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zinus israel has effectively undermined the agreement reached between its delegation at the dowhana negotiations and the mediators, including the united states of america, by insisting on direct military control over the philadelphia corridor on gaza's southern border. zinis israel claims that this control is the only way to prevent the palestinian resistance hamas. from rebuilding its of capabilities and returning to the status quo before october 7th. instead of announcing deal for a prisoner exchange and sease fire in gaza during his latest visit to the region, which was intended in part to serve the domestic agenda of the biden administration. us secretary of state, anthony blincon, as has become customary, placed the blame on hamas. however, let's get real a bit. the resistance had no choice but to reject a deal that did not include an israeli occupation withdrawal from the gaza.
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trip, but hold a minute, why is the media silent on the key issues zinanis israeled on during this round of negotiations, which led to a strong rejection from the palestinian resistance in gaza? simple, because it exposes netanyahu's lies. here are the key points that the occupation renecked on since the doha negotiations began. no permanent cease fire. the agreement does not include immediate, permanent ceasefire, no complete withdrawal from. gaza: there is no provision of for a full israeli occupation withdrawal from the gaza strip. continued occupation of the rafah crossing. the proposed solutions ensure direct israeli entity control over the rafah border crossing. continued occupation of the philadelphia corridor, continued occupation of the netsarim junction, hence monitoring and controlling the movement of palestinian people on both the corridor and junction. right to reject prisoner releases. the occupation retains. right to refuse to
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release of at least 100 prisoners, also only those with 20 years or less remaining in their sentences will be eligible for release, effectively excluding those serving life sentences. zionists also demand that a significant number of palestinian prisoners released in the exchange have to be exiled from palestine. the israeli entity also wants to impose conditions on humanitarian aid from who provides it, to whom it is provided to. as for the gaza reconstruction and lifting the siege. scientists suggest that negotiations on the reconstruction of gaza and lifting the siege will be deferred until after the first phase of the cease fire is implemented. that ladies and gents is called reoccupation of gaza and that is something the resistance will never allow to happen again. welcome to the mid stream, i'm marwa uthman. israeli
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entity reports differ on the outcomes of the kairu meeting held last week between the isiness israelis, egyptians and americans. however, what is certain is that the of americans have once again brought up the issue of the philadelphia corridor and the rafa crossing for discussion. reports suggest that an agreement may be at the works allowing for a limited israeli occupation presence in the corridor, but only during the initial phase of the truth. something the resistance has so far refused. to discuss this issue with us from beirot is dimitri lascary, independent journalist and human rights activist, a pleasure having you on board dimitri midy stream here on press tv. how do the key points uh that zianist israel have so far reneged on both in cairo and in dowha? negotiations such as the lack of a permanent ceasefire and reoccupation of the philadelphia crossing and what not impact the feasibility of any lasting solution or any resolution. i think we should start by
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looking at the legal framework, the international court of justic just ruled unambiguously that the occupation of the palestinian territories is illegal, and that includes the gaza strip, it is under occupation for purposes of international law, this means that israel has no entitlement at all to maintain a presence any part of the gaza concentration camp, none, not one inch, so it's demanding something. which is actually violation of the rights of palestinians under international law. secondly, this is violation of the camp david of courds. this was not to be any part, the philadelphia corridor was not to be under the jurisdiction or occupation of israeli military forces. thirdly, as a practical matter, gaza was already one of the most densely populated parts of the world, so any space that is occupied by israeli military is constraining uh the the civilian life of the palestinian population even further, and of course... any uh subsequent phases following
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the completion of this genocidal rampage in gaza, there is going to be need for a massive influx of humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials, so israel's... control of this key border crossing point is almost certainly based on historical experience going to impeed that, so for any number of reasons, this is a holy outrageous demand, it is it is deal killer in my opinion and understandably so, and if the israelies were actually serious about uh doing a ceasefire and not completing this genocidal rampage, this would not be demand that they would put forward to the palestiny resistance of actions. but dimitri, what are the potential? consequences the israeli entity government's insistence on direct control over gaza's borders from all the borders of gaza, not only there, not only the philadelphia corridor, and the continued occupation of very strategic locations like the netsarim junction for example, both for the palestinian resistance in the uh level
