more out of covventry uk steve bell activist stop the war coalition and out of montreal canada eves ingler author and political activist. well thank you both for being with me on this spotlight let's start it off in the uk um with steve i want to look at first of all uh the the situation with this ceasefire and the exchange of prisoners? i mean, why do you think that the israeli regime agreed to the ceasfire and to the prisoner exchange, because of course in a very beginning they said that they would not pause at all? i think they have agreed the ceasefire under pressure um directly from the united states government. i think there's also... been pressure applied internally from the relatives um of the prisoners and consequently these forces have um pushed the uh israeli government to accept a position it previously rejected. behind this of course lies the resilience of the palestinians themselves, their absolute refusal to um surrender to the israeli war. efforts and secondly, the extraordinary international mobilization of people around the world in defense of the palestinians, this has c

and eves ingler, author and political activist out of montreal.the secretary general of the united nations, antonio, antonio guiterres has demanded immediate ceasefire in gaza, why do you think that it has taken him 31 days to demand this ceasefire? thank you for having me, thank you for coming. it is not a question of taking him 31 days before tackling the problem that is happening and the war that is happening against the civilians in. gaza, it is because he doesn't have any power. i remember when he has confronted the israeli ambassador, telling him that the problem didn't start on the seventh of. october, but it started 50 years ago, and this is when israel demanded his immediate resignation. it's because the united nation is institution powerless, unless it fits with the objectives of the united states of america. when the americans and the israelis agree that this war should continue because israel has failed to achieve any of its objectives, then.... the americans acknowledge the fact that killing civilian is the topic of the israeli army a

elijah macneer, journalists and political analysts out of brussels, and eves ingler, author and political activist out of montreal. so thank you both for being with me. well, let's startted off in brussels and elijah, the secretary. general of the united nations antonio, antonio guterres has demanded immediate ceasefire in gaza. why do you think that it has taken him 31 days to demand this ceasefire? thank you for having me. thank you for coming. it is not a question of taking him 31 days before tackling the problem that is happening and the war that is happening against the civilians in gaza. it is. it is because he doesn't have any power. i remember when he has confronted the israeli ambassador telling him, that the problem didn't start on the 7th of october, but it started 50 years ago, and this is when israel demanded his immediate resignation, is because the united nations is institution powerless, unless it fits with the objectives of the united states of america. when the americans and the israelis agree that this war should continue because israel has failed to achieve any of its

steve bell, activists stop the war coalition, and out of montreal, canada, eves ingler, author and politicaloth for being with me, on the spotlight. let's start it off in the uk, um, with steve, i want to look at first of all uh, the the situation with this ceacefire and the exchange of pris prisoners. i mean, why do you think that the israeli regime agreed to the ceasefire and to the prisoner exchange, because of course in a very beginning they... that they would not pause at all. i think they have agreed the seas fire under pressure um directly from the united states government. i think there's also been pressure applied internally from the relatives um of the prisoners and consequently these forces have um pushed the uh israeli government to accept a position. previously rejected. behind this of course lies the resilience of the palestinians themselves, their absolute refusal to um, surrender to the israeli war efforts, and secondly, the extraordinary international mobilization of people around the world in defense of the palestinians. this has created pressure inside. governments which i