this takes se of operation allox the flood and what is evidence are the war crimes that are being committed by the israeli regime? perhaps like no of the time in israel's history has a 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 solidarity with the palestinians. this is while there is a media coming out rallys and solidarity with the palestinians. this is while there is a media ppicting israel as the victim, or the palestinians have been victimized throughout the decades. here are our guests for this edition. ali amala is the founder of output

stay 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. welcome to you both. chris for start with you. this is kind of hot off the press, you may have heard about it, but it happened in the past i think about 30 minutes or so, where britain has announced that it will send two royal navy ships to the eastern mediterranean and will begin surveillance. flights over israel says that's in a sign of military support, has uh decided to show its support, which they say is deterrence factor and a projection of power, but in essence, it may show how weak israel is seen or felts by israel itself, that uk and britain and the us have have the need and they have felt that they should send it and the us have have the need and the... have felt that they should

send their military arsenal there? well, i mean, i think israel of course has served as a strategic um benefit for the interests of the united states and and great britain over many years. the crisis that we are seeing unfold before our very eyes now, and the way 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. guided um view as to what is actually unfolding in gaza right now and i been and indeed many people i think in this country have been utterly outraged by the way in which the country have been utterly outraged by the way in which the political class and the corporate media rallied behind israel. we've seen for example the houses of parliament in britain illuminated with the israeli flag.

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 climbed top of the roof at sherfield 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 pass, the resistance now in in palestine in gaza is considerably better equipped and better organized, and palestine in gaza is considerably better equipped and better organized, and uh, to mark the operation that

they did, it wasn't simply hard, it was it was all of the resistance factions coming together, this daring uh raid that they mounted would have been unthinkable, i think you few years ago, and if if if israel you know does pressed ahead with a ground invasion, then i think they will get a very bloody nose, it won't be a simple walking the park for them because very very stiff resistance on the ground there, and he could indeed invoke. was involved, i think is reckless in in actually, you know, sending warships and what what british, 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 for well 75 years we've seen israel inflicting. oppression terrorism

upon the people of of palestine and you know we have to call an end to that it seems to me and that's what you know and have to call an end to that, it seems to me and that's what you know sensible um politicians thought to be doing, but instead they seem to being the the drums of war, and while 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 attention ali malo fy to two statements that are made here, first of all, you have the israeli energy minister by the name kats, 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 and the us defense secretary, where they have made uh statements, the one that the us defense secretary has made is quite an eye-opener where he says, this is a professional military reference to israel, led by

professional leadership, and we would hope and expect that they would do the right things in the prosecution of the campaign, and we'll make sure that we leave it to them to define what the operations are going to look like. that's just give a green light for israel to massacre palestinians doesn't it? it's not the first time, it's not the first time and illegal, as we all know the legitimate child of uk, grand britain and western colonial imperialism and later on water and electricity and 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 it's periphery, from massackers is not and are not the first massakres being committed against the palestinians in gaza and in all occupied 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 the western world, when we have you know leaders of of you know britain and us committing genocides against iraqis, against afghanistanis and been involved also in the destruction of. syria and here they are again and been involved also in the destruction of to the z state to continue its war against the palestinians earlier on we had state to continue its war against chris williamson that uh in a couple sentences that i'm going

to pick out from his quote i think uh sums up somewat uh very justified viewpoint that he has where he said palestinians did not choose the war, very just to have every right to the... defend themselves against uh 75 years of occupation, it's like a pressure cooker, right? uh, we've seen the up, we've seen the outburs 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 grased what was happening this past year, which is almost uh drawn to an end, where you had incursions almost a daily basis, palestinis being killed, albeit a slow pace, uh, so uh, you know, this pressure cooker exploded, which we saw. the flood, tell us what you think about that's the couple sentences there that this journalist made and uh you know whether um this operation of flood actually is a result of that in some ways oh i think it absolutely is a result of that mean it's you know he's hit the nail right on the head it seems to me

with in those remarks i think it was only matter of time um as i've already said the resistance is is is becoming you know better organized now in a better position now to mount the sort of operation that they'... did, but all the palestinian people have been subjected to oppression and sort of operation that they did, but all the palestinian people have been subject now, and all overtures, all peaceful attempts at trying to bring about a credible solution to this situation have been spurned, we saw the great march of return a couple of years or so ago, where israeli snipers were just you picking people off one by one, using exploding bullets to shoot people people and people who were wounded in the legs or in their arm almost inevitably meant because of the type of ammunition that the israelies were using um these exploding bullets meant that it wasn't simply in a terrible wound that could heal, it would ment amputations and we saw some of the israeli