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and capabilities that they have at the moment and for regional stability in general, well we've seen that the israeli military has absolutely no capacity to discipline it soldiers, in fact it's a... military policy as far as we can tell that its military engage in systematic human rights abuses, so if they're having contact with the palestinian civilian population the gaza strip, this was undoubtedly going to exacerbate the human rights conditions of the palestinian people there, and as i say, it's going to impeed the reconstruction of gaza and the delivery of absolutely essential humanitarian aid, so quite apart from legal considerations, it is essential for practical purposes that they be removed, the occupation forces. entirely from the gaza concentration camp, and if they continue to demand what they have no right to demand, and what in fact would constitute a severe violation of palestinian human rights, uh, there will be no cease fire, and ultimately this means that this war is going escalate. we've seen this
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in the past few days, uh, the retaliatory strikes by the islamic resistance resulted from israeli aggression, and the core aggression out of which all of this violence springs, is the... genocidal rampage in gaza, so if we want to avoid a wider war, israel needs to stop demanding things to which it has no right, and uh offer the palestinians a a durable ceasefire on entirely reasonable terms. do you think that this week uh it might hold some potential uh developments in this uh case in the file of the ceasefire? in terms of if if what you mean by that is do i am i optimistic? no, i don't think that the palice, i don't think that the... us uh government or the uh israeli regime are serious in any way shaper form in terms of negotiating the seasfire if they were if they were serious to the byden administration they would simply cut off the flow of weapons and that would be it. israel would have no alternative but to stop killing palestinian civilians. the fact actions, it's axiomatic,
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actions speak louder than words. you can't say you know at the same time, we want the killing to end while we're providing the bombs to you to kill. that's outrageous uh. so let's stop this force and accept that what they want is to actually continue the killing. well uh dimitri, the last time we met we were both in karakkas uh being international observers for the elections there and now i have the uh pleasure and the chance and opportunity to meet you again and you're here in in lebanon and beirot. how was your recent coverage? i know that you were down in south lebanon, i want to talk to you about that with the remaining minutes that we have over the past week. have it has it altered your perspective uh on the regional dynamics and the impact of the ongoing conflict especially as on being a support front for uh the gassos trip uh well, i think probably the most uh uh life altering experience i had when i was down there and it has been extraordinarily enlightening for me personally and professionally uh was my visit to uh shab uh a couple of days ago, as i'm
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sure you know matua, this village lies a kilometer from the border with northern occupied palestine, it has been devastated uh we were afforded a rare opportunity to access the village because uh assistance fighter had been killed prior day an air strike uh and as uh villagers reconverged, it's been evacuated the village, but as they reconverged on the village to attend the funeral, i witnessed level of uh uh just pride, fierceness, calm and sometimes outright joviality, mean the people were uh full of uh merth and uh they were very welcoming to me personally, they gave me water, they gave me food, 'uh a lovely elderly lady provided me with pomegranate and to see them conduct themselves in this way amits this extraordinary devastation uh just i think it's it's a picture of the resistance that the world needs to see so that we understand who the real terrorists are here and it's
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clear that the terrorists are the americans and the israelis and these people are simply fighting for their basic human rights, the indigenous peoples of west asia, that's what i took'. away from my entire experience uh in south lebanon. don't you fear going back to uh back home basically and get maybe questioned about your statements that you just made right here, especially on press tv, especially being in bairut. and visiting uh no man's land according to the western uh communities in general and the governments, aren't you afraid for your own safety? well, i compare, there's no question that there are risks matawa, no question, in the current repressive environment, we we've seen what's happened to richard medhurst, uh, they they arrested the french arrested pavel dudov, who's a multi-billionaire uh at the french airport, this is the founder of telegram, if they can do that to him, they can certainly do it to me uh, but uh... why i have concerns, i know that i have complied with the law, i know that my reporting is just and
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true, and whatever risks i'm assuming are minuscual, minuscual compared to those being assumed every day by uh those who are resisting western hugemany and west asia, we still have one minute uh dimitri and i want to ask you about what happened on sunday august 25th when the resistance began the retaliation against the aggression on bayrut and against uh after ziness israel killed a top commander in hisbollah uh how did feel like and how did you see the communities react to the retaliation, because there was a lot of misinformation in the zionist media, so how did you see that uh unfold? well, the first report i saw was that israel had launched the so-called preemptive strikes, 40 air strikes on south lebanon uh, which was major escalation uh, but it was only later, and this is just a it would it confirmed to me is how the media narratives are so controlled by israel and its western backers. uh, it later emerged when uh the resistance explained what had happened, that in fact the
