Hello everyone, thanks for tuning in press tv world news. Now cycle of bloodshed continues repeating itself in gaza, as israel takes no pause in its air and artillery strikes on the palestinian territory. A fresh attack on the Southern City of rafa has killed one person and injured several others. Israels relentless attacks have killed 90 palestinians and injured scores of others over the past 24 hours across the sea strip in gaza city regime warplanes created a belt of fire around a school currently being used as a shelter, death told from the Genocide Campaign by the israelis has stands a closed to 29,900, most of them women and children. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating with hospitals under immense pressure. The palestiny red crecent says it suspended its work in gaza for 48 hours because the Israeli Military has failed to ensure the safety of its teams. Un says the really forces are systematically blocking access to people in need in gaza, complicating, complicating, that is, the task of delivering aid to the besieg territory. Spokesperson for the Un Humanitarian Agency said caring out medical evacuations and aid deliveries in northern gaza has become impossible. Yets lark said humanitarian operations are becoming increasingly difficult in the south as well. The humanitarian agencies delivering a2 gaza say that even convoys cleared in. With israeli authorities have repeatedly been blocked or have come under fire, according to the world health organization, all planned aid convoys into northern gazas have been denied by israeli authorities in recent weeks. Activists with palestine action, a uk based propalestinian protest network, once again barricaded entrance to one of israels largest weapons providers, elbit systems, by blocking themselves together, or locking that. Themselves together. Palestine actions said the activist prevented all entry and operations for several hours. They chanted slogans in solidarity with palestinians and sland the military support for israel. Group has been targeting systems, locations throughout britain for more than three years now. Elbit systems provide Israeli Military with drones, munitions, combat vehicles, missiles and other types of weaponry. In recent weeks, propalestine advocacy groups across the world have intensified campaigns against corporations and industries that aid israel in its genesidal war in gaza. Palestinians have demonstrated in several areas of the west bank call following call by palestinian factions to declare tuesday a day of raid. They protested Israeli Aggression against gaza and the occupied west bank and supported palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. Palestinians have taken to the streets across the occupied west bank to protest against the israeli genocide on the gaza strip as it nears 150 days. Despite the bad weather and heavy rain, protesters room the streets of ramanlah chanting for gaza and demanding an end to israels war on the beside this trip. People here say that israel is using the war on gaza escalate its military measures in the west bank. Despite the israeli nonstop crimes against our people and attempts to break their will, the. Palestinians there in gaza are steadfast and the resistance is still fighting, wherever the palestinians are, they are facing the israeli illegal plans and violence and the killing that is everywhere, settlement expansion, judaization attempts and now the israely plans of eviction and attempts to break the resistance in gaza, the all palestinians are embracing. Also, amongst the demands of the Palestinian Protesters is to shut the light to the suffering of the thousands of prisoners incarcerated in israeli jails under inhumane. Condition in addition to the fact that the Israeli Regime is using the illegal administrative detention that allows it to keep palestinians behind bars without charge or trial. Prisoners are being held under a disastrous situation in israeli jails. 7,300 were detained from the west bank and over 20 from the gaza strip since the 7th of october, and we should not forget that over 4,00 have already been imprisoned before, so. Were talking today about over 11,500 prisoners who are being tortured, humiliated and maltreated. Hundreds are in Serious Health condition and theyre facing slow death. With all ours are focused on the gaza strip. Israeli regime continues stepping up its violence here in the occupied west bank. The Israeli Forces shot dead for palestinians in separate incidents in al fara refugee camp and to bos town northeast napolis and at mazmuria checkpoint near betlahem, bringing the number of palestinians killed in the west bank since the start of the war on gaza to 411. Protesters today are stressing that no one is getting used to the israeli genocide in the besieged gaza strip. At the time on the regimes atrocities against palestinians in the occupied west bank are on the rise. They say this is the least they can do to express their anger, to express their support to their fellow palestinians in gaza and to show them. That they are not alone. For press tv, occupied dramalah. Iran once again condemns israels frequent attacks on syrian civilians and infrastructure as a blatant violation of international law. The ongoing israeli missile attack on civilians and civilian infrastructure further complicate the situation in syria, interrupt humanitarian activities and disrupt your. Humanitarian accesses, we strongly condemn the Israeli Regime for such blatant violations. Was addressing a Un Security Council meeting on the situation in west asia. He lambassed the president s of Foreign Forces in syria saying theyre exploiting syrian soil as safe paven to carry out their heinous acts of terrorism. He further censured west unilateral sanctions on the arab state, which he said are hindering its access the most needed humanitarian aid. Irans Foreign Ministers called for creation of a Un Fact Finding Mission to probe israely war crimes in gaza, saying the world body is at risk of being discredited for action. The iranian minister made the remarks in a meeting with the un rights chief bulkler turk in geneva. He said Un Rights Council uh can move to probe israely war crimes. And prosecute criminals, the iranian minister said the systematic violations of human rights in gaza have caused a catastrophe of the century in the besieg trip. Un chief, he will rights chief that is vowed that he will continue efforts to help ease the humanity and crisis in gaza and promote peace in the region, he stressed the need for a political solution to end this war. And earlier, our correspondent gisum shahmedi joined us to brief us on Amir Abdullah hans meetings in geneva, it has actually been a trip jam packed with meetings um since we arrived in geneva, the foreign minister has held lots of bilateral meetings accounting up until