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00:02:32Hello and welcome to
00:02:33of spotlight, I am bah. Israel is facing pressure
00:02:39of at the UN with its of international standing becoming a central issue in this year's general assembly during
00:02:43Israely prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu's address
00:02:46delegations from dozens of
00:02:48of countries were absent or walked out. The Israely officials counted
00:02:5177 delegations. At the same
00:02:54of time of criticism over the war in Gaza, developments
00:02:57of in the occupied West bank and also Israeli aggression. around the
00:03:01region in the west Asia region in particular
00:03:03of has also raised lot of concern on international stage
00:03:07and let us not forget that the international criminal court of
00:03:10justice also um issued a
00:03:14verdict and the arrest in Netanyahu and
00:03:17his Netanyahu and his former war minister
00:03:21Yav Galant for the involvement in crimes against
00:03:24humanity and war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank so these are
00:03:28all the developments that we going
00:03:30to discuss um tonight and on this spotlight to see
00:03:34how does the international community is going to react to all of
00:03:38this and to the further isolation
00:03:40of the Israeli regime and the Israeli prime minister in particular
00:03:44allow me to introduce my
00:03:46guests
00:03:51in
00:03:55professor professor of political science joining us
00:03:58from university. and also chairman
00:04:02of the islamic human rights commission joining us from
00:04:06London. Well, very good to have you on
00:04:10of this uh bulletin. I'm going to first discuss the first question that
00:04:14both of you are here. I was worried, maybe one of you were missing out. It
00:04:17was a pleasure to have you both on this
00:04:20spotlight. Um, Professor Nimmer, I'm going to start with the
00:04:24scene at the United Nations itself. Dozens of delegations, the
00:04:28Israelis themselves counted seven. 27 delegations walked out
00:04:32over absent for Prime Minister Benyamin Nahu's address. What does
00:04:36this unprecedentedly visible diplomatic protest? Tell
00:04:39us about the atmosphere surrounding Israel and the
00:04:42UN. Good evening to you, to your guest from
00:04:46London and to all your viewers. Well, this is not
00:04:50the first time, but this time I think it was even bigger.
00:04:54We are talking about
00:04:55of more than 77 nations and
00:04:58a delegations left the the. hall in
00:05:01in in the United Nations
00:05:03in a kind of
00:05:04you know protest against whatever Netanyahu is going to
00:05:07say, that showed that there
00:05:11is kind of... around the world generally, they
00:05:14are started to understand that Israel is not
00:05:18only dangerous in in the region
00:05:22against the Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank, but also against
00:05:26Lebanon, against Syria, against Qatar, against
00:05:30even Tunisia at some stage, and also against
00:05:33Iran, so the one who is in the
00:05:36area pretending and always using
00:05:40as Netanyahu speech, and
00:05:43statements clear that that they are defending
00:05:47themselves, this is not defending, this is atrocities against all
00:05:51the region to
00:05:53you know put forward their own agenda in the region to
00:05:57control the region, so everyone now started to understand
00:06:01that that this entity called Israel is absolutely
00:06:05out of all kind of laws and out
00:06:08the regulations by the United Nations and by
00:06:12the whole international community, the the thing
00:06:16that also some European countries also did
00:06:19that, not only African and Asian
00:06:23countries and South American, but also some European
00:06:27countries did that as well, so that showed
00:06:30that Netanyahu's policies and Israel policy and
00:06:34Israel existence in the region anyway,
00:06:38now is under a big question mark, and that came because also the
00:06:42people in all these countries were in in huge
00:06:45demonstrations against Israel and what happened
00:06:48in the the last three years
00:06:52and especially during the genocide in Gaza,
00:06:55so now these leaders of these
00:06:59countries, they have both the
00:07:02legal background as well as
00:07:05the ethical background, the legal background
00:07:08is quite obvious by the ICJ uh
00:07:12decision about
00:07:13you know the genocide and the ICC
00:07:17regarding
00:07:18you know the orders of of
00:07:21arresting Netanyahu and Gallant, that's
00:07:25quite obvious now in the legal side that they are covered in the
