for palestine and the and the rights of palestinian people, she has continuously opposed and walked out of of the parliament, even while she talked up the floor when she talked about the people of palestine and the double standards of the labor party at the moment ruling australia, so there there is is a stone support, there is a st support, as we can see in different parts of australia, melbourne, sydney, et there have been protests and demonstrations, tens of thousands of people joining just to oppose its government. standard just to tell its government that we have chosen you to be the representatives to tell the world that what we are asking, we are asking for seasfire in of of in gaza, we are asking for seasfire in palestan, we are asking for seasfire in in lebanon, because this is ultimately a genocide where tens of thousands of people, especially young children have been massacred brutally, and this can be nothing less than less than a genocide, but today's visual was... by extreme security measures, it was

of curtailed to a sit in demonstration and not a demonstration where we where the participants and where the demonstrators were allowed to walk, but security st security measures were in place and the demonstrators and presters were asked to follow the instructions that have been given to the organiz, despite all this people fairlessly took to streets in support of gaza and are demanding and immediatees fire. and also asking the australian government israel, thank you shanna, we have to cut you off there, we're overt a little bit, shana, but press tv correspondent there joining us out of sydney, and viewers, thanks for joining us rolling coverage, the anniversary of operation alexa flood launched by hamas against the israeli entity 365 days ago, today to highlight in reaction in in response to hamas said to uh israel's ethnic cleansing, its years long occupations, it's restrictions. it's

violations of the palestinian holy sites, 1200 people, israelis were killed, 250 taken captive back to gaza, and then what insued was another 365 days of genocide by the zianist entity resulting in over 42,ous fatalities reported of palestinians mostly women and children, over 97,000 injured, a campaign that is now expanded into lebanon, we're following developments very closely here on press tv and thank you for joining us of on this uh flood anniversary everyone, stay tuned and bye-bye for now. october 7th marked new chapter in israel's history. they were stunned by the unexpected turn of events. now

the big question is, can israel restore its shuttered image after the seismic shift in its narrative.

hello and welcome to press tv spotlight. i'm harshimi. thanks so much for being with us. well, it has been one year since resistance fighters in gaza broke out of their outdoor prison an attempt to free their people of over 75 years of zionist oppression and terrorism. october the 7th. was a historic day that the world would never forget and would ultimately bring attention to palestinian oppression, which was its way to being forgotten by many. well, since then, the israeli regime started its latest genocide in gaza and now has killed over 41,000 people, with many estimates, saying the real number is probably around 200,000, and from gaza, the terrorist regime has now gone to lebanon, where it is trying to extend it. side once again bombing cities,

residential areas, hospitals and every imaginable place targeting civilians in the spotlight we'll be taking a look at october. the seventh and its significance, like to welcome my guest to the program, mosanak the human rights activist out of houston texas and paul arudi, co-founder of free palestine movement out of berkeley, california. thank you both for being with me, i appreciate it. let me start this off in houston. uh, well most and let's start off with the actions of the united nations during this last year. since his mission statement uh states that peace and security, human rights, the rule of law and development, those are the priorities the un. your thoughts on how it has performed since october 7th for the people of gaza, the occupied west bank and now lebanon. well,

it's uh, it's quite apparent from how this uh genocide has now expanded into lebanon, that the un has failed to... keep or perform within the scope of its self-declared duties, as i mentioned before as well that the united nations's actions are merely to maybe build narrative, but as far as direct action and execution of those guidelines is concerned, it is apparent that the zionist regime um chooses to not abide by international law or... any kinds of statements that are given by the united nations security council, we see how it was an abstainment of the united states that led to a declaration of the member of of the state of palestine becoming

member that can actually vote within the un, but we see that international law in general, especially the united nations has failed the the people of conscience. they have failed the people, the oppressed people of gazza and the oppressed people of lebanon. um, right now, from what from what it looks like, that the resistance forces understand and the always understood that it is only them, no one will come to their rescue, they have to take matters into their own hands and they have to fight back with whatever they have, because that is the only solution to this oppression. okay, well paul, on the occasion the first year after october 7th, and secretary general antonio gateres has said, quote, today marks one year since the horrific events of october 7th, when hamas launched a large-scale terror attack in israel, killing over 1,250 israelis and foreign nationals, including children and women, more than 250 people were abducted and

