of welcome to spotlight. after nearly 50 days of non-stop attacks on the gaza strip, israel is accepted to observe a 4-day truce as part of the temporary ceasfire deal 25 captives, that's including 13 israels by palestinian resistance forces during the october 7th operations have been released, and in exchange from israeli jails, 39 palestinian prisoners have also been released 24 women and 15 children. the temporary ceasefire comes as uh, none of israel's war. actives

including the destruction of uh hamas and its military infrastructure have been realized, the palestinian resistance groups have already hailed the temporary ceasefire as a victory. israeli officials repeatedly stated the destruction of the palestinian resistance movement hamos as their main objective by targeting the group's military infrastructure. however, since day one, hamos has been a thorn in the eye of... the occupation regime as resistance fighters continued their retaliatory attacks on israeli targets, therefore the regime has of failed to achieve its main goals. joining us on this edition of the uh the spotlight we have journalists and political anist elijah magnier joining us from brussels. we also

have writer and political analyst abby risk joining us from the lebanese capital bay route. well, let's start off with uh our guest in brussels, mr. magnier, sir, welcome to the program. uh, it's great to have you both with us. mr. magnis, since the beginning of the israeli onslot uh on palestinians that started on the 7th of october, uh, the regime has sought to dismantle the resistance groups in gaza, however. uh the resistance forced the israelis to redefine uh its objectives, it's now widely believed that uh this ceasefire deal is a failure for israel, do you see it in that light as well? thank you for having me, well actually it is not a failure for israel uh only, but israel has submitted to all the conditions that hamas has imposed on. on israel, the government and

the army, so first of all, the palestinian resistance offered to exchange all the prisoners and hostages and all the captives from the first beginning of the conflict, but israel refused and set up objectives that were impossible to be achieved, the defeat of hamas and military release of all the hostages. hamas, every single day since the seventh. of october until yesterday continue bombing all the israeli settlements and cities and not one israeli was released by the israeli occupation forces. for that it is a big defeat for the israeli government that went to negotiate with hamas instead of sticking to the plan to defeat it and eliminate hamas completely. from gaza, so

this is why the all the military activity has been suspended, nevertheless, it cannot of continue in this situation, even if the exchange is going to take for four days and most probably is going to be also increased for another four days, because the israeli prepared the release of 300 palestinian prisoners, so for that. we can say comfortably that from the 7th of october until today, not withstanding all the killing of the palestinians, the damage on gaza etc. hamas and the palestinian resistance has of registered a big victory over the israeli government and the israeli army. ali risk in beirout, mr. risk, how do you view this seasfire, the israeli? uh did not achieve

their stated objectives, they would not be in this position, if they had, have these failures force the israelies to commit to a prisoner swap. indeed, it's interesting, uh, you know, the israeli government had gone out of its way to demonize hamas, going to the extent of equating it with isis, if you recall in the early days of a conflict, the us administration joined uh their voice or joined the israelis in this demonization, so in light of that, i think it really is significant what is taking place, i think that um the israeli set a trap for themselves. they were called up in a moment of rage in the aftermath of the october 7 operation and i think that um their approach was guided by rage more than was guided by any sound rational policy and so the results were you declaring goals which were basically

unachievable, destroying hamas is near impossible mission, hamas in the end is not based on is not made up of individuals, hamas is an idea. which is built very much around the concept of fighting israely resistance, and as the west itself knows very well, it's very difficult to defeat or destroy ideas or ideologies, so i think that um you know again, israel allowed rage to guide its policies, this is not the first time, and the end result is that israel has failed in achieving its declared goals, and this takes us back to the july 2006 war, if you recall back. then the israeli government led by ehud almot also set similar goals like um retrieving the soldiers which hazballah had taken captive in addition to forcing hazballah to go beyond the um laatani river etc. all of those goals also were not uh were

not achieved so what we're seeing i think is an israeli repetition of the same mistakes which i don't think bows well for israel at all at the strategic level. staying with you, mr. risk, the non-stop fighting of the resistance in gaza, it obviously played a pivotal role, but also other members of uh the resistance front in the region, they played a key role in pushing the regime to accept this deal. lebanon's hezballah movement, which has been engaged in nearly daily clashes with the israeli regime troops, there's yemen's ansarla resistance movement and the armed forces of yemen that also took up arms against the israelis in a show of support for palestine. resistance groups in iraq and syria, they also carried out dozens of operations against israel and even the united states positions, how important was this coordinated response from the resistance in the region? the coordination of this was from mr. risk, well this is the first time