00:07:29legal side, it's it's the international community who's saying
00:07:33that the international law and and ethically when
00:07:36their people outside in the streets
00:07:40marching against Israel and it's policies that give them
00:07:44also this ethical background to also take action
00:07:48against Israel, right? Mr. Shajar, of course, what we
00:07:51witnessed at the UN general assembly did not
00:07:55happen in isolation. In recent days a number of different
00:07:59governments from different continents the world used the UN platform
00:08:03to criticize Israeli actions in Gaza and the occupied West
00:08:07Bank. The Gaza War has particularly become one the defining issues of
00:08:10Israel's relationship. the international community
00:08:14today, how has the scale the humanitarian crisis and
00:08:17destruction in Gaza affected Israel's diplomatic
00:08:21relationships, including with countries that have traditionally maintained really
00:08:25close ties with it? well,
00:08:29i think from one aspect, it is good to
00:08:33see that many people, many
00:08:36governments are walking
00:08:39out in sort of. the
00:08:42UN when he starts speaking, but another
00:08:46level I actually think is really
00:08:50disgraceful that he's even allowed
00:08:53to come and promote
00:08:57his war crime, I mean this is a self-confess
00:09:01war criminal, he is proud of committing war
00:09:05crime and ethnic cleansing, and
00:09:08indeed everyone every nation should have walked up
00:09:13"he shouldn't have been even allowed to come to
00:09:16United Nation and behave and
00:09:20even be able to sort
00:09:23of do his propaganda at the way he
00:09:27tried to do. I mean, let's face it, what is
00:09:31at the state is not just issue of Palestinians and
00:09:35Gaza, and is not just Lebanon or
00:09:38Iran, this guy and those who supports him,
00:09:42include..." United States and Trump are
00:09:45really trying to drag humanity into a very
00:09:49dark places, normalized genocide as means
00:09:53of sort of diplomatic
00:09:57maneuvering, and really what is at the sake
00:10:00is the future of humanity, and in that sort of
00:10:04context, I i think one should really
00:10:08say that United Nation and is member.
00:10:13are really behind when it comes to standing
00:10:17up against this sort of behavior and
00:10:20genocidal tendencies of
00:10:24Israel and united states and and
00:10:28ordinary people around the world are much
00:10:31more aware and committed
00:10:34against or even western
00:10:38Europe, I mean overwhelming majority of people around the
00:10:41world, including united state, including
00:10:44the sort of republican are
00:10:48against this war, they're against war against Iran
00:10:52and they see it for what it is, and i
00:10:55i think the international community including UN
00:10:59and international courts are really failing
00:11:02humanity. right, professor, focusing on prime
00:11:06minister Netanyahu himself,
00:11:08you know, there was, this seemed to be this change of attitude,
00:11:12personally speaking about Prime Minister Netanhu, um,
00:11:16comparing to for example, the way he addressed the international
00:11:20community, like in 1998 for example, where he was openly
00:11:24saying that ' "the are going to always prioritize
00:11:28peace and that sort of stuff, but this year he had
00:11:31chosen to be aggressive, even when it came to the delegations, he
00:11:35started by, if there are more cowards among
00:11:38you who would like to leave, please do it now, it was something
00:11:42totally unprecedented, even for an Israeli prime minister, how do you
00:11:46analyze that? well, yes, I
00:11:49think that the the statement came out of Netanyahu in the
00:11:53United Nations was..." so arrogant and so rude as
00:11:57well, you know, first of all he insulted all these
00:12:01delegations, he's talking about 77 countries around the
00:12:05world who left the the the hall and
00:12:09and yet
00:12:10he is calling them cowards,
00:12:12you know, this is really insult to all these countries showing
00:12:16this arrogance that they have, this is on one hand, on the
00:12:20other hand, all the speech that he talked about, he was trying to
00:12:23defend ' his army and his country in whatever
00:12:27they are doing and especially in Gaza and especially with the genocide
00:12:31war and he tried to deny that there was a
00:12:35genocide, forgetting that he was he is wanted by the
00:12:39ICC and at the same time he tried to
00:12:42justify that this is you know kind
00:12:46of self-defense for
00:12:49Israel in order
00:12:51you know to attack all these countries around the middle east.
