at the heig are highlighting the illegality of israel's occupation and apartite practices on occupied

palestinian land. in this edition of the spotlight we will look at how the israel regime has been defeated on so many fronts, from the battlefield to its economy and even its international standing, no matter how hard the us has supported this illegal regime, while support for palestinians in the resistance has only increase. first let me introduce our guests for this edition of the program. steve bell, activist that stopped the war coalition and joins us from coventry in the uk. also joining us is masu shajar, chairman of the islamic human rights commission who joins us here, the capital tehran. okay, great, welcome to you both gentlemen. steve bell, let me first start with you, uh, we're looking at regional resistance groups that are unified in the position when it comes to the um israeli of regime and obviously in support for the palestinians. um, i'm going to start out with hisbollah uh, which has been militarily engaged with israeli regime on almost daily basis, if not a day. basis i'm wondering as

to why it is that israel wants to continue this uh targeting of hezbollah and in turn lebanon this in this form of manner a daily basis while it's carrying out is us is genocidal war on the gaza strap well i think the reason it is doing so is because it wants to um extend the war um because because um, it hopes to draw in the united states, it's of not actually in a position, for example to of invade lebanon at the moment, but it is in a position to act in provocative manner, um, and for the netanyahu government, anything which extends the war um, and involves the united states means that there is less likelihood of his own domestic we. um coming

into play um so i think that's why for the israeli uh government it's a case of um maintaining the dynamic that it has established in uh palestine and it wants to uh further involve the united states by provocations in the north well taking a look at another country here and that's yemen we just had announce. ments uh that they had targeted another uk vessel, of course that's being construed in the public uh domain out mainly western once that uh here you have violent entity uh that's uh that's executing violent uh actions in the red sea and uh affecting the world economy, but at the core of this, the only reason is for the carnage and the genocidal war in the gaza strip, they actually have announced that they will use advanced weaponry, even submarines in order to... because there's nobody else doing

anything to stop this war, mean that's what the yemini army is doing, um, what do you make of the steadfast support that they're giving the palestinians and in turn, why do you think the us and the uk are targeting them because we know the us has actually targeted yemen along with the uk on several occasions inside the country? yeah, you're absolutely right, i mean, i mean the core, in heart of this matter is sort of apartide genocidal. um system of apartide sort occupied palestine regime, the reality is that the regime of apotite and genocidal action needs conflict, it cannot survive within harmony, so it needs to create conflict, it needs to create fear, he needs to create fear among his own supporters to justify themselves. the regime and people to

behave in this sort of barbaric way, and then when that is happened, that is unleashed, their supporters with united state or european governments coming aiding this genocide and you know we see what we are seeing we're witnessing day in day out now at the same time there are those from axis of resistance who have risen up to stop this genocide to make it difficult to make an statement to act take action be it sort of lebanese resistant. or be the resistance in occupied palestine or in iraq or in syria or in yemen, what is really shocking is why isn't anyone else standing up doing what international community needs to do under his

commitment standing against genocide, genocide that we haven't experienced in our lifetimes in the way that we are doing day in. day out in front of our television, the death and destruction and being brought to innocent people, men, women and children, it's unbelievable, and the question is not why yeminies have risen up to their responsibility to stand and do what they can against this genocide, to stop this genocide, the question really should be asked, why isn't anybody else doing anything, and indeed why are... supporting the genocide rather than trying to stop it, well that's the whole thing uh, this uh direct action uh needs to be put under the microscope here, mean you belong steve bell to stop the world coalition uh and you guys have been uh active in terms the different causes throughout the years and

uh really kudos to you uh because i know you've been involved with the or as an organizational uh peace behind some of the largest european protests and solidarity with the palestinians we spoke earlier. um um in the news to somebody from palestine action and and we're looking at how this has become politicized when we look at for example what happened in parliaments when it comes to the smp making announcement for um immediate seasfire but the labor and the conservatives have propose amendments isn't that politicizing issue that needs to really um take a look at what's happening in order to prevented direct action what do you think should be done in terms of that in in that regard? "well, i think that there are many forms of action that aid the palestinians and certainly organizing demonstrations, mass demonstrations is an important aid to the palestinians, it creates enormous pressure

upon uh governments and um that in turn reflects itself a pressure um upon the united states government, which is after all the decisive government in. this if they wanted to, they could stop this war uh tomorrow simply by cutting off um aid and arms to israel, they're not about to do that, so the mobilizations that have taken place in britain and of course throughout the world have been of great um assistance, and the expression of this is that in today's times for example, most recent poll indicates that 66% of... the british public support cease fire and 61% uh support uh believe that israel should enter into peace negotiations with hammers, this is despite the bipartisan position in parliament against such a stance, so i think that the mobilization that there

are a whole range of tactics and activity which people um take part in, and all of these add weight to this international movement of solidarity with the palestine. well, since you mentioned the us, we need to talk about that, master shajar, maybe you can uh, maybe you can lead me as to where and how and to in what respect we should talk about the us, because we are looking at the entity that has actually been able to help israel continue to do what it's done throughout the years and decades, something that has been discussed in the in the icj, um, this is costing uh joe biden, though putting genocide next to joe biden's political career, i think is wrong, but uh, isn't that making an impact however? this people power like in the us and even in the uk and maybe other countries? yeah, i think i think really one has to sort of really appreciate and and i don't want to be letter the civil society and and the

