MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 MORNING - 07/10/2024
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00:00Welcome to a new edition of Le Média Morning, here are the headlines.
00:24Ah no, day by day, since the beginning of the Gaza war, nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed, the Gaza Strip completely destroyed, and a conflict that is spreading. The region is taking action on this issue.
00:37In Tunisia, the head of state won on Sunday with more than 89% of the votes. The presidential election was marked by a very low participation, according to polls from the polls.
00:57The 15th edition of the Jadidah horse show, which lasted from October 1 to 6, attracted nearly 200,000 visitors.
01:09Let's take a look at the headlines.
01:12As I was saying, October 7 marks the anniversary of the first year of the Gaza war, a conflict that caused nearly 42,000 deaths and millions of displaced people.
01:26The Gaza Strip was completely destroyed by Israeli bombardment. The Palestinian Resistance continues to face the Israeli army, which, despite its terrestrial offensive, still fails to free the hostages held by Hamas.
01:45At least 97 out of the 251 people removed on October 7 in the Hamas attack are still held in the Palestinian enclave.
01:54According to the Israeli army, 348 of these soldiers have been killed in the military campaign on Gaza since the beginning of the offensive on the ground on October 27.
02:05In addition to the systematic destruction of the Gaza Strip, the civilians killed since October 7 have been added.
02:17The Israeli army has been carrying out a merciless military operation in the enclave, where schools, hospitals, UN personnel and journalists have been targeted.
02:27Back on the devastating effects of this war with Soheil Jalil.
02:35Gaza, a name of destruction, death and despair. In this blind war, civilians have paid the heaviest tribute.
02:49As Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip continue relentlessly, Israeli operations have killed nearly 42,000 civilians.
02:59According to the figures of the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, more than 14,000 children died in the Palestinian territory between October and the beginning of May.
03:08A terrible human balance, and this without the objective displayed by Israel, that is, the eradication of Hamas and the liberation of the hostages, had been achieved.
03:17Accordless to ceasefire, the fate of the 2.3 million Palestinian prisoners, whose little enclave is in tears.
03:2690% of them had to leave their homes to live under fortune shelters, permanently threatened by bombings and deprived of almost everything.
03:35More than 80% of the bomb has become rubble and ruins. Infrastructures no longer exist, everything has been pillaged and destroyed by the intensive bombings of Tsar.
03:45Hospitals fall like castles on a map. Manufacturing plants of raw materials are targeted by bombs. Water and food have become very rare.
03:55A year later, there is no more road to Gaza, as there is no more trade or any lucrative activity.
04:01A year later, infectious diseases cause many deaths, especially in babies, as is the case with polio.
04:08A year later, humanitarian aid is still blocked, and the Israeli army allows the strict minimum to maintain what is left of the Palestinian population under siege.
04:18A year later, the budget of the Israeli army has almost doubled, with significant aid from Washington, Paris, Berlin, London, the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands, Belgium and almost the entire European Union,
04:32not to mention the countries of Eastern Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
04:37In addition, Tsar has declared to deploy additional troops in the vicinity of the bomb on the eve of the first anniversary of the attack on Hamas,
04:45also to demand freedom and justice for the Palestinians in Rabat, London, Paris, Caracas, Washington and the Cape.
04:53Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday and Sunday in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, but also in Lebanon.
04:59Manifestations also gathered several thousand people in about sixty cities in Turkey, including Istanbul, Ankara, Zanguldak and Erzurum.
05:08When will the world be able to put an end to a war without a winner? No one knows.
05:15The Israeli army said that four projectiles had been fired from the Gaza Strip in the direction of Israel
05:22at the time when the country marked the start of the ceremonies of the first anniversary of the attack on October 7, 2023.
05:28According to the army, alarm bells rang in several locations around the Gaza Strip,
05:34two minutes after the start of the ceremonies in the presence of the Israeli president on the outskirts of the Palestinian territory.
05:41Four projectiles were identified as having been fired from the Gaza Strip, three of which were shot down,
05:47the fourth being dropped on an uninhabited area, according to a military statement.
