thousands of communications devices in the hands of the lebanese people, followed then by over 10 days of unrelenting air strikes on many cities, towns and villages, including the capital beirot, leaving over a thousand people dead, thousands injured and over million lebanese displaced. one such series of attacks last friday, the secretary general of the lebanese resistance movement sayid hasan nastrola was assassinated by the israeli regime, this all on the backdrop of vicious. campaign of genocide in the gazo strip upon now its one year mark, which is claimed now nearly 42,00 palestinin lives, most of them women and children, and turned a vibrant centuries old community into rubble. the regime continues also spilling blood in the occupied west bank, syria and yemen, and has shown zero will to entertain avenues that could lead to an end of hostilities and a restoration to some calm in the region. now regimes lust for dc. stabilization of the

region and west asia's the topic of this installment of press spotlight. joining us is hussein activist and political commentator joining us the yemini capital sana and peter ford a former british ambassador to syria joining us out of manchester gen like to welcome you both to the program i guess mr. peter ford, we will start with you sir, if we may uh welcome to our spotlight program. now a gaza seesfire uh proposed by the biden administration back early um july, you very well know is accepted obviously by the americans, they they proposed it, it was accepted by the palestinians and the delegations from qatar and egypt also looked upon with favor upon it, but it was rejected uh by the israelis, ample opportunity to end the... side in gaza, why do you think the

regime opted for more escalation and walked away from that opportunity? well, the us proposal for seasfire in in gaza was never very clear, it was very ambiguous, it left lot of scope for israel to retain control. over large parts of gaza, it was similar in fact to the so-called middle east peace process which has been going on off and on for for 30 years and every time with the palestinians losing more and more territory, and it has been the same with that us cease fire proposal, it was never serious, it was... and the americans were never ready,

not for one second to put any serious pressure on israel to accepted. that proposal was, pure theater, designed mainly to give the impression to american voters that the biden administration and vice president harris now. harris were serious about making peace in gaza, they were never serious, they never had any serious intention to apply the break to israel, that is very unfortunate. welcome to the program, how has the israeli regim targeting the hamas political bureau, chief ismal han in tehran or in beyrut targeting secretary. or number of iranian

nationals, even military figures or resistance commanders throughout the region, how was it brought the israeli regime any closer to any sense of accomplishment or any kind of victory? bismillahim, at the beginning of course the israeli after the assassination of ismail hani and as well of sayd hassan and other top commander of his. we've seen that statement from benjamin netanyahu which he was spoken, he was speaking just like that they gna change uh the middle east, i believe all that has changed, especially after the uh retaliation from the islamic republic of iran with hundreds of ballistic missile against the ziant state of israel and as well uh the latest attack from hizbollah in the border which has killed and injured dozens of israeli soldiers, i believe that at this moment uh that the resistant is the one who's

having the upper hand and he believe that the design state of israel will think uh again to keep its war or as they say they will retaliate against iran because what iran shows in their latest attack that they could conduct a major attack against israeli military installation and as well shows the failure of israeli air defense in stopping uh those missile but of course we're gonna see more escalation from designed state especially against civilians in lebanon we have seen that just in the last 72 hours they have killed and injured hundreds of lubanese civilians including some medic and targeting some health centers and this actually shows that the israeli actually they are only good in targeting and killing civilians, mean we've seen as an example what they have targeted in yemen, they have targeted power station and and the port of of hudaida and as well at this point we've seen that biden he

said few hours ago that there are talks with israeli because the israeli regime want to target iranian oil infrastructure, this show you the difference between the strike. attack from iran and as well uh what the israeli regime actually is is is targeting in lebanon on gaza or what they gonna maybeuh target in in iran and what's actually uh silly just we've seen some of those arab zionist or zionist from inside israel they all just like laughing about that the iranian missile hasn't killed any civilians i mean this is the main goal of the attack they have targeted and focus order missiles against israeli military installation and i think at this point that the israeli regime will think twice before conducting any attack against iran or against any of iranian embassy in the region and while we're on that topic

ambassador ford uh what do you feel was achieved or accomplished whether uh symbolically through message or however you perceive it uh iran's attack on tel aviv'. tuesday, um, well, it's very difficult to know how effective the iranian strike was, because the israelis lie always about the the damage inflicted on them, and in particular this time, because the targets were military, um, not civilian, it's very difficult to get to the truth, but it's it does seem fairly clear, nevertheless that significant damage was inflicted on at least one and probably two israeli military bases, and this will give the israelis pause, food for thought as

they are preparing their response. i think it almost inevitable that there will be some kind of israeli. military response directly against the islamic republic, and this is under discussion right now as we speak between the americans and the israelis, the americans are in two minds, on the one hand, they also like israel want to damage the islamic republic, um, and they have no... uh compassion for civilians of any nationality, but on the other hand they are afraid, they are afraid of the consequences, and one of those consequences could be for the american

