it's day sixth of operation the flood and what is evidence are the war crimes that are being committed by the israeli regime, perhaps like no other time in israel's history, has it come out and said that it would commit war crimes by sealing off the strip, as the death doll mounts, many are coming out joining protest rallies and of solidarity with the palestinians. this is while there's a media war depicting israel as the victim or the palestinians have been victimized throughout the decades. here are our guests for this edition. another

program's palestine declassified, joins us from derby uk, also joining us ali khamala is the founder of outstate in toronto, who joins us from toronto. welcome to you both, chris derby, i'll first start with you, this is kind of hot off the press, you may have heard about it, but it happened in the past uh, i think about 30 minutes or so, where britain has announced that it will send two royal. we ships to the eastern mediterranean and will begin surveillance flights over israel. it says that's that's in a sign of a military support. what do you think think of that and many are reading between the lines saying that the uk along with the us has uh decided to show its support, which they say is deterrence factor and a projection of power, but in essence uh it may show how weak israel is seen or felts by israel itself uh that uh

and britain and the us have have the need and they have felt that they should send their military arsenal there, well i mean i think israel of course is served as a strategic um benefit for the interests of the united states and and great britain over many years and what i think has been absolutely deplorable is the response of the political class to the crisis that we are seeing unfold. before our very eyes now, and the way of in which the corporate media in britain, i think as you were alluding to in your opening remarks and indeed the political class in this country, who are giving very one-sided um view as to what is actually unfolding in gaza right now, and i've been, and indeed, many people i think in this country have been of utterly outraged by the way in which uh, the political class and corporate media rallied

behind israel, we've seen for example, the houses of parliament in britain illuminated with the israeli flag 10 downing street, the uh the base of the british prime minister similarly illuminated in in that way, and many public buildings flying the israeli flag above town halls, but this isn't going down well with the british public, it's got to be said, and we've seen demonstrations outside public buildings, indeed on one occasion the young man cl top of the roof at sheffield town hall and tore down the israeli flag and and flew the palestinian flag in its place to great cheers from the crowd below, so britain i think uh is certainly playing i think a very um unhelful role in this uh situation that has developed, and i think it does indeed, as you suggest, play to the notion that you know israel isn't a sort of...

undefeitable entity that perhaps it's been thought of as in in the past, the resistance now in in palestine in gaza is considerably better equipped and better organized and uh you know to mark the operation that they did, and it wasn't simply hamas, it was it was all of the resistance factions coming together, this daring raid that they mounted would have been unthinkable, i think you few years ago, and if if if israel. does press ahead with a ground invasion, then i think they will get a very bloody nose, it won't be a simple walk in the part for them, because they will meet in my opinion make very, very stiff resistance on the ground there, and this indeed could indeed invoke spalar's involvement and indeed other players in the region becoming involved, so you know for for britain i think is reckless in in actually you know sending warships and what what a british uh, you know... politicians should be

doing is actually uh is playing an appropriate diplomatic role in in in you know putting pressure on israel to comply with international law because at the end of the day is israel that are responsible uh for the tragedy that has befollen the uh palestinian people, well 75 years we've seen israel inflicting oppression terrorism upon the people of of palestine and you know we we have to call an end to that it seems to me and that's what you know sensible um politicians ought to be doing but instead the they seem to be banging the the drums of war it totally unacceptable and and while they might be getting support in the british media, they're not getting support from the british public. well, when you talk about international law, i'd like to bring your attention ali malo if i may to two statements that are made here, first of all, you have the israeli energy minister, by the name of kats, where he said that literally making the

announcement that we are blocking water, electricity and fuel from entering gaza, that in itself is a war crime, you have the presence of the us secretary of state um and the us defense secretary uh where they have made statements but the one that the us defense secretary has made is quite an eye opener where he says uh this is a professional military in reference to israel led by professional leadership and we would hope and expect that they would do the right things in the prosecution of their campaign and will make sure that we'll leave it to them to define what the operations are going to look like that's just a green light for israel to massacker palestinians, doesn't it? it's not the first time, it's not the first time and the illegal israel, as we all know, it's the legitimate child of uk, grand britain and western colonial imperialism, and

later on it be adopted by by the us, so in terms of cutting resources, water and electricity and you other necessities of life, on the people of ghaza, is not the first time they are doing it, and what's going on right now in in gaza, it's periphery, from massackers is not and are not the first massacres being committed against the palestinians in gaza and in all occupied palestine, so we have to realize that you know israel is not alone. and it represent the spear of colonial imperialist project in the region, which is for more than 100 years so far, is inflicting pain, suffering, death and destruction on palestinians and i'm sorry

when i hear the word politician, what kind of politician they are, and where are the masses the population in the western world, when we have you know leaders of of uh britain and us committing genocides against iraqis, against afghanistanis and been involved also in the destruction of syria, and here they are again providing you know unlimited support to the zyon state to continue its war against the palestinians. uh, earlier on, we had one um journalist, chris williamson that in a couple sentences that i pick out from his quote, i think uh sums up somewhat uh, very justified viewpoint that he has where he said palestinians did not choose the war, zionism has imposed on them, they have every right to defend themselves against uh 75 years of occupation, mean it's like a pressure cooker, right? uh, we've seen the outburst, we've