settlers um viewing the these assaults on uh the palestinian people, mean a 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, uh, the the israelis have been impervious to that, they've also... be impervious of course to international law, to the numerous, the israelis have been impervious to that, they also be impes of course to international law to the numerous un general assembly resolutions which have been passed and criticizing them, and you know the western world, the british and the united states in particular you, need to 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 belfford ation 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 that they that they once had, i think it's also serves the strategic interests of the american and the british elites to have the uh israeli regime in place, indeed uh present british elites to have the uh israeli regime in place, indeed, 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, 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... seen 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 of 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 luurid tales which in fact consent for this. side by coming up with luuried tales which have already been completely debut about uh the resistance fighters heading babies and and raping uh and so on complete lies, but this of course is is is a playbook which is used over and over again in order to manufacture consent to try and soften up the british public, but thankfully now thanks to the advent of platforms like pr and social media, people have an alternative way of finding information and increasingly people across the western world are... not buying into the propaganda which is being spewed out by by the political class by these all in corporate

journalists. yeah, 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 it's the palestinians that are at fault here, um, but it's is victim and how that... the palestinians and how why do you see why do you see the media going at it so hard? because if netanya u 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 or 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... as well, uk and europe, they are very biased across the ocean as

well, uk and europe, they are very biased against the palestinian to the point where i 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 with between you know it is 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 nothing believable campaign based on lies and deception, not only the mainstream medias outlet, but also by the politician, for having sake, imagine a left party like the new dem 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

matter of fact zionism itself bring them together and their hate and animisity. toward palestine and therefore support for the oc and you know is not a just cookie pressure or something, it is ongoing, it's ongoing war and or something, it is ongoing, it's ongoing war and and ethnic cleansing was not wrong when he wrote about ethnic cleansing in palestines, you know yesterday and the day before norman took on the blog x, twitter and that the hate against him and against anyone would there and stand up for palestine and for their is to prevent more death even though we know how limitless we are, but the media and the politician label us as the 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 occupied. and also on the ground by the resistors against the occupiers and also on every other scene around the world and the globe is between exposing the lies, confronting the negative propaganda and asserting the rights of palestinians. sure, there's so much talk about how um there may be new front uh war front that may open up like with uh lebanon maybe and there may be new front uh war front that may open up we think is opening up uh and that's within the occupied palestinian territories, comes to the israelis and these uh extreme settlers visi 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, bengavir vowing to arms settled in occupied

territories, that number could be higher actually, bengaver vowing to armed settler militias as it's been described. they already have 1000 rifles that they said come and pick them up and the they were actually encouraging that before, but now it's an open all out go after palestinians, so we're seeing this kind of revenge attacks that are taking place and the numbers are increasing, and that's something that may point towards where the future, the immediate future may hold uh for what's going to go on in the occupied territories, do you think that the palestinians are actually going to rise up somehow bring about if if i can say that the the occupied lands? i mean, i think they're forcing the palestinians into that situation. i mean, this is what i think is precipitated the, i think the forcing palestinians into that situation. i mean, this is what i think is precipitated 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 from the illegal settlers, i

think will will force the a reaction from the palestinian resistance in in the... occupied territories as you say and so yes i mean i think that is something which is potential development for for sure but of course the other thing which i think operation on saturday early hours of saturday morning is the number of younists israelis who are leaving is the number of um israelis who are leaving israel uh there was a poll earlier this year i believe for an israeli t channel channel 13 that 28% of israels were thinking of of basically leaving going back going back home essentially you know from a 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 to leave and we're seeing the chaotic scenes at the the airport to to

leave the country for example um you know former israeli prime minister was predicting the end the israeli entity within, before the end of the of the was predicting the end of the israeli entity within before the end of the decade, brick a former israeli general in the occupation forces compared the israeli population to the the passengers on the dood titanic, so i think you know see design is see the writing the wall that this project is unsustainable and now this uh even more extreme rightwing administration in the government, so this is yeah, this is this is this is power cage, which is which is bound explode and you go down the road. 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? iran's leader

has said that israel has been damaged to the point that is irreparable, what do you think in a big crisis, because you know the palestinian population, resistance and and ordinary people are saying enough, population they cannot. and will not tolerate anymore oppressions, you mentioned earlier 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 times you know that we ready when we are, when we are asked, but hope you know the palestinian will will remain stat fast in the resistance and you know maybe some pressure from inside israel 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, the founder of alq stay in toronto, thank you so much, chris williamson,

sorry to host the press tv's palestine, declassified from derby uk, with that we come to an end for this edition of the spotlightway and the team, it's goodbye.

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