ahmed mayat, the system is rigged, that's what our guess in st. petersburg uh believes and we know that there's this notion that the icj doesn't have the power. to enforce its ruling, so where does that leave a ruling like this, if it might not be turned into tangible action, and do you think that this exposes the lack of a proper mechanism to deal with these types of situations? this comment has been passed by foreign minister naled panda of south africa, that it requires numerous countries to sit around the table and reevaluate these mechanisms. international law, unfortunately is prem. on reciprocity, so you have to consent to certain things with the backing of the united states, which is in itself a colonial power which has been traversing through the middle east committing massacre and massacre in genocide of genocide, it comes as no surprise that they would try and protect the little illegitimate state of israel as it tries to massacre a population and exert itself uh on the ground, this is just attempt, to expand israel's borders and elimin

julia casim, journalist and political analyst out of beirot, and zakir ahmed mayat, attorney, activists and political analys out of johannesburg. thank you. both for being with us uh, it started off in beirot and julia, according to the washington post uh article, us secretary of state, anthony blinken is in the region to decrease tensions and the possibility of israel waging war on hezbollah. do you think that blincan really wants to dissuade the regime from expanding the war? are your analysis of it? the constant flying in uh from uh... us officials, eu officials like joseph, eu's foreign affairs representative, coming in and out to lebanon, primarily the they're coming for the purpose of begging hazballah to to basically conceeds to israel's demands of um, you know, withdrawing from its own territory and its own border, which it is protecting. from zionist aggression um and we've seen since october 8th the hazbillah has been effective in basically destroying all of the zinus entities security infrastructure um across the border uh and that has made the the ziness entity furious and o

julia casim, journalist and political analyst out of beirot, and zakir ahmed mayat, attorney, activists and political analys out of johannesburg, thank you. thank you both for being with us. i started off in beirout and julia. according to the washington post uh article, us secretary of state, anthony blinket is in the region to decrease tensions and the possibility of israel waging war on hezbollah. um, do you think that blincan really wants to dissuade the regime from expanding the war? are your analysis of it? the constant flying in uh from uh... us officials, eu officials like joseph, eu's foreign affairs representative, coming in and out to lebanon, primarily the they're coming for the purpose of begging hazballah to to basically conceed to israel's demands of um, you know, withdrawing from its own territory and its own border, which it is protecting. from zionist aggression um and we've seen since october 8th um the hazballah has been effective in basically destroying all of the zinus entities security infrastructure across the border and that has made the the zinus entity furious

let's start off with mr. uh ahmed mayat in johannesburg, now a historic ruling indeed from an international tribunal against the israelis. in the words of the south african president, after decades of occupation. apartite and aggression, the palestinian cries for justice have been heated. what do you make of the icj ruling? i believe this is a tremendous victory. think i wear two hats, one as a person from the legal fraternity and another is a south african, and as a south african i'm particularly proud that the best legal minds within south africa together with the support of the government have taken this particular case to the ic. and exposed israel for what it is, the genocidal colonial settler state. the second part is the legal implications. this is a tremendous victory, and if you look at it objectively, effectively, when you look at what was asked for in the papers by the south african government, approximately, i would say 80% if i have to estimate was given to the south africans in terms of the relief sort. israel, yes it is not calling for a cease fire, however i believe "the pur

ahmed mayat in johannesburg, now a historic ruling indeed from an international tribunal against the israelis, in the words of the south african president, after decades of occupation, apartite and aggression, the palestinian cries for justice have been heated. what do you make of the icg? i believe this is a tremendous victory, i think i wear two hats, one as a person from the legal fraternity and another is a south african, and as a south african i'm particularly proud that the best legal minds within south africa together with the support of the government have taken this particular case to the icj and exposed israel for what it is, the genocidal colonial settler state. the second part is the legal implication. nations this is a tremendous victory and if you look at it objectively, effectively when you look at what was asked for in the papers by the south african government, approximately, i would say 80% if i have to estimate was given to the south africans in terms of the relief sort, israel, yes it is not calling for a cease fire, however i believe that the purpose of the genoc