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watching palestine declassified, our twice-weekly program exposes the israeli regime's global war against solidarity with the illegally occupied people of palestine. in today's program, we'll be asking, is the zinist entity on the brink of collapse? after year long campaign of genocide in gaza, israel's economy is tatters and its stated mission to destroy hamas has failed, as latifer will explain in our first report. before the 7th of october 2023 and the launch of al... flood by the forces of the palestinian resistance, things looked very different. after year of pursuing the alleged objective of defeating hamas, what does the government of the colony have to show for itself? first of all, the economy is in crisis. the imf estimated israel's gdp at $564 billion us dollars and its gdp per capita at $58,270 us dollars in 2023. the

13th highest in the world, figure comparable to other highly developed countries, but in the last quarter of 2023, according to figures from the regime's central bureau of statistics, contracted annual 19.4%. the construction sector, for example, slowed down by nearly a third in the first two months of the war, and agriculture has taken a hit too, with production down by a quarter in some areas. it is: estimated that up to 60,000 israeli companies may have to close in 2024 due to staff shortages, supply chain disruptions and waining business confidence. the port of alat in the south of designs occupation entity declared bankrupcy in july due to an 85% drop in activity as a direct result of unsada law blockade on red sea shipping. if the northern front is opened with hizballah, all of israel's ports will be

an operative, notably hafer. the one exception is ashdot in the center of the colony, though it is easily reachable by missiles from lebanon and yemen. the normalization of the zionist entity with its neighbors has been thrown into reverse. by of december, it was being said that the normalization was now in a reset situation, and in september this year, even the de facto ruler of the saudi regime stated that the kingdom will not establish ties with israel until a palestinian state has been created. the deal brokered by china between saudi arabia and iran also pulled the saudi regime out of yemen, allowing ansadlah to launch its stunningly successful blockade on the red sea. perhaps most notable, the image of the regime and its military, sophisticated military strategists has been thoroughly undermined by the launch of alxa flood itself, and by the evident fact that after

year the palestinian resistance in ghazza is not defeated. on june 19th, the spokes person for the israel occupation forces, rear admiral daniel hagari told channel 13 news that the aim of eradicating razza's leadership was unattainable. this business of destroying hamas, making hamas disappear, it's simply throwing sand in the eyes of the public. anyone who thinks we can eliminate hamas is wrong. after year of genocide, zionism faces defeat. joining me in the studio as usual is our residents expert david miller who's widely regarded as the uk's preeminent scholarly critic of israel. david's a senior research. fellow at the center for islam and global affairs at istanbul zam university and is a co-director the lobby and watch dog spinwatch. our guest contributor today is batol sabati. batool is human rights activist and political analyst with a special interest in the middle eastern foreign policy and she blogs at stances to salvation. welcome to the show. david, did

you think a year ago that the economy of the settler colony would would be showing sort signs of strain? i don't think any of us imagined when we first saw the signs of the uh breakout. gaza of the palestinan resistance forces, what would ensue uh, and of course the fact that the economy of the uh zist entity is feeling the strain is very instructive, of course it's it's a multiple uh group of factors which have caused this, it's not just the question of the of the conflict and the diversion of personnel into fighting, it's also been that huge numbers of people have left, large numbers of of settlers have to had to remove themselves from the north and indeed around gaza, so... you see the footage of the of the tomatoes and greenhouses and kabutsim beside gaza rotting on the vines because there's no one to pick them, there's no one to take them to market because the whole thing is falling to part to bits, so that that is that's the problem that the economy is fall into bits and of course we didn't anticipate that year

ago, no we did, i'm sure we didn't, but mattul, what do you make of the uh contraction in the economy of the settler colony? stability is the most important factor in... maintaining a strong economy, without stability, the burdens and costs increase due to lack of insurance, and there's less of incentive for investments to take place in the long-term, as a result of the fear of the outbreak of war expansion. post october the 7th, there has been no trust, no credibility in the entity, it's seen essentially as a high security risk, and there's also that element of a bad reputation globally as well, it's now become a parier entity, the global boycott movement has intensified, we've seen student encampments calling for their universities to divest, so companies will need to think about how maintaining ties with the entity may end up landing them on the boycott list, and yakov shanin, who's an israeli economist, said that the total cost of the war could actually amount to $120 billion dollars, that's 20% of

