welcome back to gaza under attack coming to you from the british capital london. i am said puraza. as israel's genocidal campaign in the blockaded gaza strip passes the 100th mark, here is a quick look at the latest developments. relentless, us-israely shelling has targeted central and southern areas of gaza, killing at least 70 palestinians. rescue teams in gaza. city have been working

hard to find survivors in central and southern neighborhoods. according to the un, 90% of gaza's 2.3 million people are now displaced, more than one in four are starving, and there is not a single hospital in the strip that's fully functional. the genocide case against the israeli regime at the un's highest court concluded its hearing last week. judges at the international court of justice are now deliberating over whether or not they will order immediate. cease spire in gaza will discuss the consequences of the court's verdict on genocide either way. also, australia's foreign minister penny wong calls for a quote "sustainable ceasefire" as she starts tour of the middle east, that includes visit to the occupied west bank and apartide israel. as the us, that western world come to realize that the genocide in gaza and their support for it is unsustainable. in less than four months, the non-stop israeli bombardment of the gaza strip has... more than 24,000

palestinians and injured at least 60,000 others, thousands of them children. joining me on this program, charles kelly, author, podcaster and former counselor, and with us of from cheotle manchester via skype, is the activist tania mansur. thank you both for being here. charles, let me start with you. the bombardment of gaza is over 100 days old now, it's a macabr milestone. initial reflections on what we have been seeing, yeah, it's hard to believe it's 100 days already, um, at the start there was a lot of news coverage now that seems to be slipping into the second or third part of the news, i was listening to the news today and uh the we're not talking about it on the main headlines, but yeah it's obviously human tragedy and disaster for people uh so many women and children and innocent people being affected so you know the sooner we can get something done about this the better because it it just seems like when you see the the

pictures of gaza, some of much of it's destroyed, it's just like it's like completely been obliterated, so my reflections are, yeah, it's it's a human tragedy, obviously, it is a tragedy indeed, and tania, the world is now waiting that ruling at the international court of justice, what do you think would be the consequences of the judges ruling against israel and ordering its bombing of gaza to stop? um, in well the consequences are that they they the us and israel are going to have to rethink their strategy because they have never thought that they are going to be able to get away with what they do, the whole of the icj was designed by them so that they can use this as a way of um um sort of formalizing how world peace and justice should work and we've got these laws in place. "and we've

seen before that sometimes they apply and sometimes they don't apply, but this is the first time that israel's been taken to this level of a trial, and it's going to be interesting what comes out from here, if they if and hopefully they will be pulled up for their actions, um, we'll see parts of the genocide prevention convention being invoked where they haven't had to think about that before, um, we're going to have to have every." country member state that's member of this un and um signed into these uh international laws to um condemn israel for their actions and also re rewrite uh and redeliver how they're delivering their news locally and we all know now that the mainstream media isn't telling the truth so they will have to take some serious you turns uh now the united nations has called on the world. to act now to end the horrifying and

massive attacks against civilian housing and infrastructure in gaza, which comes a tremendous cost to human life. a pro-palestine march in london over the weekend, we spoke to british... palestinian dr. gassan abusitu who has recently returned from the coastal enclave, while he thought the israeli regime was targeting civilian infrastructure, and also what he made a western government scramble to support a partide israel in its campaign of death and destruction. it's obvious that israel's intention at making uninhabitable is mainly made up of decision to completely. dismantle the health system, the systematic way in which hospitals were targeted and then destroyed in the north, in which over 300 doctors and nurses were killed, in which now the hospitals in the south are being

targeted, and yesterday 400 prisoners were released from israeli prisons and they testified to the fact that the israeli army is torturing the 40 doctors it has, taken prisoner in a way that's more vicious than any of the other prisoners, so it is obvious that israel wants to destroy the health system, destroy health professionals, as a way of making gazze uninhabitable. western governments can no longer pick and choose which part of international law they want to support, they can no longer go cherrypicking ukraine or myanmar and not palestine. "western governments need to listen to the british people, the british government needs to listen to the british people, people here are out in the hundreds of thousands voicing the real real wishes of the british people, the british government and the labor party no longer represent the wish of the of the