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uh retaliatory strikes had been launched by them at dawn and then israel attempted unsuccessfully according to them to impede those strikes after they had commenced, so these were not actually preemptive at all, uh, and now what we're seeing of course is a complete media blackout about what actually happened, so for example, netanyahu claimed, he was quote in the guardian is stating that every single missile uh was shot. down when we know that every day missiles and drones have been getting through and we know from media reports it appears that israeli naval personnel a naval vessel was killed because there was a successful strike a naval vessel so uh again what it confirms i think is that there is extraordinary control being exercised over the media narratives and that's exactly why independent journalism is so important well it's been a pleasure dimitri laskeries independent journalist and human rights activist to have you on here on the the mid stream on press tv with us, always a pleasure to have good friends on board to uh basically present what's the
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reality on the ground to the people to uh see, thanks for being here, ladies and gentle, stay tuned because next we're going to talk about the historical zianist anxiety in the region. as zinus israel stands on edge, anticipating the responses from iran and from hezbulah, which they got on august 25th, will explore the underlying motives behind its aggressive stance and the existential fears driving its policies. here is a report that uncovers the complex interplay of... strategy, anxiety and potential repercussions shaping the region's future. following sionist israel's
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assassination of hamas political bureau chief ismail haniya in tehran on july 31st, hours after assassinating hisbullah commander fuad shuker, zionist israel has been on edge, anxiously awaiting the nature and extent of iran and hezbollah's response and the potential repercussions that could escalate into a regional conflict. despite reports from various western and regional media suggesting that iran and hezbulah have opted to retreat, yet hezbollah's retaliation on the dawn of sunday august 25th reinstated the situation of fear, intimidation and anxiety to its highest levels within the zionist settler communities. hesbullah confirmed with its third statement on that day the completion of the first phase of its response. this means we're back to square one with anticipation, fear. and millions of zinus settlers on high alert, anxiously awaiting whether or not there will be second
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phase, as the jewish philosopher simon ravidovic aptly noted, the world has many images of israel, but israel has only one image of itself, people on the brink of extinction. these words encapsulate the profound existential anxiety that premiates the zinus israeli mentality, which is not merely psychological concern, but a politic... military and cultural reality reflected in the israeli entity aggressive policies towards neighboring countries in west asia and its handling of regional crises. since the outbreak of the al-aqsa flood battle, israeli entity prime minister benjamin netnyahu has repeatedly referred to it as an existential war, describing it as a battle of light against darkness. his speeches, including his address to the us congress often underscore the religious dimensions of this struggle. however, these statements go beyond religious connotations. they reveal a deep-seated anxiety that
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permeates the israely entity collective consciousness, from political leaders to ordinary settlers. this anxiety. is directly linked to the eighth decade curse, notion embraced by many zianist israeli historians and a significant segment of the zianis settler society, which holds that jewish entities in palestine have historically lasted no longer than 80 years. this believe infuses the anxiety with the historical and religious dimension. netanyahu believes that initiating a comprehensive regional war with us support might be the best way to eliminate existential threats posed by iran and the access of resistance. while also advancing normalization with regional countries and thereby extending the israeli occupation's lifespan. however, this aggressive approach suggests that cyanust israel is seeking to spark a regional conflict it hopes to control from the outset, yet it may ultimately find itself unable to manage the ensuing catastrophic consequences. to discuss this
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issue with us from beirot is mr. hassan hijazi, expert in internal zinos affairs. it's a pleasure having you with us, mr. hassan, now... how does the historical notion the eighth decade curse influence the current existential anxiety among israely entity leaders and settlers alike given that the uh so-called first phase of hizballah's retaliation uh happened on sunday august 25th at dawn, which was a surprise for the entity. there is no doubt that the so-called eighth decade curse has become an obsession in zionist thinking. fueled by profound internal changes, regional challenges and unprecedented threats within its strategic environment. the resistances response to the assassination of senior leader sayid fuad shukr signals that these zionist fears and anxieties are now manifesting clearly and violently through the potential for escalating confrontations. the occupation has been engaged in a 10 month long war on the
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gaza and northern fronts, and the resistances response at this level significantly escalates the external challenge. pushing the occupation to the brink of collapse or major regional confrontation. this escalation may hasten the existential fears that the occupation perceives as surrounding it during this eighth decade of its history. undoubtedly we are witnessing new phase of conflict and intensified level of confrontation that exposes the occupation to even greater risks. these growing existential fears now dominate the thinking of both leadership and the general population who see the entity. increasingly incapable of defending itself and unable to meet the challenges it faces. this situation has created an urgent and profound need for western support manifested through fleats, diplomatic presence and political backing, to provide a protective shield for the entity. the entity feels that it is in its weakest historical phase, and sliding into a major