the country's gdp, this was several months ago, so the status quo post october the 7th we're seeing airlines cancelling flights, hotels half empty, businesses failing. um the israeli business information company, coface bdi even reported that some 46,00 businesses have closed since the start of the war, that amounts to 75% of them being small businesses, so it's really taking a toll on the lives of the israeli settlers, well david, i mean the the bankrupcy of of it seems to be a real indication doesn't it of the designist economy's weakness, well i mean the the stunning success of the the blockage. by anseralla so that 85% of the uh the trades had stopped, they've declared bankrupcy, nothing, nothing is happening there, and that that is a real block on the ability of them to to to supply themselves as well as uh on the question of their their economy, and it's an indication that actually there's not

really very much more that needs to be done before the whole economy collapses, you've only got two major more ports in the north ashden hafa and of course they are now of course coming under attack uh in particular from from uh, but also from uh hasballah and indeed even the the islamic resistance in iraq, indeed, indeed. well, but all, how effective would you say that ansarlah, the ansarlah blacade on the red sea is actually being? right, the region rejects the occupation entity as a planted foreign occupier, the entity is essentially contained and can now only deal with egypt and jordan through its lands or it can deal through its ports. due to the yemeni naval attacks, 85% of elats port in the south has become dysfunctional, so it's effectively now bankrupt. and now what we're seeing is the port of hyifa which is in the mediterranean sea is now also coming under threat. this you

know former bustling port, which is major hub of israeli import export where massive containerships would stop. the times of israel has actually stated that this port has become still during this war, so there really is this element of instability and panic? well, david, i mean, the the occupation forces, air of complete military superiority is... sort of evaporated hasn't it then? well it has and of course that is evaporated a kind of slowburn to some extent by the fact that year later they still haven't uh reached their their uh objective alleged objective of defeating what they call hamas which of course in reality is six or seven different uh palestinin armed groups but it also happened in in decisive moments where uh there's been footage has appeared from within gaza of large numbers of casualties the famous footage of the the naval special unit the the so-called occupation forces uh,

someone being captured and dragged through the tunnels by a hamas fighter in flip flops and that's an indication of the of the that as well, but most importantly i think has been the the footage that has been of uh of palestinian fighters coming out up out of fox holes and running sometimes in trainers, sometimes in flip flops to to markaver tanks and planting bombs on them and the the the elimination of huge numbers of tanks has been an indication that actually the traditional military technology which they have isn't working to destroy a gorilla army which has lived all the way through this and continues to fight. yes, absolutely. well, batal, um, what do you make of of current and indeed former leading figures in the cienist occupation forces as well as mosaid personnel, seemingly conceding that hamas cannot be defeated. all right, so these leading figures, they recognize the real component. is present within the resistance that is effectively making them strong. um, the hazdan resistance forces have deep faith

in their goals, they enjoy very high moral. they've proven that they're ready for sacrifice, they're filled with anger that's resulting from this occupation and this injustice. and so what we're seeing in gazza is really gorilla warfare against invaders with light arms and we're seeing them come at zero distance from their enemy, so they have really demonstrated the ability to adapt in the most difficult circumstance. well, our next report addresses the changing attitudes towards designist entity and the growing extremism in israel society. zionism faces defeat in every sphere. the most visible and tangible change in the west has been the erosion of support for the declining entity. this has manifested first of all in a significant polarization. the mass of the global public has become more pro-palestinian and more vocal about it, but equally, there

is a small counter tendency of zinanists to become even more extreme in their glorification of the killing of women and children. jews in israel have become increasingly genocidal with only 19% even willing to say that designist genocide has gone too far. in gaza. the west bank, support for hamas has increased, while the palestinian authority has become even less popular. public opinion in the us and uk and the world has shifted towards the palestinians. we can see the shift also in the way in which the credibility of key zionist arguments has collapsed. the so-called right of israel to self-defense has been pummaled, especially by figures like the un raporteur francesca albanesi. the idea that israel has a right to exist, or that it should exist, has also come under attack. a

uk opinion poll recently showed that a striking 54% of 18 to 24-year-olds agreed with the statement that, quote, the state of israel should not exist, just 21% disagreed. it is remarkable to know that the power of the main weapon of choice used by the zionist is dissipating. the charge of anti-semitism. has less force and is now openly mocked. it's clear that designs are attempting to minimize the effects of the geneside by trying to undermine official palestinian figures for death and injuries. it is also routinely suggested that the occupation forces are minimizing their own casualty numbers. one of the key things that is now different is that the credibility of the regime and zionism have been badly damaged. this is for. first via the self-realization across the world that hasbora (israeli propaganda) is not

