thea west, political commentator from dallas, texas. thank you very much to both of you for sharing your thoughts and views with us on this edition of spotlight and thanks to all of you viewers for watching this edition. i don't win many awards in my own country so i'm a bit shocked. firstly like to thank the iranian people for uh welcoming welcoming me into your beautiful country, i want to tell you uh all people in this room, storytellers, truth tellers, we cannot fake in emotion, we cannot fake the truth, this is for every child, mother and father who are lost by us made weapons. and uk made weapons and european made weapons in our palestine, the second sub international media festival. step into the compelling world of the syrian poet ahlam banawi. as this captivating documentary explores her unwavering dedication to syria and the profound personal struggles that she endured during the war in syria. we still oppose a general ceasefire, yes. israel has a right to defend itself. step into the compelling world of the syrian poet, ahlam

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thea west, political commentator from dallas, texas. thank you very much. to both of you for sharing your thoughts and views with us on this edition of spotlight and thanks to all of you viewers for watching this edition. what happened today? is no accident, it is the continuation of the killing of 17 of of beta's residents uh during demonstrations since uh 2021. it is intentional killing that is now receiving the light of day, enjoy receiving that receiving the light of day because she is an american citizen, it was intentional killing that cannot be justified. isrite kills nearly 20 palestinians a school in central gaza as a genocidal war's death toll tops 41,000. hamas reiterates its support for you and back up. was sease fire plan saying it will never accept any new demands or conditions set by any party, israel forces killed at least eight palestinians and air strikes on two cities across the occupied westbank.

thea west, political commentator from dallas, texas. thank you very much to both of you for sharing your thoughts and views with us on this edition of spotlight, and thanks to all of you viewers for watching this edition. "the rivers of mesopotamia are going through their most critical times. with the deaths of the tigris and the euphrates, what will the future hold for the people of iraq and syria? will the..." ados river end up the way the tigris and the euphretes did, the future for millions of people is tied to the freedom of captive called water. this is about people who got silenced but kept fighting, supervision and controlling of freedom of speech only comes up when you're criticizing israel. 45% journalists behind israeli bars at the moment, they've warned students that if they remain here they will be arrested. this is about the voices of palestine. the headline ziron's president arised in the iraqi kurdish city of arabial a historic trip as part of his three-day visit to the neighboring arab country. israeli air strikes kill

the rat or places have been mindsouthern west virginia going into central west virginia a little towards thea north. plenty of these communities that are going to be historically home to these company towns. you can see them right on the map this is a fantastic project that's been done where company towns existed. this is a primary county were going to be talking about today. in a corporate account is right your appear will be the redth dt stone mountain corporation mining camp as a primary corporation will talk aboutta today. but you can see there are tons of these company towns all around here. the ones that are circled are incorporated. the art municipalities. those elected officials there's formal law enforcement and policies and laws on those towns for their distinctly different than that is not there privately owned. that's important take away for us in looking at this point flush out what that means the problems it can actually come from them. no democratic system that should be the first thing we look to understand here. there's no elections there is no were you can turn you have your

happens if israel maintains the west bank and takes gaza off the table for a second if it doesn't allow for the growth or the emergence of the palestinians, what then is theag-term solutionon stipulating obviously hamas and other groups of hezbollah seeks the destruction of israel so they are off the table to. explain to me how this ends from youris perspective. >> honestly i think the long-term solution is to stop t attacking israel and iran to stop spending money on weapons for proxies. hezbollah stopped doing that and that will make things significantly betterer and recognize israel is not going anywhere. it's going to exist and what happened with the beepers in the walkie-talkies it reminds people they've been promising they are going to harm israel. stop shooting rockets at civilians in israel. i'm willing to bet the beepers will stop going boom. >> one final question where did this originally come from? >> i just think anyone that studies the history and a look at what's happened to the jewish community and 67 and 73 and these kind of things.ll that's why i believe standing on the side and the nation that protects and projects the kinds of values tha