forces in the middle east, they have some very, very vulnerable bases in iraq and northern syria, illegal. uh, it would be quite easy for the islamic republic and its allies to make major attacks on those bases and inflict serious harm on the united states, so the americans and in particular the pentagon will, i think be inclined to be cautious, even though they would like, for example, to see... israeli strikes on um iranian oil facilities, they would really really like that, but they are nervous and they are afraid, they're also afraid of iran's reactions in terms of spreading the

conflict further, spread, spreading to attacks on all refineries elsewhere in the gulf, um... i suspect that we may not know for another 24 hours at least how this discussion between the americans and the israelis pants. out because it's very complex and very difficult. thank you ambassador uh for and mr.in. i want to kind of put the same question to you but in a different dimension now of the same topic. operation true promised by the iranians on tuesday. the west is portraying it and depicting it, calling it provocative, reckless and offensive, and you know iran is called it defensive in fact and necessary uh saying that it's already... shown more than enough patience and restraint when it comes to israel, hussein, what do you

call it? mean, this show you exactly the bystander from those countries, especially the united states and uk and other western uh country, mean they haven't condemned the attack that have actually targeted and assassinate ismail hanh in tehran, they haven't said anything as an example uh months ago when the israelis has targeted uh iranian consult consulate in in in damascus of course they will cry out loud when iranian uh with italia they just want iran to receive attack either in syria or inside iran and as well uh for hizbollah and for yemen uh to keep coming under attack but when they retaliate this mean that you should not do that i mean this is so a clear example of of uh these bystanders from the united states and as well we we know that they always cry out loud if

from the beginning of the saudi united arab emirate war against yemen in 2015 they always cry out loud uh why uh that the weapons that yemani army has is from iran even though there is a blue cate against yemen it will be impossible to smogle uh ballistic missile or other type of missiles uh to toward yemen uh but on the other hand we see that united states. and uk and germany are supplying the israeli regime with all types of weapons, with finance, with intelligent, and if united state have send all their battleship toward occupied palestine to help the zionist state in continue its war against gazza and as well against lebanon now and if the united state and those country did not support the scientis state with any uh weapons, i believe that hamas could have actually at this point defeated uh the... the resist state army they could actually at this point have liberated many areas in palestine and this show you the

weakness of the so-called israeli regime and it shows as well that thanks to that support from the us the israeli regime will not exist and i believe that if the israeli regime will try to conduct any attack against iran i believe that iran as they say and as they warn they will conduct a major attack against the giant state of israel uh uh inside uh occupied the palestine, but i think that the iranian should as well send a clear warning to all neighboring countries, especially like jordan, saudi arabia and other countries in the bergian gulf that if they will allow uh the israeli regime fighter jet to use their airspace, this mean this country is part of that attack and those countries and their infrastructure will come under attack from the iranian, because i mean uh the jordanian keep crying out loud. and they allowing the scient state to use their their airspace to target other country, this mean that they

should not allow the israeli to do so, but i don't think that the israeli regime will try to target iran, but if they do so, i believe there will be major attack from iran, and i just want to mention that sayid abdul malik in his speech today, he has spoken that that the israeli regime with the help of the uk and as well united state are the one who are conducting the war in gaza are. the one who are conducting the war against jeman and as well the war against lebanon and he has warned that yemany will continue their attack and all the resistant will continue their attack and he have said as well that yemen have hundreds of thousands of trained fighters ready for for any coming battle and i think this is as well a clear message and a clear warning to all neighboring country because i believe that at one point the saudi reg might restart its war and coalition war against. but at at that point it will be with a full support and under the umbrella of the

united states because they want actually to stop yemen from continue their bloccade against the des regime in the red sea thank you sain and ambassador uh ford when it comes to a british leadership and how they perceive and see the gaza onslot upon a year now when they see this aggression basically uh morfing now into lebanese soil uh what is their take on it i mean everyone thought not. one, but many thought that kier starmer's leadership, we might see a little bit of a different approach when it comes to protecting the rights of palestinians, we have really yet to see something in that aspect, but my my question. to uh is are there any red lines for british leadership to finally say enough is enough, this is just way too destabilizing for the region for us to stand behind. anybody who thought that starma and the labour government would be an improvement on the previous conservative government? anybody

who thought that was fool, and those of us who know starma uh... knew that he was going to be like this, he is personally sympathetic in the extreme to israel, partly for private family reasons, he has connections with israel like many of the labor leadership, it is of course shocking that labor government, which the labor party historically has been the peace party, and against foreign wars, but since at least the time of tony blair, who was instrumental in launching the disastrous war on iraq, since at least that time, the labor party has been even worse if that was possible than the conservatives,