taken to gaza, including many women and children. the october 7th attack scared souls and on this day we remember all those who were brutally killed and suffered unspeakable violence, including sexual violence as they were simply living their lives. now regarding palestinian lives, he did say october 7th, it sent wave of shocking violence and bloodshed, and and it has erupted since then. your thoughts, i mean, it's it's quite amazing, paul, no numbers were given for the number of palestinians who have been killed, especially children, are those palestinians who have been kidnapped, raped or starved to death, nor was the israeli regime named directly as the... culprate of this genocide, but hamas was named for committing terror on october 7th. your thoughts? well, israel has the right to defend itself, don't they? i mean, not the palestinians, not lebanon, not any

other entity on the face of the earth, but israel has the right to defend itself by destroying everything around it. that's basically. uh the way this works, the united nations, let's face it, is not going to liberate palestine, please, the idea that the united states is going to do something to change anything that is happening on the ground, it should be evident after one year of genocide and total destruction with 80% of the the housing in gaza now lying in in in ruins on the ground, and in any case they didn't have water and electricity and and and so forth or sewage, so or food or it's we cannot expect anything from the united

nations, only the ones who are going to liberate palestine are the palestinians and they're doing that right now, right now hamas and palestine palestinian resistance is stronger today than it was when a year ago today and they were strong then as we know ' israel on the other hand is falling apart, the a 10% of their population at least has has has left the country probably never coming back. if we go on another year like this, another 10% or 20% will leave, and israel will will be a small, useless country with no economy, but getting its money and arms from the united states to let a bunch of... total fanatics, the worst fanatics among the bunch to survive there and keep the

name israel alive. okay, well mosen, would you say that what took place on october 7th, 2023 was a turning point for the palestinian struggle? absolutely, the and this has been declared by by yahya sinvar, by hammas as well, that because palestine... was not part the conversation anymore, they were powers within palestine, which is the pa and their other arab, so callalled arab partners of the state of palestine, um, which includes jordan, the uae, saudi arabia, who were in the process of softening their ties and developing, further developing their ties with the zionist regime of israel, and we saw how issue of palestine. how the one state solution in general was being ignored, there were talks of of jerusalem becoming the

capital of of israel, and so they had to be something that was done to bring palestine back into the conversation, there had to be action that was taken to to reaffirm this sense of resistance that is that is that is so deeply. ingrained within the palestinians and so october 7th was that turning point that has taken the zionist regime back to its origins, it has weakened the zinanist regime, the fact that the resistance forces could show how weak the zinast regime is, that they can penetrate into those those boundaries, it showed how weak the zinast regime was and how successfully hamas with their partners within these... islamic jihad were able to successfully do october do alex of flood

finish alex of flood the operation and hence now we're in a state where every day we see how we design this regimes we see them attacking and assassinating leadership within the resistance but we see that the resistance still comes back and still retaliates and still is keeps on escalating this so... called genocide, and so we see that since october 7th, the resistance forces have succeeded in the sense that the zionist regime has failed to achieve any of its goals in either lebanon or even in in gaza. so we are in a state right now, we are in, we are living in a world which will be, which in history will be remembered as the world post al-aqsa flood, the war of narrative has been one, has never been an outcry like this ever since al aqsa flood operation and this goes

to show that people like leaders like yahya sinvar, people like sayyad nasullah and other leadership within the resistance faction, how they understand their enemy, how they understand the psychology of the zionist regime, many of these successes, i mean of course the the resistance keeps taking action and keeps having successful operations, but many of these successes... especially in the war of narrative, it's been done by the zionist regime themselves, by making mistakes, by by by by not being by being by not being calculative in their stances, and and hence the world now sees, the world now understands what kind of a regime, designist regime truly is, that it's an occupying force. this is why when when operation true promise one and operation true promise two happened, we saw that a massive scale that the masses of the... world understood why the islamic republic had to do this, as matter of fact, the narrative was as such that when