truthful. more damaging than that, however, is the want and cruelty and brutality of the genocide, and especially the glorying in it, shown by so many. israel stands revealed as a deeply sick, indeed, terminally ill society. zionism, the whole world over, is similarly tainted. beheaded babies, 1200 civilian casualties, rapes, all were found to be unfounded fabrications, but worse than that, there were only a fraction of the brutality carried out in seeming joy and... quivering excitement by the occupation forces. it has been startling to so many to see their cheer leaders among the zianist population of the us and uk joining in. zianism is more reviled now than it is ever been, its end cannot come soon enough. david, i mean, global public

opinion is is moved dramatically, hasn't it against israel now? i mean, there's no way back for them. how is that? well, global public opinion has moved uh quite significantly. mean it was always the case that uh there was a big uh uh reservoir of sympathy for the palestinans especially in the global south, but that has become more and more obvious. it's more obvious in the uk in the us and european countries as well. the public opinions moved towards the palestinians i mean moved quite far in some respects and that's quite quite a dramatic thing. is is there any way back? no, i don't think there is. we we cannot unsee what we've seen, and people, no longer believe uh as they used to do that uh that israel has a right to exist uh is able to it should defend itself when it's actually an occupation of other people's country and indeed engaged in genocide so the the the way in which public opinion is moved is is is not just a transient thing i think it's the it's the beginning of the end and we see incrementally that's starting to have effects at the policy

level with small signs in the international criminal court for example uh at the un that that there are there are moves being taken and that will be that will increase i think i mean this down to the fearless reporting i think isn't it of of garsen journalists on on the ground i think which is brought the reality to the to the to the people around the world to the extent that people can see that but i think that's even been the case that when they consume a diet of uh almost undolited propaganda in the mainstream media people still see the horror because it still pushes through and of course the social media even though social media companies have always policies to stop pro-palestin messages, overwhelmingly the messages on social media pro- palestine because people are pro- palestin. well, butol, mean given what's happened over the last year, what's your assessment of the prospects for normalizing relations between israel and the arab states? right, so many arab countries were brought into the abraham accords, um,

despite this, the nations, the masses, the people of those normalizing arab states themselves never really normalized. or recognize the occupation entity, um, the resistance access during this war has imposed its strength and it spread its high morality, garnering effectively the mass support from arab nations, to the point where you know the sectarian sedition that has been planted by america to split the muslim ummah on sectarian lines, reinforcing the whole sunni shia divide, to counter the islamic republic of iran. this sedition plot to deter the muslim ummah from uniting. on fighting the common enemy and that was aided through the creation of daesh for example, to topple assyria, all of these plots have failed, and this war has reunited the masses who are now seeing the resistance axis walking the talk, whilst the arab normalizers are embarrassed and ultimately lowering their heads in shame. david, i mean, whatever credibility the

occupation forces previously had, i mean it's it's been totally compromised hasn't in in the last year the way they've behaved, well the... behaved has been i think extraordinary even for critics of zionism the the the way in which they have lied and lied and lied and people now say that as kind of catch phrase they lie and they lie and they lie has been uh staggering surprising to many and and it's only become revealed and certainly the mainstream media tried to keep it out of of focus it's only become reveled gradually there were people writing about this very early on in in october but but it didn't get beyond the alternative media until much much later, but now everybody sees that these were lies, but the the other element of this when you say behavior, it's not just the lies, it's the it's the glorying uh, mean it says in the film there, the quivering excitement the horror which they are inflicting, and and the fact that western supporters of zionism have seemed to go along with that and seemed to openly praise the killing of women,

children and all sorts of atrocities, unforgivable actually, but - so um, can you explain what the axis of resistance actually is, and and how it's transformed in the past year? yeah, so the access of resistance consists of countries that have been under the hegem of the west. as a result, um, a strong group within those countries have formed a systematic reaction against the western occupations with the aim of ultimately liberating their land and maintaining that status quo post liberation due to the threat of the reemergence of occupation if they put down their arms, so when we say ghazah or the west bank or lebanon, the resistance was formed due to the israeli occupation. lebanon kicked them out in 2000, but they came back and they ground invaded. 2006, when you say iraq, the resistance was formed against the american occupation, then of course, as we know, america unleashed isis, when you say yemen, we're talking about western a western backed