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regional confrontation may accelerate the fulfillment of predictions about the curse of the 8th decade, which it's interesting for me to talk about these internal pressures because we all seen how the world really have not been able to pressure benjamin netanyahu to stop the genocide, so in what ways do you think netanyahu's characterization of this genocide as an existential war against sits israel reflect deeper fears with? the israeli communities, the israeli entity settler communities, and how does it impact the zianist israeli internal policies, the policies that they impose on their own settlers? there is no doubt that benjamin netanyahu bears some responsibility for deepening the sense of fear and the pervasive negative and pessimistic expectations among
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settlers. netanyahu has adopted ritoric that presents no alternatives, arguing that the... only options for azionists are to continue the war under the banner of absolute victory or face a catastrophic defeat with unprecedented consequences. through his fear-mongering policies, or what could be called a strategy of intimidation, netanyahu has created a deeply negative reality within zionist society, fostering an atmosphere of extremism and a brutal mentality that has manifested both at the popular level and in the systematic actions of the occupation army, leading to crimes committed. on all levels against palestinians, a popular level, there is indeed anxiety and fear stemming from the development since october. however, some settlers are... calling for departure from this disastrous path, which not only perpetuates ongoing military confrontations, but also deepens the extremism that threatens the entity with internal disintegration.
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according to many commentators, netanyahu's rhetoric has had destructive impact on the internal zionist landscape, fostering a climate of cruelty and racism that not only targets palestinians, but also turns against segments of the zionist population who disagree with the various right-wing factions politic. and militarily, this situation signals a grim reality for zionists, both in terms of achieving strategic objectives and in maintaining internal unity, as many common goals have been lost. the only factor currently uniting zionists is to some extent the external threat. however, they are deeply divided over how to address the current situation. there is a significant rift regarding whether to pursue an agreement or continue the war alongside internal fracture. linked to conflicts between the right and the left, between secular and religious groups and between eastern and western jews, all concerning the identity of the state, its
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form and the nature of the regime and authority that should govern the entity in the future. but there are potential risks and consequences to policies in the region that might end up with a provocation of a regional conflict, obviously with the support of the united states of america. how do you think that approach might either exacerbate or potentially mitigate the existential anxieties being felt inside of the israeli entity regime? the course pursued by benjamin netanyahu reflects the profound existential anxiety within zinous circles and it is path frought with uncertainty rather than alleviating the internal crisis of the zionist entity netanyahu has exacer. his approach has plunged the occupation into a prolonged war of attrition, opening multiple fronts that are on the brink of explosion any
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moment. this strategy has weakened designist entity's regional standing, exposing it as a frail and vulnerable entity, reliant on external intervention and the presence of great powers for its defense. this situation heightens the fears and anxieties of zionists, particularly because it underscores the entities. absolute dependence on us military and political support. the internal weaknesses that have emerged across various sectors, economic, social and in the rising costs of the military campaign have only deepened the entities crisis rather than alleviated it. escalating military action further suggests that political options are virtually non-existent, while the military option has failed to produce any meaningful results, even with western involvement that has not been able to shift the balance of power. this involvement has instead turned the united states into a direct participant in the conflict, thereby exposing its interests to significant risks. thus,
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netanyahu has indeed intensified the crisis the zionist entity, pushing it to face even greater existentials. well, mr. hasan hijazi, expert in internal zionist affairs of pleasure having you with us. this morning, thank you very much for your contribution, ladies and gents, thank you for watching uh the media stream right here on press tv and do please follow us on telegram and on x as long as we're there because there is a big systematic attack against uh everyone who speaks in support of palestine on all uh social media platforms and telegram might be next but at least we'll still there do follow us there and we'll see you again next week right here on press tv's the medistream assalamukum
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firstly headlines: dozens more palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, are killed as israely military pushes ahead with a steal the air and artillery strikes on the gaza strip. palestiny resistance fighters putting up stiff resistance as they continue to confront invading israeli military forces in various cities and towns across the occupied west bank and deepening divisions among the israely cabinet members as the prime minister and his minister of military affairs quaral over the fate of captives held by hamas and gaza.