ordinary people, be in britain, europe or in united state, bravely have come out in support of palestinians. and against genocide, this is fantastic, but having said that, i think on other side we are seeing that the international institutions are almost you know bankrupt, they are really it are not fit for purpose, and indeed the democracy, beat in europe or beat in united state, it's actually bankrupt and overwhelming majority of people in the west, let alone around the world are are for immediate cease fire, and then those who claim to be the voices and the will of the people, the sort of the establishment are supporting genocide and you know this is

outrages, mean really what we are saying is is a damnation of humanity and the damnation the policies of so-called democracy and what we are seeing is sort of a dictatorial dictatorship of those who are in power are not going accord to wishes of the majority or indeed the interest of the majority, there is no political social economical benefit for united states or europe to support this genocide, this genocide brings no benefit to anyone, to any citizen around the world, but the fact of the matter is that these so-called democratic dictators, are pursuing the genocidal policy against international law, against the wishes of the majority, and

it's really brave of many people from different background, from muslim community, christian community, the jewish community in very large numbers and indeed people of all believe and non coming together and vigorously supporting to try to stop this genocide, but i think we need to really evaluate what has gone wrong with our systems that our systems are set and and fixed to support genocide despite the fact that majority of citizens want immediate seiz fire. well, is there something wrong with the system? uh, for example, steve bell, uh, is there something wrong with the un that has brought the? j: the highest court into the picture, you have 53 countries, you have all them coming out making deliberations and all

them are criticizing and opposing the way that israel has conducted itself in terms of human rights violations and in terms of just apartide regime to the max almost, first of all, what do you make of the fact that that has happened, and obviously israel's prime minister benjamin netanyao has totally dismissed any of the statements that have been made and leveled against israel. "well, firstly, it is evident that the global majority, both expressed through the united nations and in the activity of people around the world, the global majority is with the palestinians and demands justice and peace uh for the palestinians. however, the institutions reflect the um balance of forces in the world, the fact that..." the um united states is the most powerful state, has a

military budget 11 times um um higher than um most other um states and um is the reason that um it's able to exert that power in support of israel at this point in time that's why there isn't a solution because the united states having registered serious setback in ukraine two years after in um supporting the a war against russia, it basically has failed to break through and is um having to face de facto partition of that country, having failed there, the united states is doubling down in support of israel, that's why we've had three vetos uh in the un, that's why it's apparently... making um no um uh serious efforts to restrain israel,

of course it does not agree with lot of what netanyahu is doing, but at the moment it isn't applying sufficient pressure um because of biden is weak and he's concerned about losing his presidency, however um the reality is that the failure of the international institutions is a reflect. the real weight of power in in the world today, which doesn't unfortunately reside in the united nations, but does reside in the... major of um the united states um leading number of other um nations who represent a minority in the world still. well - i guess there um shader talks about the us how the president is somewhat weak and maybe can't exert pressure on israel, but um there's the other um point of view where the us is playing double game here

out in the public is saying we're going to do our best, we're going to see what we can do etc. there's a piece uh the peace talks that are happening in egypt and the us is there, but at the same time, i see you shaking your head, so i'm just going to let you go ahead. look, let let us be frank, you know, this is not an exceptional time that is exceptionally, we are going down this route because of a weak president, etc. etc. the fact is this that our international institutions have failed to stop all genocide and all... side you know bosnia, rwanda, what happened in afghanistan, what happened in iraq, what happened in syria, what happened in in libya, you know, it really has been not fit for the purpose, if at this particular time when we are seeing genocide taking place so clearly, so visibly, so horribly, day in

day out, if we don't wake up and realize that these institutions are not fit for purpose, they are not going to stop genocide, they never going to be doing that, they are in reality, in practice, they are tools of colonialism, and you know they have never meant to do that, their whole infrastructure, vetal system, etc. etc. is all fixed not to take any action or to stop any... genocidal act if they can't do it right now in the way that we are visibly seeing it and as as c said you know overwhelming majority of the global community sees it and ages and and wants to this to stop and they're not able to

do that then we need to be you know this should be a wet up call for us that if we want a future for the globe, for the world to be in a position to stop this sort of barbaric activities, then we have to bring a change. the system that we have in place right now is not going to be fit for purpose, is not going to be fixed by doing a petition or two or three or demonstrations or not. i'm not against any of this, we are all involved in this day in day out to bring. more awareness, but i think already the awareness is there. if that awareness is not gonna graduate to the level that we see that we need to bring a change in the international structures that are supposed to save us at these our horrible hours, then we are fooling ourselves and we are fooling the international community and we are