now 12 bilateral meetings were held uh in the room that im standing right now, the farm minister uh did address three different sessions, as you mentioned, one of them was the highlevel meeting of the human Rights Council yesterday, there was a disarmament meeting and also a sideline event where representatives that was from almost all the countries around the world were present there rallying support for palestine, the people in gaza and of course demanding immediate cease fire and the iranian farm minister was one of the first speakers to address that session and also there was the Saudi Arabian farm minister, the foreign minister of egypt and it was interesting to see these. Countries also coming together in order to form a united front demanding for immediate cease fire and of course to alleviate the situation of the palestinians, so considering the fact that the foreign minister has also held meetings with the head the icrc, with antonio gutieresh himself, the un secretary general, and of course today with the high commissioner of human rights, well this def. Means something, and that last meeting in particular, media was not allowed to attend, but uh, by the looks of things and the way these meetings are going on, we are very hopeful that some kind of concrete action in support of palestinians will come out of it. And irons preparing to hold two major elections on friday. Nation will go to the polls to choose members of parliament and the assembly of experts into separate elections. Nearly 50 thousand candidates are competing this year, a Record Number since victory of the Islamic Revolution some 45 years ago. Fires on ashurion reports from tehron. Iranian people are preparing for the fridays elections in which they will vote for their representatives in parliament and assembly of experts. Thousands of candidates, including women and the young generation, are vying for the seats. Nearly 15,000 candidates are running for the election, of these candidates 12 are women and 63 belong to the young generation, which includes young activists. Aged between 30 and 50 years old. Islami also mentioned different political groups and parties that are participating in the upcoming elections. All of the countrys political spectrums including principalists, reformists and independents are among the candidates. A close contest is underway among them in the countrys different zones and cities. According to the law, the parties can support a list of candidates as well as introducing the intended candidates in the meantime, 200 local channels have been launched for the candidates election campaign. The irib has launched 200 local channels and the candidates can use them for their campaigns as well as the radio and social media. Nearly 40 elections have been held in iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which is a symbol of peoples power and presence in the. Country sensitive occasions. Iranians across the country will participate in the elections as they see choosing their representatives both in the parliament and assembly of experts as a duty to maintain the basis of religious democracy in their country. Farzanaasuri on press tv tehran. In our News Review Program we discuss the significance that elections have had any iran since victory of the Islamic Revolution. Youre watching press tv news, time now for the news review. All right, now time now to allow me to invite a couple of guests to ask for their insight on this issue, so let me invite political commentator and also commentator both in tehran. Welcome to the show, gentlemen. Uh masu, lets begin with this uh special uh status and significance that elections have had in iran uh after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the leader 40 elections have been held after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, this is the 13th, i believe, the election for the parliament if im not mistaken, and uh first of all, what does this large number uh signif, and do you believe that this time around the elections that we have around the corner . Friday uh, are they kind of more important than the previous ones at this juncture . Well, i think every every election is important, but overall is the whole process, the fact that this has been going on for so long, and the fact that this has been established, the democracy, the religious democracy has been established in iran and its become part and parcel of. Ation of the people as a means of bringing change and moving forward. Now excuse me, important aspect is that all the opponents of iran, which are initiated by the western powers, by the israelis, by the americans and you know the the socalled shah and so forth, they dont want democracy, they dont want democracy in iraq, they dont want democracy in the whole region, and the fact them is that the only democracy in the region ie in iran has come despite. All the opposition by the american, by the israelis and so forth. I mean, its very clear and the the nature of the opposition to the to the Islamic Republic, and you just have to look at the gatherings of the zionis supporting the genocide, and you see the elements of the show supporters, elements of opposition and saying that they are in. Partnership with the genocidal establishment of thesignist state, so really these people have got no morality, no legitimacy, and indeed they want to destroy not just Islamic Republic, but the empowerment of the people in iran, and you know, i think not just iranians should celebrate this sort of opportunity. And a position of the establishment of the democracy, religious democracy in iran, but i think the whole region needs to celebrate it, because it shows that despite the the will of the United States and the west who want to keep dictatorships in place in the region and everywhere else, people do have the ability to rise up and empower themselves. And so every time i think people are not just voting for their future, but theyre actually voting for alternative to the dictatorship that surrounds this picture. Okay, so with much time, let me ask, ham another question, uh, we have one minute, if you could tell us about the turnout, its been so large in iran uh all around, compared to some countries like uh, the western lets say states, claiments of human rights and democracy, maybe 30 or not is. Big one when you uh look at the statistics in some European Countries and else around the world, but in iran its always been uh much greater than that, why . Because the Islamic Teachings actually and the basics of the Islamic Republic is is based on educating people, empowering people on letting people to know more and be more political, so the islamic establishment wants people more politic. More active in their own destiny and their own country and their own politics and everything, so it tries to let people speak, that the people