they are, they they they don't pay a price for this, he... in in terms of domestic politics, there's no strong pro-arab, pro- palestinian lobby, the muslims of britain are silent, almost in the recent general election, over 50% of muslims voted for labor, hard to, okay, that is the reality, let me ask you personally then ambassador, do you see a israel after year, what is then in gaza? occupied west bank now going into lebanon, are we not getting farther and farther from a peace and stability in the region of west asia, how conducive are the regime's actions to that end? absolutely, the the west, western power, especially britain

and america have lost their compass, they can only say yes to israel. "they appear to have other choice, they persuaded themselves that israel is the good guy, the palestinians and iran are are the bad guys, they see it in black and white terms, they are bottom line, they are not prepared to exercise restraint on israel, except to very, very limited degree for" example, we we hear that the americans will not allow israel to or will will try to prevent the israelis attacking nuclear facilities in the islamic republic, but basically britain and america cannot and will not say no to israel, and israel under the leadership of netanyahu is blinded by

power, by blood lust ' "and by recklessness that they're capable of any folly, any stupid action, without fear of consequences, and i'm afraid, very much afraid that it will need a second round of punishment from missiles before they start to learn the hard lesson. thank you, ambassador, i was saying, if international organizations, if..." "western leaders were able to put enough pressure on the regime to get it to abide by and commit to international law, to respect the un charter, how would the landscape look today, how would the region look of west asia today? i think if this will happened we wouldn't have war in our region, mean we know what's

happening in libya, what has happened in in syria and as all in iraq and in yemen, we know that the main factor and the main supporter of this war against our country in the region is the united states and uk and even though now they are talking about beast or seas fire either in palestine or between the israeli regime and lebanon on the same time they are actually uh using this uh just for media consumption because we only heard them talking about peace and see fire only when the axis of resistant is actually retaliate retaliating against designed state of israel, i think if there is any peace or if there is any talk should not be hosted or the the one who mediate in this in this talk should not be the united state and and uk or... other country was actually are the backbone of the israeli regime war against palestine and as well against lebanon. it should be from country that are neutral like

from china and as well russia or other country that have no part in this world. that's why i believe that the israeli regime and the west only accept and respect the one who will actually retaliate. if you want peace you have to carry your arms. if they want peace they should stop uh supplying uh. scient state of israel, i think that at this point we have known that since the beginning and the existence of the giant state of israel they have gone and conducted many wars against arab nation, occupied many areas in in in countries like in lebanon and as well in syria and i think that the only way to stop that is by attacking and targeting the giant state of israel and let me say it's so easy and they are so weak. we remember what happens to the uh united states in in in the rid, i mean they could not stop any attack uh coming from yeman, they could not stop the blue cate against jerman, they had uh the

blue against the resint state, they have actually to withdrawn or the battleship under as well aircraft carrier because their strength was because that no one there actually to target them and the strength is because they have bases in our region if those bases will come under threat if their battleship and aircraft carrier. will come under threat like it happened in yemen, i believe that the united state will think twice and they will stop actually uh supplying the sign state of israel and one thing that actually the resistant has successfully done is just that saying that the israel is safe haven for all all jewish people from around the world i believe that since october 7 that actually has changed and there are reports there are thousands tens thousand of jewish are actually leaving or zionists are leaving palestine, because at this point with those attack this mean that palestine is not anymore a safe heaven for

those zionist. we barely have any time left, but ambassador ford like to get this last question to you, can the region enjoy uh calm, can the region of west asia have peace, so as long as the the israeli regime fails to adhere to international law, fails to accept any international. obligations to adhere to international laws and norms and the world fails to make the regime adheere makes fails to hold the regime accountable in indeed we we're learning the hard lesson that the united nations is weak, incredibly weak, not a total waste of... time because at least the the legal side of the united nations, the international court of justice, the international criminal court have taken

meaningful action against netanyahu and the israelis, but the the security council, the general assembly are paper tigers, the when the the the reigning superpower, the united states clearly has no risk. for international law, then we are, we're seeing the law of the jungle, the law of the most powerful, that is the reality, and we're in a world now in the in the middle where only force counts and there is no point in relying on the united nations or any any other international institution, at the end of the day, however, "i mean, possibly as soon as next week, i do expect that suddenly, un security council

resolution 1701, dating back to 2006, and the last conflict over southern lebanon, suddenly that resolution will become relevant, and the israelis and their allies will want to return to that resolution." "and that could be the the off ramp, the exit route from the crisis. thank you, both for joining us in the program, time has gotten the better of us, but appreciate having you both on hussein albukaiti, their activist and political commentator joining us from sona and mr. peter ford, former british ambassador to syria joining us from manchester, and viewers, thanks for tuning in. this brings us to the conclusion this segment of your press tv spotlight. bye-bye for now.

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