british people. intana, in the midst of political conversations, the overwhelming human suffering..." can get sideline, is that fair way to look at it? yeah, shockingly, it can be, i mean, the geneva convention is a prevention law, the idea is so that when these these um, these incidents are coming into effect, we can see there's loss of life, we can see uh, there's no access to food or water, we can see medical, medical facilities are no longer available and function. that these are the signs that fit within the the convention that then instigate right, these boxes are being ticked, we need to look into these laws are not are being broken, but what i don't understand is when when this same case, similar cases was going on for for

bosnia, they were able to invoke a temporary cease fire straight away and it's not happening now and that needs to happen now, we need seaspire right now um while this investigations are going on which when questioned the israelis have not actually um shown much evidence or proof and even the idea of questioning them is coming out like you're being anti-semitic by asking us and even though we don't have the evidence and it's a valid question, that's not good enough, we need to have seaspire right now, people need to get the aid and the food and the water and the medical assistance they need because there's a genuine risk of dying and that is what this convention defines, so moves. to be made, they certainly uh do need to be made, and charles, um, let's talk economics, uh, the economic toll that this israeli genocidal campaign is taking its own economy, uh, depleted work force, businesses

forced to shut, they went in with $200 billion dollars, then they realized they needed more, what kind of economic impact uh is this having on israel? i think it's having a several. impact um, they estimate the cost could exceed $60 billion dollars um, and it must be affecting their tourism, their visitors, the whole region has been affected, they say the the gdp could fall by 2.3%, and it will cost countries like neighboring countries like is uh, egypt and and jordan, at 10 billion pounds in lost revenue, i mean you saw on the news before christmas, they were showing bethlehem, which i visited before, and it was a thriving, buzzing place, and it was empty. 'all all the shops were closed and the cafes were closed and that's just that's just the wider thing, but but obviously gaza itself it's just come to a stand still that they say there's 85% unemployment if there is any employment um you know people are starving people are hungry but i think israel will fill the pinch and you know you could have countries

boycotting doing trade with them because of because of what they're doing given what you said is is it fair to infer that the israeli regime is not capable of funding'. a prolonged um military genocidal war on on the palestinians, well probably on their own they're not capable with with american backing they are, and there's an old saying that when all else fails, they take you to war. and america and it's 300 years history is is all about 18 years they've been at war apart from 18 years they've always been at war um you know britain we we've got rishi out there in ukraine last week what's he doing out there we've got enough problems here and he he's just thrown away two billion so we'll give you 2 billion and they they throw away a billion like it's 100 pounds you not a billion a thousand million pounds you could live on that for the rest of your life and your grandchildren could live on it and they just throw away and just like that rather than spending it here at home, yeah, and then they said there's not money for this or this or the nurses or the whatever, but i

think when the economy is in problems and america's economy, they got 33 trillion of debt, the eu have got debt, britain has got debt, it seems like a war is coming, and and this could could escalate into another world war, we talk about escalation soon, and that on one billion, the two billion you talked about, i think it was the junior doctors, asked for a pay rise and they said it would have taken little over billion uh pounds to fund that wage rise which correct never never came all right um this just a quick reminder is gaza under attack with me saiza where we take a deep dive into the news of and around the israeli atrocities against palestinians as we've been discussing south africa has gained global limelight by taking the initiative to bring israel to justice for its genocide in gaza but what was pretoria's motivation? south africa's minister for justice ronald lamola addressed that question

outside the international court of justice. today it is common cause that the rwanda genocide will have been prevented. former un secretary general kofi anan expressedly regretted this when he said and i quote the international community failed rwanda and that must leave us always with a sense of bitter regret. and abiding sorrow (close quote) rwanda stand out as a stem and severe rebut to all of us for having failed to address these interrelated matters. let us not have to leave and have the same regret when it comes to palestine, we must stop the genocide and real time. this case present the court with an opportunity to act in real time to prevent genocide from continuing in gaza by issuing injunction. south africa is a multi-faceted multicultural and multiracial country that embraces the concept of ubuntu

