brett yonker is joining us out of hassel, belgium. meanwile, an elderly uh palestinian has been killed during raid by israeli forces into the town of dura in the occupied west bank. 66 year old sheikh ziad abu halil was severely beaten by reaching forces during raid on his home near the city of al khalil. he later succumbed to his injuries. meanwhile, israel's military forces of storm several locations across the occupied west bank, abducting at least 10 people. at tentions have been simmering across occupied territories since esar launch as genocidal campaign on gaza back in october last year, and since then, hundreds of palestinians have been killed and over 11,100 abducted by israeli forces throughout the occupied west bank since. israel's genocidal war has not only devastated gaza, but it's also intensified violations and occupied west bank where land confiscation, water shortages and settler violence has reached alarming levels. over the past year these have combined to hightened the suffering of palestinians, as israel's inhuman

hassell's jesse esparza, who is an associate professor and interim chair of the of history at texas southern in houston. his area of expertise is on the history of latinos. the united states emphasize, the civil rights activism. dr. esparza's manuscript rosa schools, the fight for latino autonomy in a west texas borderlands town, was published by the university of oklahoma press as part of their new direction s.a. history series. it has already received two book awards, two and counting, right? yes. so the 2024 outstanding book award, the texas association of chicanos in higher education or and the 2020 for texas foco nonfiction book award by the national association, chicana and chicano studies or knox. dr. esparza teaches mexican-american texas and civil rights history. he received his b.a. and master's degrees from southwest texas state university and a ph.d. from university of houston. so if y'all will please join me and welcoming the good doctor. thank you. thank you. i appreciate the invitation. and i appreciate the space to talk about such an work and such an important community. so t