seen the outburst that have happened, we've seen the wars also, and uh, it reached a point where with this extreme cabinet, you know, people don't seem to really have grasp what was happening. this past year, which is almost uh drawn to an end, where you had incursions almost a daily basis, palestinians being killed, all beat a slow pace, uh, so uh, you know, this pressure cooker exploded, which we saw operation of flood, um, tell us what you think about that, the couple sentences there that this journalists made, and uh, you know, whether um, this operation allows a flood actually, is a result of that in some ways, oh, i think it's absolutely the result of that, i mean it's uh, you know, he's hit the nail right on the head, it seems to me, in those remarks, i think it was only matter of time, um, as i've already said, the resistance is is is becoming you, better organized now, in a better position now to mount the sort of operation that they did, but the palestinian people have been subjected to oppression and terrorism by the israeli entity for 75 years now, and all

overtures, all peaceful attempts at trying to bring about a credible solution to this. people and people who were wounded in the legs or in their arm almost inevitably meant because of the type of ammunition that the israelis were using um these exploding bullets meant that it wasn't simply terrible wound that could heal, it would meant amputations and we saw uh you know some of the israeli settlers um viewing the uh these assalts on uh the palestinian people i sort of picnic. watching it from from a far, so look, the palistin people have tried every

which way to you, find a peaceful solution, the the israelis have been impervious to that, they've also been impervious of course to international law, to the numerous un general assembly resolutions which have been passed, criticizing them, and you know the western world, the british and the united states in particular, you know need to recognize that you know they are on the wrong side of history. here, they have a responsibility to you uphold international law, but but they they are flagrantly disregarding it, and i think britain in particular, you know, has a responsibility, moral responsibility, because let's remember it was the belf declaration, going back to 1917, which is actually led us directly to the situation that we are in here today, so i don't think you know israel, all the uh do have the strength. the that they once had. i think it's also serves the strategic interests of the uh american and the british

elites to uh have the uh israeli regime in place. indeed uh president biden said before he became the president, he's quoted isn't he was saying if israel didn't exist we would have to invent it. so they you know clearly i think of you know the set their cards as it were on on the table um and you know i just hope. that the strength of feeling which is gathering, in spite of the relentless propaganda, because people, the vast majority of people in britain anyway, are not from mainstream media seeing the reality of of what's happening, they're not seeing the reality of the brutality of the israeli regime, the not seeing the brutality and the you know the genocide which is being being inflicted right now uh by the uh israelis on the palestinian people, carpet bombing, one the most densely populated places on earth, knowing full well that this will kill men, women, innocent men, women and children, and

we've saw how the media here and across the world trying to manufacture consent for this genocide by coming out with luuried tales, which have already been completely debunked about uh the resistance fighters beheading babies and and raping uh and so on, complete lies, but this of course is is is a... kind of playbook which is used over and over again in order to manufactures consent to try and soften up the british public, but thankfully now thanks to the advent of platforms like press tv and and social media, people have an alternative way of finding out information and increasingly people across the western world are not buying into the propaganda which is being spewed out by by the political class and by these appalling corporate journalists, yeah this whole media is some a war that's being played out there and ali uh i like to ask you uh the way that they have

manufactured some of these uh stories which has guess they're said has been debunked and how that has actually had the uh opposite effect because there's an extreme more than uh maybe before an extreme media campaign to show how israel is victim and how that uh it's the palestinians that are a fault here um but it seems like that's somewhat backfiring but is it backfiring enough and how why do you see, why do you see the media going at it so hard? because uh, if netanyahu is going to be true to his word where he said the gaza strip is going to be deserted island, there's going to be lots of palestinian deaths and blood on his hands and maybe at the hands of americans at the same time, but uh, give us your synopsis of the analysis of the media role in this whole conflict? well, from where i stand here in canada, the mainstream media, whether in canada or in the us, and i'm sure it's across the ocean as well, uk and they are very biased against the palestinian to the point where i call them you know how much you hate

arabs and you hate palestinians you know thanks god for the alternative medias and the independent bloggers who are exposing the lies and the propaganda by the zionists and their supporters but the bottom line is is not just the media you know it is kind of open confrontation between between the people who stand up for justice, for freedom, for liberty, and the people who are aiding and supporting the occupiers and the oppressors, you mentioned earlier about international law with all the respect my brother and friend, what international law? where is the international law to be implemented when we have rapporteur after rapporteur after rapporteur at the united nation on the middle east and palestine, you know, raising the alarm about upper tide in israel, about inhuman treatment of of palestinians, about all this type of stuff, and you know, nothing