00:12:55so
00:12:55it it is kind of
00:12:56you know very poor and very full of
00:13:00lies kind of speech, no one is going to buy it
00:13:04at all, or even give it any any
00:13:08weight, but at the same time it showed to what extent the
00:13:11errogance of Israel and how they are you know
00:13:15insisting on what they are doing is right and it's their
00:13:19right to do it and that will justify their attacks on
00:13:22Lebanon, on Syria, on Qatar, Tunisia and on
00:13:26Iran as well, so he's like speaking from
00:13:30this point of view that we have the right,
00:13:33that's basically, because we are much better than
00:13:37you,
00:13:38and we are much better than you, and we have to control all this
00:13:41region, he's forgetting that Israel since it was
00:13:45established 1948, till today there isn't
00:13:49one single decade, there wasn't a war major war
00:13:53in the region, so they were created. to do that, they were there
00:13:56in order to make instability to the whole middle
00:14:00east. right, um, Mr. Shajar, we are also
00:14:04seeing developments beyond the UN itself, um,
00:14:08several countries have changed or strengthened the diplomatic
00:14:11positions regarding Palestinian statehood, how important
00:14:15is the growing recognition of Palestine in understanding
00:14:19Israel's changing position in international
00:14:22politics. I
00:14:25think I think what we are seeing indeed
00:14:29there is huge change in the international
00:14:32relations and the position the
00:14:36people who see the truth and have been woken
00:14:40up and that has created a amazing
00:14:43opportunity, I mean you only have to go among
00:14:47mass only have to go among masses even in
00:14:51London and the streets of Europe and to real
00:14:55is that there is
00:14:57a understanding which was not there two three
00:15:01years ago and people have realized
00:15:05that we are at
00:15:06the crossroad is not just issue of
00:15:09gaza and is not just issue
00:15:13of western asia, it really is
00:15:17the humanity at the stake and people are making a stand
00:15:21and so what we've got at the moment is crossroad for...
00:15:25humanity on one side, the direction of genocide and
00:15:28genocidal policy and normalization
00:15:32promoted by Netanyahu, Trump
00:15:35and his clonies. and and supporters and
00:15:39then on other side those who are saying that this has to
00:15:43stop and they are very clearly
00:15:47day by day coming to the realization that
00:15:51the only option is resistance and supporting
00:15:55the resistance and is
00:15:58commitment to resist against this
00:16:01policy and then we have people who really
00:16:05just want to get on with their lives. in the middle who really
00:16:09don't care one way or other, but what we are seeing, the number
00:16:13of those who are recognizing the
00:16:16danger that is facing humanity and are
00:16:20willing to make a stand, be it in the west or
00:16:24the east or Africa or anywhere else in the
00:16:27world is increasing day by day, and they are
00:16:31willing to make a commitment and to make a commitment
00:16:35and they are also willing to... pay the against these
00:16:39genocidal tendencies of Netanyahu
00:16:43and co, and so that's why that's the real game,
00:16:47what we are seeing that awakening among people and
00:16:51then being the politicians are being forced
00:16:55to change their position, and I think this is the
00:16:58reality that we are facing day by
00:17:02day, and the days of Netanyahu and
00:17:05Trump and is cloning. and their
00:17:08elites are outnumbered and there is
00:17:12huge awakening and this awakening
00:17:15is thank god is is is
00:17:19getting stronger day by day and hour by
00:17:23hour right professor num well at the same
00:17:26time let us not forget that Israel continues to have powerful
00:17:29diplomatic partners most them Israel is facing
00:17:32today
00:17:37activate your voice, professor, sorry, I think that the
00:17:41United States is facing really a hard time now
00:17:45after supporting this genocidal war and
00:17:48supporting Israel in general, providing them not only with weapon and
00:17:52money and also protect them diplomatically in
00:17:56the United Nations, so the changes are
00:18:00coming, that's absolutely sure about it, but
00:18:04maybe that will take some some time, till now... "there
00:18:07is very profound and strategic relationship
00:18:11between Israel and the Americans in the part on the
00:18:15the interest, the interest the United States, the deep state in the
00:18:19United States is interested in supporting Israel because that will
00:18:23provide them with kind of
00:18:25you know control over the region, which is one the most
00:18:28important regions around the world, especially because
00:18:32the oil, so definitely there will
00:18:35continue, but we can..." see now the changes
00:18:39in the American society itself, not only by the
00:18:43demonstrations, but also all the poles showed that more than
00:18:4660% in the American people in general changed
00:18:50their mind about what's going on in in the middle east and
00:18:54about Israel and they don't want to support Israel
00:18:57anymore, on the other hand also it's
00:19:01among the Jewish young
00:19:04generation who are more than 50%. them
00:19:08now is against Israel and what Israel is doing and this
00:19:11is very important because these are the generation which is going to
00:19:15be next in in in in America in the
00:19:19political positions and political pressure,
00:19:22so till now we can see these changes, but these
00:19:25changes are not going to show directly a
00:19:29very
00:19:30you know short time, it it needs some middle and and
00:19:34long term you know period. Mr.