will the islamic republic retaliate, the islamic republic was being criticized for not retaliating, so we couldn't have imagined this year back. okay, well, paul, um, what is allowing this genocide to continue for year mean for us as human beings? i mean, and what type of precedent has been set by allowing the israelite regime to continue. with this bloodleding for year now, well obviously it's brought shame upon all of humankind and on especially upon its institutions, the governments and the institutions like the un who essentially have made no difference, only small amounts of aid getting in and with no ability to to affect the the the group, the

the the zionists that are that are causing this to happen, so um, it's, it's, it's very sad now, the people of the world are in general, in total solidarity with palestine, but they're frustrated in what they can do, what the, they they are, they're turning away israeli ships, they're um, they're refusing to have relations with, israel, but that doesn't matter, israel if if israel, if the only relation the that israel has is with the united states, that's enough, the united states will supply the money and the arms and the food and whatever they they need, maybe there will be no business at all in in in so-called israel, but but doesn't matter,

they'll they'll be fed, they'll live well, they'll eat well, they'll they'll have... everything they need, because it will all be supplied by the united states, and of course it's it's very few allies that are participating in this such as canada and australia and germany and the uk and france i so, but i don't see this ending anywhere good, i i i see israel shrinking as jews. around the world decide that they no longer want to support israel because they understand uh what an immoral criminal regime it is, and they are beginning to do that, and they have no longer any desire to associate this themselves with what this so-called

israel is uh uh is is doing and what? images, they don't want to be part of that, how that how much of that is the would you consider that victory in itself, paul, because if we go back year ago um and we see how perspectives have changed, you just mention um the jewish groups who are anti-signs, but we have seen it spread across the world from many groups, mean isn't that victory in itself compared to where we were prior to october the 7th? "i agree, marzier, but i, i think there's a greater vict victor awaiting us and i think that we're going to make inter incremental progress uh, from here on. this is, this is the end game, this is the the the battle that will finally free palestine, and we will have a free palestine from the river

to the sea, and it will have full sovereignty - and..." independence um all right, okay, let me get moson back in on this, paul, moson, your thoughts about the palestinian resistance and how it performed on october the 7th and how it continues to fight the israeli regime, causing harm to its troops, i mean one year later, despite being obviously underequipped and watching their families and others being murdered and and being malnourished themselves, however it had they it has prevented the regime. from reaching any of its stated goals in gaza? well, the access of resistance has shown success. what other um asymmetric units or factions who participate in asymmetric warfare do we know of, who have sustained for this long and have

achieved their goals and targets and have ensured that the goals and targets of the enemies aren't achieved in area such as an area such as west bank and now lebanon as well, and also we've got we need to, i think the sentiments have changed since the mortidom of sad nasrulah, but one has to be realistic and one has to look at the facts, ever since the al-aqsa flood operation on october the 7th, the sentiments of those who support the natural right of the palestinian as insrined under international law to... defend themselves, to defend themselves, they have understood that the success of the resistance forces has gradually increased that they have been able to ensure that ground forces that are within gazza are given a hard stance that the leadership of hammas

still lives, hamas as a unit is still structured and they have failed to get their hostages. now the i think if you look at that timeline, but ever since the attacks on lebanon ever... since we started seeing that shahid ismail hania was martered when we saw that, then we saw how um the zinest regime was able to martter shahit shukr in in the leader of the commander of hisbullah, then we saw how the walkie talkey chips were used and how that also was devastation and destruction and then we saw the mar of shaheed ibrahim aqil so these assass and it started off with the mar of shaheed sal. right, so we saw that this has been consistently happening, yet the resistance has continued to to fight the zinist entity, but it was after what happened