as a way of defining who we are and how we relate to others. ubuntu means i am because you are. since the advent of our democracy in 1994, south africa's foreign policy has been based on what our phobias inscribed in the freedom charter in 1955, when they declared that, and i quote, south africa shall be a fully independent state with respect the right and the sovereignty of all nation, south africa shall strive to maintain world peace and the settlement of all international disputes by negotiations and not war. close quote: south africa has supported various resolutions of the united nations and other international solutions to support a just and a lasting solution that will bring peace to palestinians and israelies alike. working together with the international community and alignment with the relevant. resolutions and the international law, south africa seeks to ensure a lasting and durable peace that

produces villable, continuous palestinian state, coexisting side by side in peace with israel. within the 1967 international recognized borders with east jerusalem as its capital, our president has called for sess fire and the humanitarian intervention on numerous occasions in international platforms. our... policy is aimed at improving the well-being, safety and prosperity of all citizens and the achievement of better africa and the world. while we're in the netherlands, people from different parts of the world flock to the hague in support of palestine during the icj hearing. here is what some of them had to say. it's a really significant, important, critical moment in history for palestinian justice, but not only for palestinians, but also really. for all of humanity, for upholding international law, for telling the world that no, there are red lines and we

will adhear to them that all life is equal, that all life matters, that humanity is to be valued and to be cherished and protected. i think that there's a huge difference between the american people and the leaders that are representing us, because unfortunately we do have an extremely powerful israel lobby in the states, it's the second strongest lobby that we have in american politics and for. reason it does forge this extreme binary where you're either with us or you're against us and it really eliminates lot of the diversity of thought, it eliminates the discourse arounds palestine. and outside of the states you don't really see that, you see that there's far more discussion around the situation within the global context, so i think that right now what you're seeing is lot of the american public led by youth on social media are really shifting tides where now possibly for the first time since this all started we're seeing majority of

americans voting in favor of a ceasefire and meanwhile our politicians are all stringently. against that uh and so we're seeing this huge uh dissonance happening right now, it's always been there, but now it's really reached an extreme and very visible level, and i think that especially with the election coming up, now 2024 is an election year in us politics, president biden is going to have very, very terrible time at the polls now, we believe that we have presented, as i've said earlier, a compelling case, and we also believe that we have also made an impression to the court. that the court need to make decision in real time and agently, because the boardment is continuing, so it will be prudent for the court to issue the injunction as urgently as is practically possible, also in a manner that will have an impact to the lives of palestinian people as a matter of agency. thank you. in another

sign that the bombardment of palestinians inside gaza is a truly global issue a st. as foreign minister has set out a tour of the region an effort to prevent the conflict from spilling over and drawing in more international players. foreign minister penny wong will visit the region where she'll meet palestinians impacted by israeli settler violence in the occupied west bank as well as others in the hope that australia can help to bring about an end to the violence. the settle of violence in the occupied palestinian territories uh must be condemned uh and we do so uh and in our efforts to use our voice to advocate for pathway out of this conflict uh we have made very clear that one the priorities must be to avoid regional escalation. i'll be visiting israel, jordan, the occupied palestinian territories and the uae. australia is not a central player in the

middle east, but we are respected voice uh and i'll be... using our voice to advocate for pathway out of this conflict, we all know that that pathway can only be found by the parties to the conflict, let me start with tania in this segment, how serious do you think is the threat of the carnage in gaza escalating into a wider regional conflict, especially in the wake of the us led strikes in yemen, i think it's - very serious matter and i think it's well recognized by all on looking countries that this is seriously uh something that's going to that if something doesn't change soon it's going escalate soon so it's more important now ever than before to get that cease fire in place to get a peace agreement um i mean penny here has

talked about where she's going um and it's a great move to see and demonstrate her stepping in. and going, come on sides, stop, but what she fails to say is the the true picture of what's really going on, which is, come on, you children of gaza, stop killing them, you, that's the true picture, that's not being demonstrated, and even she talks very much on the fence, but her move is excellent and definitely demonstrates that all the leaders need to get more actively involved, and actually this is what the genocide prevention act actually says to every member state, need to do and demonstrate that they are doing what they can do to prevent that genocide happening, so i would be very interested to see when she visits exactly what happens, what's what's been said and the response that comes after that from the other world leaders and on lookers, let me put the same question to charles, um, if indeed this is already not a spillover given what's happening in the red