endangering the future of globe. indeed, well, you mentioned the word wake-up call, and steve bell, i can't help to uh... um wonder who that should be addressed to, except for the us, when you have washington being the only country, the only country that veto the un ceasefire resolution, and oddly enough, in a sense, and i'm not sure what the motivation was for them to introduce a resolution in the un calling for a ceasefire of be it, i'll be it with preconditions, um, what do you make of that that the us to be the only country to have done that? well, i think, as i said, the... "the united states desperately wants to assert reassert its power having taken a setback in the ukraine and that's why it's determined to um get what it sees as a victory um for um israel, it cannot, it believes it can that a cease fire would be setback uh for the netan yahoo

government, it understands that um so the the united states'. it is trying to formulate a position where it says there will be a temporary cease fire which would lead to all captives being uh released. well the facts of the matter are the united states is engaging in these kind of um contortions because the israeli government and the united states have different war aims. the israeli government wants to drive the palestinians out of gaza. and to maintain a permanent occupation, the the united states wants to get an agreement which will allow for some kind of... palestinian administration in gaza and and the agreement of the the arab states who are allied to the united states, so there are

differences and that's why there is some tension between them, we we know that the united states is pressing on for a type of ceasefire, and we know that benny gance um, the israeli minister this week said that there were promising signs, so there is obviously. something um substantial underway in the these negotiations which um uh is are being mediated by qatar, egypt and others, um, but nevertheless there is this tension in the war aims and until that is resolved and until the united states puts real pressure upon israel to settle then the the war will continue okay, this failure as you mentioned, masu shajara of the international organizations and believe you referring to the un, i'm guessing in this case in point, um, it's not going to get solved, right? i mean, we don't, i don't, if there's anything that you may know that shows that it's going to, then maybe you can tell us. we're looking

at another scenario that's been unfolding and that's inside of occupied palestine in the occupied west bank a gaza genocidal war hopefully will come to an end at some point, but the way that it comes to an end is going to be reflective of how what's going to happen there in occupied west bank, that fire need. to be put out before it turns into what the gaza strip is has turned into. what do you think needs to be done here in order to prevent that from happening? well, i think first of all we all agree that this didn't start on 7th of october. this has been going on for very long time and what is happening now is is the ultimate scenario of of the zionism and the policies of ethnic cleansing the palestinians and and occupying and taking over their land, so really what we are talking about here is that if international community, if the world community allows this

genocide to checkle down and then no one be punished, no sort of price paid by those who committed this and those who made it possible, then this world will become a very horrible place. to live it and i think that realization is needed for us to take the first step to say that we need some fundamental change. i don't think tomorrow we're going to have a another united nations setup somewhere else or next door, but the fact is this that we need to think, this is the time to think forward and the policies that we have had in past of trying... to bring tranquility to the world and saying never again, you know these sort of united nation international courts and everything else are incompetent to bring those values,

you know, it really is utterly hollow, empty talk to say never again, with these sort of a structures, with these sort of institutions, be at the sort of un or international court, eu or... oic, they all are not fit for purpose, and if we are unable to think beyond these institution for creating a society that will be fit for purpose for our next generations, then we are failing, and and those who are dying innocently, day in, day out, are dying in vein, not, nothing is going to come off of their. suffering and their death and their genocide. 53 countries coming to the icj, many of these countries have made deliberations already, steve bell, and under a minute, if these countries are so serious

about what they're saying about the israel regime, why are they why have they conducted business with the israel throughout the years and decades, then if they're so concerned of what's happening? don't you think that that a sense is hypocritical? and less than a minute please. i think that this is um, problem and that the only way in which um a change can be affected in the israeli government is by the strengthening of the boycot divestment and sanctions movement both at the level of a mass movement and through the action of governments, that is the way in which the israeli government will register, the action of the yeminis that you talked of earlier, according to um uh lawyers of... has resulted in something like a 50% drop of container traffic through the red sea um and the virtual closure of the israeli port of island which is on the red sea so such

actions are needed. okay, thank you very much. steve bell, activist has stopped the war coalition for coventry uk pleasure, chairman of the islamic human rights commission from tehran. thank you to you both. with that we come to an end for this edition of the spotlight from me cover topway in the team. it's goodbye. after the israeli entity air strikes that targeted several towns in south lebanon of the past week, resulting in the marturdum of nine lebanese civilians, hisbollah threatened escalation on the border. hisbollah secretary general sayid hasan nasrullah declared that the latest israeli entity attacks towns in south lebanon constitute escalation because they targeted civilians and killed a large number of them hinting at striking the settlement of ilat inside occupied palestine.

said nasarlah also warned against the role of the us white house officials who often verbally object to zionist israel's mass killing of palestinians in gaza, but continue to send massive quantities of weapons to facilitated. hisbullah vows escalation this week on the mediast stream. in this week's episode of irantic we're finally stepping inside the tehran research reactor, we've already featured some of the radio isotopes that have been produced here, but now we're taking a closer look at what happens inside the core of the reactor and how we procure the fuel for the reactor. don't miss it!

your press tv headlines: israely forces once again stormed on nasa hospital in southern gaza as regimes unrelenting air strikes claim more civilian lives throughout the beseige enclave. top un court holds a fifth day of public hearings on israel's decades-long occupation of palestinian territories. and people in new york hold yet another rally against the us government for supporting israel's genocide in gaza.