happened, so yes, palestinian did everything they could, even you know, the previous leadership and which the current leadership continue to do is you know they put all their eggs in the basket of oslow and what did they got? nothing, just a humilation. here in canada, you know, we are we are facing unbelievable campaign based on life and deception by not only the mainstream medias outlet, but also by the politician, for having sake, imagine a leftist party like the... you democratic party is buying into this nonsense and lies, and you mentioned earlier about inside occupied palestine about the unity government, and that exposed the policy and the lies of the so-called israeli left who were demonstrating by the thousands in the street against netanyahu, but as matter of fact, zionism itself, bring them

together and their hate and animosity toward palestine and therefore support for the occupation that they are, so you know, i don't have any hope on those left, and you know, it's not a just cookie pressure or something, it is ongoing, it's ongoing war and and ethnic cleansing, youlan was not wrong when he wrote about the ethnic cleansing in palestine, you know, yesterday and the day before norman, took to the blog and to the ex, which you twitter, and you know the the... the the hate against him and against anyone who would dare and stand up you know for palestine and for their for their life actually because what we are trying to do is with with demonstrations with pressure is to prevent more death even though we know how limitless we are, but the media and the politician label us as a barbarism as

you know terror supporters and all this type of stuff. so i think it's a open war on the ground by the resistors against the occupiers and also in every other scene in the around the world and the globe is between exposing the lies, confronting the negative propaganda and asserting the rights of palestinians. sure, you know, one, one thing that that i'm curious about here, chris williamson, is um, you know, there's so much talk about how um, there may be new front. war front that may open up like with uh lebanon maybe and then syria uh but there there's another front that i think is opening up uh and that's within the occupied palestinian territories when it comes to the israelis and these uh extreme settlers ves the palestinians i mean i'm looking down a list of incidents that have increased in its repetition and its

occurrence i should say 24 palestinians so far have been killed in the occupied territories that number could be higher actually uh bengaver vowing to arm settler militas as it's been described, they already have 10,000 rifles that they said come and pick them up and there they they were actually encouraging that before, but now it's an open all-out go after palestinians, so we're seeing uh this kind of revenge uh attacks that are taking place and the numbers are increasing uh and that's something that may point towards where the future, the immediate future may hold uh for uh what? going to go on in the occupied territories, do you think that the palestinians are actually going to rise up in numbers and uh uh go with what's the operational flood is meant to do, which is somehow bring about if if i can say that the liberation of the occupied lands, i mean i think they're forcing the palestinians into that situation, i mean this is what i think has precipitated

the the operation that we saw in the early hours of saturday morning, the pressure cook that we mentioned and stepping up. the violence which is already at incredibly high level from the illegal settlers, i think will will force the you, a reaction as it were from the from the palestinian resistance in in the occupied territories as you say, and so yes, mean i think that that is something which is potential development for for sure, but of course the other thing which i think is already happening anyway, i think this is result of the activities of the resistance. prior to the operation on saturday early hours of saturday morning is the number of um zionists israelis who are leaving israel uh there was a poll earlier this year i believe for an israeli tv channel channel 13 that suggested that 28% of israelis were thinking of of basically leaving going back going back

home essentially you know from from the country that they originally emigrated from to uh to israel in the first place uh the operation the weekend will have only increased that propensity to to leave and we're seeing the chaotic scenes that the at the airport uh, israel is trying to to leave the the country, and you know they are getting increasingly desperate. i mean, some senior zianist, bar up for example, um, you know, former israeli prime minister, you know, was predicting the end of the you know israeli entity within, before the end of the the decade, he gets that brick a former israeli general in the um, israeli occupation of forces, compared the um israeli population to the... the the passengers on the doomed titanic, so i think you know senior signs can see the writing on the wall that this project is unsustainable, and uh, you, they've

elected now this uh even more extreme right-wing administration, which is, i mean, this openly fascists, openly fascist you, ministers in in the government, so this is you, this is, this is, this is powder keg which is uh, which is bound to explode, and if you go down the road, that's that will certainly i think lead to a reaction from from the palestinian resistance in the occupied territories as well, for sure. alimala, iran's leader has said that israel has been damaged to the point that is irreparable, what do you think in one minute? i think it is, i think it is, i think israel is in a big crisis, because you know the palestinian population resistance and and ordinary people uh. are saying enough and you know they cannot and will not tolerate anymore oppressions. you mentioned earlier about the settlers, we all seen the practices of your settlers against the women, children,

the elderly, now you mention about maybe another front, well you know sayid nasrallah couple of times you know said we're ready when we are when we are asked, but hope you know the palestinian will will remain stead fast in the resistance and maybe some pressure from inside israel you know on this war crazy government thank you, thank you for that, i'm sorry to to to interrupt you, we're fresh out of time, ali malal founder of alq stay in toronto, thank you so much, chris williamson, thank you, host the press tv's palestine, dclassified from derby uk, with that we come to the end for this edition of the spotlight when we and the team, it's goodbye.

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your headlines for this hour israel's savage strikes on the gaza strip claim the lives of hundreds of palestinian children as the total death toll exceeds 1,500. hamas rejects western claims that it violated human rights during his operation against israel saying it only targeted military forces and the israeli military admits the regime's failure in responding to operational flood launched by the palestinian resistance fighters.