sea, israeli um attacks on southern lebanon, but "if this were to turn into a conflagoration as they say in the region, i mean how how serious is that happening anyway, and what will be the dangerous affair? i think i agree sid and i agree with what tanya said as well, um, it it's already starting to spill over, shipping is now diverted from the air so it's pushed up the price of oil, that means inflation could go up, probably will go up, and and a time when we thought we have inflation under control, but yeah, it could escalate, we we just don't know, um, i mean, world war..." the just saying they're doing this in order to pile the pressure on israel true and its western backers to try and deescalate, to to stop the genocide, um, that's their motivation as far as they have said it. quickly and then there's been a a ship hijack hasn't there, but yeah you never these things can escalate, world war 1 started with the archduke ferdinand and a dispute between austria and serbia and he gets a s, and people thought -

it be a short war, six months and it went on for four years and you just don't know how these things can escalate and with with countries run by warmongers who seem to like wars uh who knows what can happen, i mean biden's already fighting one war - a proxy war in ukraine. "now he's involved here, what next? taiwan, china, we just don't have the these things could could escalate, it's a very worrying time for the world. it sure is, maybe i can put one very quick question to tania, and that is uh, the impact the ruling against um, tel aviv by the icj will have on the media coverage of the carnage in gaza, media that have hither to mince their words instead of labeling it what it is, which is a genocide." 30 seconds, sorry, what's the actual question? the media have been mincing their words, finding ways to water everything down, not calling what is happening in the

gaza trip, what it is, which is an unfolding genocide. if there is a ruling against israel at the ig uh, icj, how will the media globally be impacted in terms of their coverage? well, the coverage will have to change, um, but what? what worries me is that when they should be changing and admitting and and changing terminologies and stop calling the hoothies rebels, mean and stop saying you know iran backed yemen and why why do they not say you know us back uk? they don't say that, it's just a perception they create in people's minds, these things have to be changed, they have to then say yes - there's a genocide going on, it needs to be stopped, they'll start filming probably different mps who actually uh are supporting um. the the out that's come out um and there are other politicians in in the uk government that are actually um perform - creating their own groups and getting ready for this to

happen actually as well yeah um but my worry and my fear is that really they'll detract the news and just put on what they want to show which might be something to do with prince william or something else that's just going to distract the the news entirely and even yemen itself is destruction it was a response from the us when when when the court case didn't look like it's going to go in their favor in any way uh straight away that very nishi gets a call uh yeah we need to you know do something here and it's just so childish okay um that's all the time we have for this segment uh big thank you to charles kelly and tonia mansur for their analysis and to you for watching us join us again tomorrow for the latest news and analysis on the bombardment of gaza until then continue to keep palestine in your hearts goodbye.

with other politicians uh just to spare head the independence, total independence of congo, and today we are proud of him as a hero, to know what's what is your fight and uh how far you are ready to go for that, because if you do that, you will inspire your community, and your community will inspire a big bigger community, and that's that's how you change the world, lift us a great legacy,

that is working for the people and uh avoiding influence from from western countries. to weaponize the term genocide against israel in the present context does more than tell the court a grossly distorted story.

in urban warfare, civilian casualties maybe the unintended but lawful result of attacks on lawfully military. objectives, these do not constitute genocidal acts, the rules and principles of international humanitarian law, under the h regulations, the geneva conventions of 1949 and customerly international law. these are well developed

and applicable and are fully. affected by israel. south africa also alleges that israel has waged assault on gaza's health system. hospitals have not been bombed, rather, the idf sent soldiers to search and dismantle military infrastructure.

top stories here on press tv leader says entire world agrees as our regimes been defeated and crushed in its war on gaza while palestinians have emerged. victorious. iran says this missile attacks on mosad headquarters in daesh bases came in response to recent terrorist attacks against the country and assassination of resistance figures by israel. israel occupation forces used palestinian hostages as human shields and occupied west bank as us israel genocide rages on in gaza.