00:19:38Shajar, what about Israel's traditional relationships with
00:19:41Europe, countries such as France, Britain and others that have
00:19:45increasingly voice criticism when it comes to Gaza and the West
00:19:49Bank, of course, not Iran, for example, but I'll be
00:19:52witnessing a lasting change in Europe's approach to
00:19:56Israel as well, we are seeing a
00:20:00tremendous change, I mean Macron's speech
00:20:04and Spain's.
00:20:07position and and other
00:20:11European nations are now having
00:20:15to sort of respond and behave
00:20:18differently because of what their own
00:20:20population is demanding and
00:20:24this is also the same situation in united
00:20:28state, ordinary people are demanding, if it
00:20:31wasn't because the
00:20:34genocidal behavior of... and the
00:20:38support of Trump and
00:20:42and his administration, Trump would have
00:20:45been much more popular, there wouldn't have been these
00:20:48crisis right? not in united state, so
00:20:52these the politicians to to behave
00:20:55a different way, one could argue that this is too
00:20:59little, too late, but nevertheless this
00:21:03direction is becoming much
00:21:06more stronger and in very much more
00:21:10effective, and one has to say
00:21:14that the days of Netanyahu and Trump are
00:21:18indeed ' long gone and there
00:21:21are real crisis
00:21:24vis of popularity, and professor
00:21:28Nimmer, finally, looking ahead, what would actually
00:21:31demonstrate whether this diplomatic pressure is producing
00:21:34any substantial fundamental change, should we
00:21:38be looking at further recognition of Palestine, changes in
00:21:42arms or diplomatic policies, stronger international
00:21:46legal action, UN measures or something else as the key indicat.
00:21:50of where Israel's international position is
00:21:53heading? yes, let me remind you
00:21:57that when the boycott of South Africa started, it
00:22:01started on the grassroot level, and people who started that,
00:22:05and then that growed grows more and
00:22:08more and then affecting the governments and then governments took
00:22:12decisions against South Africa, so the same thing we
00:22:16are now watching, the people around the world are you. rising
00:22:20Israel and they are forming
00:22:22you know lots of action around that what we need, not
00:22:26only that people going out in demonstrations, but we want to see some
00:22:29action being taken like pressure groups or
00:22:33boycot and other things which will affect Israel
00:22:37particularly and also
00:22:40pressurize their governments to take action. some the
00:22:44governments till now what they are doing is just minor
00:22:48things which just to... to come down their own audience, their
00:22:52own people, like you know, recognizing a Palestinian state,
00:22:56yes,
00:22:56it it's in the long run, this is good, but that didn't
00:23:00stop the genocide when it was going there,
00:23:03so what do you mean by recognizing the parestinian state, if you want to
00:23:07recognize a Palestinian state, you have to do something, or otherwise you are
00:23:11going to recognize a state without people, because the
00:23:15genocide and
00:23:16the ethnically cleansing of Palestine, so that's...
00:23:20That's the issue that to take action, yes, on the level the
00:23:23United Nations, we know that all these laws were which
00:23:27was set after the second world war, but what
00:23:31what was called the international community, what is the
00:23:35international community, we are talking about America and the western
00:23:38countries in Europe and their allies here and there, is
00:23:42that the the international community, however this
00:23:46international community laws which they've been put for.
00:23:50after the second world war had failed miserably in
00:23:54dealing with any issue, what can the United Nations do?
00:23:58you know, nothing, nothing, because there is veto by United
00:24:01States if there is any action will be taken, so we have to
00:24:05go to the general assembly under the seventh article
00:24:09to say that united for peace and to
00:24:13have a force decisions on on
00:24:16even the security council in order to... force
00:24:20Israel to stop what they are doing all the time and to take
00:24:24measures against Israel, professor, mr.
00:24:28masud chajer, it was indeed a pleasure to have you both on this
00:24:31spotlight, and that's about it for this evening's
00:24:34program, the truth will always come out, thank you for your attention, i
00:24:38am
00:24:49Bahman.
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