vote and the people know and discuss, but on the other side of the story, the liberal democracy or lets say the capitalistic, capitalist liberal democracy is something that wants people inactive and they want just a group of elits to rule the countries and the rest of the people and the public be only. Serving those alites, so they dont want them to be aware of the politics, they dont want to be very well informed about anything, any political issues and such things, so that is the main difference and thats why the Islamic Republic insists on on people to turn out to participate in the voting, even if they dont accept the islamic, even if they are angry with for example with the government or some policies and some things, again the the their destiny should be decided at about. And by the voting, which is democrating and correct way of using the vote of people. Okay, appreciate the inside. Ud, shajar and commentators both in tehran. Thank you. I should also thank our viewers for watching this episode of the news review on press tv. And welcome back everyone, antimuslim hate speech more than double across india last year emit accusations of islamophobic tendencies against the Prime MinisterNarendra Modis party, the bjp. A Research Group has said incidents mostly took place in states governed by the ruling hindu nationalist. Party Manawar Zaman reports out of new delhi as india prepares for the Worlds Largest elections in few months a Research Group. Has recorded alarming spike in antimuslim hate speech across the country. The usbased India Hate Lab said hate speech rose by 62 in the second half of 2023 in india compared to the First Six Months of the year. The states were most antimuslim hate speeches were recorded on maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and madhya pradesh. Consider the biggest water basis of Prime MinisterNarendra Modis hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party. Other states governed by bjp. Not immune either, its actually all about the elections as the ruling party want to retain the power, they dont want to lose this election, they are frustrating the largest Muslim Community and the minority has become easy tool, they are distracting people from actual crisis the country is facing and for them provoking the religious sentiments of the people, through hate speeches and targeting of muslims have become election winning issue, especially for l Political Parties like bjp. India lab says it compiled data of incidents reported by indian media and tracked Online Activity of hindu nationalist groups. In recent months, a similar Research Group, the hindutva watch was blocked in india by a controversial Information Technology act. Critics accused the ruling party of failing to address growing incidents of violence and hate campaigns against the Muslim Community. They alleged modis ruling party. Of sigmatizing critics using laws and enforcement agencies while distracting people from real issues facing the country. Basically the present government who is at the center of the country, basically they dont have any issue related to the people, they dont have developmental agenda, so they think that to divide the country on on the basis of hindu and muslims and to popularize the hindus that that the best tool is hate speech. Unfortunately all the people those are giving head, they are all related to sang parivar. As the largest Minority Group in india, muslims have long been facing social, political and economic marginalization. Rights groups say indias ruling party bjp in recent years have also adopted various laws and policies that have legitimized violence against minorities. The groups alleged that mistreatment of muslims and other Minority Groups have grown exponentially. Under Prime Minister modi who assumed office in 2014 and is widely expected to retain power after the 2024 elections. Elections are usually a thrilling experience for any democracy, which exports describe as a phase of transition for nations future in the right direction. Observers saying india, its all about patronizing the majority by polarizing the voters and religion plays a key role. They say the ruling partys newly enacted laws related to the minorities are turning detrimental for indias secular credentials. Press tv, new delhi. Thats it for latest tv. Everyone, thanks for tuning in and goodbye for now. How designs come from across the world to palestine to occupy a land belonging to another nation . How do they form their secret army hagana . How do they grab lands belonging to palestinians, how did they build and expand their illegal settlements . Israels former Prime Minister goldomir answers these and more questions in this documentary. You seen footage of treaded childrens bodies. But thats my tax fair dollars, were going to going to bomb those kids, so i think we should kill them all, if that makes you feel better, everybody, yes. Nation to first proceed outcome of the exercise 24. Welcome back to gaza under attack with me said pureza coming to you from the british. As the gaza death jumps, here is a recap of some of the latest developments. The final day of the International Court of justice hearings and Israeli Occupation of palestinian territories where more than 50 countries have called on the court to rule the occupation illegal, the only country defending apartide israel, the United States. Staying with the icj, the Israeli Regime is due to report to the court on the progress it has made implementing the top un courts order in january of preventing genocide in gaza. The genocide case was of course brought by south africa. Also, the palestinian Prime Minister muhammad steya hands in his resignation. To Palestinian Authority president mahmoud abbas, i made us pressure on the Palestinian Authority to work a political structure that can govern a palestinian state after the gaza offensive. As diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire continue, apartide israels Prime Minister says his planned incursion into rafa will be delayed somewhat quote unquote if captives deal is reached but that it will happen regardless here in the uk, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves of the Opposition Labor Party tells a pro israel group shell prosecute those with quote antizionism and antiisrael feeling that is allowed to flourish in some communities, unquote. Since october last year, the Israeli Regime backed by the us and europe, has killed some 30,00 palestinians and wounded more than 70,00 others, most of them women and children. Time now to introduce our panel in the studio, journalist and producer sakina datu, and via skype from johannesburg. South africa executive director of afromiddle east center, naim ja. Welcome, ill start with you, sakina. Um, we have known, expected it for some time, but the israeli Prime Minister says the rafa