edition of the spotlight be independent journalist joins us from damascus also joining us alberto garcia watson activist and political analyst who joins us from malaga over in spain. welcome to you both billy i'll start with you um let's look at what is happening on the ground um number of casualties have been reported you have this example that i'm stating is really just targeted area in raffa for example uh you have also 24 people to have been murdered in gaza's darabala region um what happened to the icj ruling that said that a genocide is in the works here and that israel needs to take steps to secure basic humanitarian needs and to prevent uh civilian casualties. well i mean historically israel has been given the opportunity to basically investigate itself to investigate its own crimes and naturally to provide justification um for those crimes, and really to a degree this icj ruling, although it has huge advantages in some ways, was never going to bring a hul to the ongoing genocide, and and asking israel to comply with the genocide convention to investigate itself to to um to keep the evi

vanessa billy, independent journalist uh, spoke to us from damascus and alberto garcia watson.syrian children affect. by war, the indomitable spirit of young survivors, how do they survive amid indiscriminate bombings and explosions? it speaks with me, the saint of the soil from the blood. and the ashes, it speaks with me the sound of the rain from the battle and the victory, victory. oh palestine, i free you, oh palestine, i free you, oh palestine, i free you. oh palestine, i free you, my every breath is a cry to my enemy, and i cry out, cry out, cry out to the evil enemy, the flame within my heart will burn you, i cry out. and the thunder in my voice will depen you, i cry out, and the tornado within my soul, will rul you away, my bleeding wound one since felt though soon forgotten, but the aching sorrow in me, never gone, i raise it with my anger and love, love of my land, anger at your deeds. i raise it with my anger and love, love of my land, anger as your dead, wounded by hatred, i'm breathing, breathing, breathing, the magic perfume of my homeland palestine. wonded in lov

on the second anniversary of the russia- ukraine war, we had an exclusive conversation with alberto garcía watson an expert on international issues. at first , i asked him about the origins and results of the war in eastern europe. changed to a semi-dictatorial regime, which became a the behavior changed with the support of the west, especially with the support of the european union and the nato organization, and basically the purpose of this coup was to weaken russia and create an environment for confrontation with russia . we saw the scene in 2020 in february when a special military operation was carried out by russian forces in ukraine. sanctions from the west were practically aimed at weakening the russian military and bringing the russian economy to its knees. but what we actually witnessed was the opposite. russian economy due to finding markets other than european markets became stronger than before. and what we also saw is that the european union countries were severely damaged by the sanctions against russia. the consequences of these sanctions in particular. it affected germany, which r

vanessa beely, independent journalist, uh, spoke to us from damascus, and alberto garcia watson, thank you. activist and political analyst from malaga, spain. thank you to you both. with that we come to an end for this edition of the spotlight. in the team, it's goodbye. palestine has risen from the ashes, the nation has gone a long way in its struggle against the occupation regime of israel, from throwing stones to flying drones. but who can deny iran's decades long support in this arduous journey. this is my land and my country, it is not only the 1948 or 1967 borders from the sea to the river, i am not ready to let go of a centimeter. israel is here like any for by the support of the europe, by the support of the united states. that's why they separate the land, well i was at the babel shams protest last week and uh i myself had a my head banged against a bus by soldier illegally on illegal stolen land and they are arresting us the palestinians, this is historical palace. this time, i believe that working together we can make history. your headlines on press tv: 141 days after the s