the yeah, this is the first time we see the concept of the united fronts as they say, meaning that you know when you open uh one... front like the gazza front, then all other uh fronts will be open. this is the first time we've seen that actually come into practice. um, i think that did affect the israeli calculus, i think more importantly it affected the american calculus, just one on one factor. of course the american calculus or the american approach was also affected very much by the very large large scale protest we saw in the western world including in the us itself, but i think and interestingly the americans, the the administration was very keen on avoiding a new front from opening up here on the the lebanese israel front, there there have been

border, cross-border exchanges, but the americans made it clear, they did not want major war erupt on the lebanese, israeli front like what happened in 2006, so it was clear that the americans were very keen on avoiding a multi-front war or a regional war, and i think that did play a role in um pushing the americans to push the israelis into agreeing to this truth which we're seeing right now, the beginning of this truce. sure, elijah magne a similar point for you as well, iran's foreign minister, uh, he just recently warned that if israel continues the war on gaza following this truce. regional conditions will get out of hand and reactions will become even more extensive. will you elaborate on those comments for us please? how hisbullah engagement on the borders with israel attracted to it, a third

the israeli occupation forces and all its effectives including the air force etc. we have seen how the settlement were completely. be abandoned by all the settlers who gathered in ilat, and then we have seen how the huthis in yemen followed the settlers to ilat and launch cruise missiles that completely upsetted the israeli plans to have um 15000 tents in the area of ilat thinking that this is safe place, but above all when the huthi attacked an israeli own ship that changed everything in the equation by saying that babil mandib is going to be closed with all the pressure on... the israeli economy in the last 47 days where israel on day one has lost

13 billion dollars and went to borrow another sixth and that was continue to escalate the causing real in the israeli economy. closing bab and mandab would not affect only israel, but would affect the international and world economy and maritime traffic, seeing that the... escalation is going beyond the level of hitting israel and the damage is much bigger, israel was forced to accept the terms of hamas under humanitarian reasons by pretending that the government of benyamin netanyahu is submitting to the domestic pressure, however this is this has a small factor to it, the main factor is how the... the multiple fronts were escalating, heating up and going a little bit wider than what the

israels and the americans could have accepted. mr. risk, the head of the palestinian islamic jihad resistance movement, ziad nahal, he was very confident when he said in his recent televised address that the current prisoner swap deal with telaviv will finally lead to another agreement that will force the regime to release all palest. prisoners, do you see this truth and this compromise that was made by the israelis as a first step uh in this instance for more permanent ceasefire and ultimately ending this genocidal massacre of gasons? before i answer that question, just quickly, i think that um the multiple fronts which we're talking about, this is making israel more and more a strategic burden from. for the united states, i think this conflict, more than any other conflict is showing the

united states that supporting israel is just proving to be increasingly costly, and in this particular in these particular circumstances where is the israeli government is shifting more and more to the right and is being identified or described as racist, fascist government in the west, i think that is something which we shouldn't play down, it indeed is a significant development about statements, regarding his confidence about another swap taking place and another truce. ziad nakala also seem pretty confident that um the situation will be or that the military operations sorry will initiate or will resume after four days. he didn't uh seem to be very confident that this truce will hold that he did expect uh more intense violence to come if you if you follow that speech. so um, i think it is indeed possible, i think it's even actually somewhat likely, that this is

not necessarily the end of what we saw of the violence, i hope i'm mistaken, but judging by the irrationality and the rage which we seeing and also judging by netanyahu's own personal calculations, because you know if this thing comes to an end, most likely netanyahu will go to jail, so i think these factors all have to be taken. to account again, i hope i'm mistaken and i hope that um we do see an extended truth and the beginning the end of what is happening, but i think it's a bit too, a bit too early to be that optimistic, so we might see some rounds of violence yet before we reach the stage where there'll be more swaps and a more permanent ceasefire. sure, uh, mr. magne and brussels, there was an interesting point that was brought up by our guest mr. rizk in beirout, and that was... the fact that the us support for the israelis given the multi-faceted uh

resistance front and the response that they've shown to the israelies, this is being very costly for uh for the united states. i want to get your thoughts on uh on those comments uh as well, it's it's getting to point where maybe washington would have to to assess how much support uh is too much support for israel? i think for the... the unlimited support to israel is there, not because they like the israelis, but because the israeli lobby is too powerful and designism in the united states. is overwhelming the us politicians, so anyone who disagree with what israel is doing or criticize israel, the card of antisamite or hate jew jew hater or the holocaust supporter is immediately raised in his or her face and we have seen many people losing their job