in lebanon, after the commander shahit was martered, after is when we saw that the sentiments became weak, we saw that not the resistance, but the people who support the resistance, the the interpretation and the analysis of these events have been as such that "the resistance might be losing, we may not be able to confront the zionist regime, but then as soon as operation true promised to happened, things changed again, that deterrance that was created, it's back to square one, the zionist regime is back to square one, the psychological advantage that was that it was trying to impose on those who support the resistance, it it it doesn't work anymore, and it is because of operation true promise too, and those who are still affected and who still think that the resistance is unable to resist now after the martidom of these leaders need to understand that these

resistance factions are developed and are structured in a way where they can become decentralized any given moment that's how they are made and we see hizbullah being decentralized at this point that this is why we see that the ridwan force is still in action. they are still defeating the zianist regime, they are still fighting the zinanis regime, we see the iraqi resistance doing the same, we see the the quds brigade and the al-qasam brigade still doing the same, the alaksamarter brigades, they are all still resisting, and these assassination attempts are nothing but a sign of weakness of the zianist regime that wars cannot be won through planes, through dropping missiles on on ground, and we saw... yemen as a prime example of that, nine years, nine years of arial bombardments and guess who came on victorious, the ansar camar victorious, and we see them, we see them directly confronting

the us empire, the british empire, we see them confronting and fighting them in the red sea, in the indian ocean, so so things have changed, things are moving towards something that's positive for the fe'. of palestine, we need to show patience, we need to show the patience that the people in gazza have shown, that the people in lebanon are showing right now, and trust the resistance, okay, well paul, i mean, because the regime was not stopped by so-called international law, it now has expanded his terror to lebanon, what would you say to the air regimes in the region who are supporting the zionis about what it will mean to their own countries if the israeli regime is not stop um continues to head for a greater israel. i don't think i need to say anything to the arab regimes that

have allied themselves with israel, some of them um are, how shall i say it, they have little choice, if if they are removed, they will be replaced by someone similar, because israel will... not stand for for an anti-israeli government regime its border, so but but these they they understand now, don't forget that the the abraham accords was also one of the reasons that the um uh alaxa flood was was initiated ' so that the palestinians would not be marginalized and so that the idea of recognizing and working with the zionist regime would not continue now, it's

100% certain that saudi arabia will never normalized so-called normalized relations with with the zinanist regime, and the ones who have until now had normalized relations with the zinast regime, they're feeling the pressure and i doubt if they will expand what they're doing. all right, i have one minute. i just want to talk really quickly about how the world has changed uh since uh october 7th of last year and what does it mean as millions are waking up not only to the terror the israeli regime but to the complicity of their own countries in this genocide? well we've seen the the outrore in in west in the west we've seen the outrore in the east as well and we see that the people support palestine but unfortunately these these

monarchs in "these arab monarchs who have been placed by the british and are being supported by the americans now are their allies, they do not reflect on the sentiment and narrative of their own people, but they have self-interest, and that's what monars are, self-interest, and we see the same thing in the west, we see europe, we see public outrore here in the us, here in the uk, in germany, in netherlands, in all parts of the world, yet the people who are in power." "do not do not pay any head to those who cry for palestine, and it is seen it it is clear that the world remains silent while thousands have died in gaza and now in palestine, and the people need to hold their politicians accountable for this ignorance. they have chosen to remain silent, the war of narrative has been one, the zionist regime can never

can never mend its'. reputation now and this is and hence this is the end of the zinest regime and on that note i appreciate both of you being with me on the spotlight move human rights activist out of houston texas and paul larudy co-founder free palestine movement out of berkeley california and thank you viewers for being with us on another spotlight and marzia hashimi signing out for myself and other crew right here in tehran hope to see you right here next time goodbye.

you're press of headlines on the first anniversary of alexa flood operation. hamos hail's operation as a turning point in palestinan resistance against israeli occupation forces. thes well the resistance movement carries out new attacks on israel, hitting the city of hyfa northern occupied territories with afaty won missiles. and iran's president says the country's retiratory operation against israel was aimed to stopping regime's crimes and aggression in the region.