saudi bloccade for all of these years, the syrian government has always believed in the vision of a of liberated region from western hadjamany, and of course you have the iranian islamic revolution that was an overthrow of the western backed shah, and the islamic republic's default is supporting the oppressed wherever they are, ultimately, in this war there has been a turning point in the resistance access in terms of the experience that that it has gained due to that direct confrontation, you know, it's been under the real test of reality, and this past year is ultimately an expression of live maneuvering, the resistance has better understood its weak points, likewise the israeli occupation entities weak points, it has expanded logistically, its methods of targeting, but most important to all of this is the coordination has developed. before it wasn't very clear what the unity of the fronts meant, now practically it is clear what that means and what acting as a supporting front also means, so the

resistance is accumulating and strengthening itself with many points of concentration, and we're seeing that the islam republic of iran has actually now quite becoming a superpower in the region. david, how would you say russia's role has has changed over the last 12 months? i think what you can see with - "the role of russia is that russia has increasingly um become frustrated with the lack of international action and has incrementally moved towards uh supporting the palestinians more than than they had before, there's no white charges coming over the hill here, but we do see that the russians are actually engaged militarily in in the region, the russians are are flying uh flights up and down the syrian coast to stop uh israeli jets coming into bomb damascus uh" russians have uh their own lookout posts in syria on the border with the with the illegally occupied goan heights. now those are there are russian military overseeing what the israelies are

doing in the golan heights and there's an indication there that i think that the russians are getting a bit frustrated with the the lack of pace of any international change and they they may well be taking a more active role and that that i think would pause some of the worgers for thought indeed and although they are still... demonized aren't the russia in the in the western media, well of course, it's the it's the after the the uh, the the coverage of of israel and palestine, russia is the is the main betnoir of the western media, isn't it, of course said that they intervene in western elections etc. but of course we know that the people who interven the most in elections are the israelis indeed, well but till i mean we're obviously in a fast moving situation, but what would your message be to those who think the zinish regime can't be defeated? this past year has shown how the occupation entity has turned from once invincible army to now bewildered army. the entity has gone from once being confident to now being

completely lost. this image of superiority that the entity has been portraying has completely disappeared. it also didn't occur for a split second that the palestinians could carry out such a magnitude of attack on october as a result of the security and intelligence failure that the entity prides itself in. and this penetration that we saw on october is actually the biggest threat for the entity, because the settlers now do not feel protected anymore, so in this past year, it's already been proven that the israeli occupation entity for one whole year couldn't pinpoint its goals and achieve them, so if you cannot pinpoint your goals and achieve them, then you're ultimately unstable failure, and if we listen to what the retired israely major general, yitack break has been stated, you's repeatedly warned that the entity could... face collapse within the next year and in actual fact cease to exist within two years if this war continues in the way that it is, and so the entity, as we know it,

it's american colonialism enforced onto the region, it is a military base that was turned into a country in 1948, and when ultimately a military base fails, it loses its functional role, you know, israel has gone from protecting western interests, that's its functional role, to now needing protection from the whole west, once this project begins to retardiate, the global capitalist empire will start looking for substitutes because this entity itself has now become a harm and a liability to the interests of the ones who created it. so from within the american deep state, we're increasingly hearing that um, it is not in the interests of israel to continue this war, and what is not in the interests of the israeli occupation entity is also not an interest for the west, so the weakness of israel is ultimately a reflection of the weakness of... the west itself, well that's all we got time for today, so thanks for watching and thank you to our guest b and of course our residents expert professor david miller, you can follow the show on facebook x

and where we post regular clips and updates, and if you're dismayed by the corporate media churning out relentless misinformation about palestine, and just share our content on your social media platforms to provide an antidote to that prozionist propaganda. so until next time when i hope you're join us again on palestine classified, this is chris williamson saying bye for now. as december began, everyone knew that israel was thirstyr for blood than ever. on december 4th, it launched a major ground assault on southern gaz. on december 12, joe biden

criticized israel's bombing methods, but as usual, he did not break his habit and continue to send bombs, allowing israel to improve its record of atrocities. on december 22nd, the death stole in gaza surpassed 20,000, but this did not awaken the work. western leaders from their slander. on december 26th, it was the turn of central gaza. before the end of the last month of the year, it witnessed a massive attack. no place in gaza was safe anymore.