because of that and the control of the media is incredible to the point. that for more than 35 days at the beginning everybody was asking about if hamas is a terrorist organization and talking only about the 7th of october as is the palestinian fell from the sky and they just happen to be there on the 7th of october and carry out attack on the israelis so because of that because the americans from day one agreed to supply israel with 14.5 billion, the plan since 1967, just before the sixth days war, the americans supply the israelis enough tank and jet to attack the arab and start their preemptive attack, and since then they have allocated $140 billion dollars to israel, plus 3.3 billion every single year, plus all

the military hardware and supply of ammunition, so i don't really see any decline the israeli support, of the american support to israel, however there is an international shift of opinion toward israel, particularly after the barbaric act of the israeli that no one could have ignored as the social media one over the mainstream media for the first time showing the exact violation of international law committed by the israels a clear position of the united nation condemning israel and saying this is not happening on the 7th of october but 50 years before and all that can no longer be ignored, however that is not going to change in my

opinion the position of the us toward israel because the americans consider that this is their safe haven in the middle east and when other countries like saudi arabia and the emirates are shifting toward having good relationship with iran with china and with russia and not really abiding by the us rules ali is talking about that international uh shift the western backed israeli pop propaganda took a massive blow with the unprecedented demonstrations that we saw... around the world, one of the main derivatives of this war was that the true and brutal nature of the israeli regime was exposed, so how badly do you think is the image of the israeli regime and its supporters have been tarnished during this onslot? indeed, israel's image under this particular

government at least wasn't good to begin with even before this these latest developments. um, you know, this government has been described as the most right-wing in history, ministers like smotric and bengavir, people who were previously classified by the united states by the way, as terrorists, so the image wasn't good to begin with, and uh, as a result of the israely massacres during this war, this image has further deteriorated. i'd like to point out that and i'm sure my colleague in brussels know more than knows more than i do. belgium in particular has been very outspoken against. the israeli practices and the israeli massacres. today we had very interesting statement by belgian and spanish officials sharply condemning the israeli side. even the french, french president macron, after expressing support for israel later said that we need a ceasefire. and i think this all put the united states in a state of isolation where it remained just about the only uh

international player still supporting israel, maybe with the addition of of britain uh. so this just tells you how much, how did the situation is for the israeli side? i do disagree with my colleague in brussels partially regarding the point about the israeli lobby uh, that is an important factor in american support for israel, but i don't think it's the only factor, and in fact i think that more importantly there is what i call american ideological support for israel, this stems from the evangelicals, we all know most of those who are considered of a republican party, but also amongst the democrats, openly says you don't need to be a jewish to be a zionist and he, i believe that he sincerely supports israel regardless. of any uh lobby influence and the same would apply for blincon, so i think us support for israel also stems from these other factors not linked only to these domestic

calculations. sure, um, mr. magnia, the leader of iran's islamic revolution, he said that the alaska flood was knockout blow to the israelis, in similar comments, the head the palestinian islamic jahad, he said that operation flood has caused earth. within the israeli regime, there are a number of similar statements in that regard, which we're all suggesting that basically after october the 7th, israel will never be the same, do you see it in that light as well? of course, this first day on the 7th of october the palestinian resistance implemented and lack of certainty in the mind and the mindset of the israeli settlers. they will never return to the ghaza envelope if all of ghaza is occupied or at least hamas is destroyed, it

is exactly the same when the settlers on the northern borders met with prime minister benyamin netanyahu and said that as long as the hisbollah special forces are along the borders we will not return there. so now the israelis are in a serious dilemma. where more than 5000, according to the israeli officials fled the country, and this is why they saying, we have to get rid of two millions, so this is not going to happen, the 5000, the half million israelis have left, and the security to the israelis is not going to return unless israel manages to occupy all of gaza, and we have seen in 48 days of war, they haven't even occupy half of... that is 3.8 miles wide and eight miles long and they have no tackled the most dense area in the

middle that is jebala camp and the gaza city, therefore it is earthquake that is drowning the whole israeli settlers for very long time. all right, i'm sorry to jump in there, that's all the time we have for tonight's show. uh, thank you, gentlemen, elijah magneer, journalists and political analyst joining us from brussels, risk writer and political analyst joining us from the lebanese capital beirout and also 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 brief for this hour, israel has free 39 palestinian prisoners, all women and children in exchange for 24 captives held by hamas, as part of a ceasefire in. gaza, the four-day truce, which took effect at 500 gmt is the first pause in seven weeks of israeli aggression on the besieg gaza strip. the amas political bureau chief says it remains committed to the implementation of a gaza truce agreement as long as israel abides by the deal. ismail hany said, the group is prepared to continue campering the israeli onslot on the gaza strip after the truce ends.