05:57Haba was the scene of a large demonstration in support of the Palestinian people.
06:03This demonstration was initiated by the Moroccan Front in support of Palestine,
06:09associations, parties and trade unions attached to the Palestinian cause.
06:14Demonstrators fluttered flags and Palestinian symbols,
06:19as well as illustrative images of massacres perpetrated against civilians in Gaza.
06:25Many protesters came out to reaffirm the solidarity of the Moroccan people with the Palestinian cause.
06:37An Israeli soldier was killed, two others seriously injured in combat near the border with Lebanon.
06:43This is what the Israeli army announced in a statement.
06:46The Lebanese official agency reported several Israeli raids against the southern border of Beirut,
06:52Fief of Hezbollah, piloted for several days.
06:55The Israeli army, claiming to have targeted arms warehouses of the movement,
07:00the southern border was hit by more than 30 strikes, according to the Lebanese official agency,
07:05during a night of bombing among the most intense,
07:09pushing many people from neighboring neighborhoods to flee.
07:13The southern border of the Lebanese capital is regularly piloted by Israel since the beginning of its open war against Hezbollah.
07:20On Sunday, the Israeli army issued a new call to evacuate in advance.
07:30In Iran, authorities announced on Monday the resumption of flights at the departure and arrival of the country
07:36after cancellations due to operational constraints in a context of threat of Israeli retaliation.
07:42According to the spokesperson of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization,
07:46the flights are operational again and are carried out in accordance with the initial program.
07:52Iran launched 200 missiles towards Israel on Tuesday evening in its second direct attack against its sworn enemy
08:01after missile and drone fire in April.
08:03In April, Tehran indicated that its attack was a measure of retaliation
08:07to the assassinations in Lebanon of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
08:12and an important Iranian general, Abbas Nilfoushen, killed by an Israeli strike on September 27.
08:23And we go to Tunisia, where the head of state, Qais Saeed, won yesterday with more than 89% of the presidential votes,
08:31marked by a very low participation according to polls taken out of the polls.
08:37Najwa Bechat from Tunisia.
08:40Qais Saeed was re-elected at 89.2% according to a poll conducted at the exit of the polls,
08:47carried out by a specialized institute in opinion polls.
08:51As for the participation rate, the Independent Electoral Commission confirmed that it had reached 27.7%,
08:59which is the equivalent of the participation of 2,700,000 voters.
09:08We have registered the participation of 2,704,155 voters on all of the Tunisian territory and abroad,
09:19which is a participation rate of 27.7%.
09:24The head of the Electoral Commission confirmed that no electoral violation had been recorded on the day of the poll.
09:31Referring to one of the candidates targeted by judicial decisions,
09:36the head of the Electoral Commission confirmed that the court will take into account all the final judicial decisions during the vote counting.
09:46In the case of one of the candidates, the issue is now related to the final judicial decisions.
09:53We will take these decisions seriously when we approve the results.
10:00The reactions of the other candidates were immediate.
10:03While candidate Zohail Marzeoui claimed that the results of the poll misled Tunisians,
10:10the campaign management of Haye Chizamel expressed its categorical rejection of these results,
10:17underlining that its candidate would go to the second round.
10:22The presidential elections in Tunisia have ended with a low participation rate.
10:27According to the estimates, there will be no second round due to an expected victory of Tunisian President Recess Raid.
10:35From Tunisia, Najwa Bechat for Media.
10:39In Morocco, the 15th edition of the Salon du Cheval, already held from October 1st to 6th, attracted nearly 200,000 visitors.
10:48This is what the commissioner of the Salon said on Sunday.
10:52In a statement to the press at the time of the closure of this edition,
10:55organized under the patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI,
10:59the Salon has seen the participation of more than 40 countries with more than 700 horsemen and nearly 1,000 horses of different breeds.
11:08The success of this edition is the result of the joint efforts of the various participants and partners.
11:15This edition is based on the theme of equine breeding.
11:19In Morocco, Innovation et Défi has offered a multitude of horse-related activities,
11:26with high-level competitions and shows, as well as workshops and round tables with the horse as the central axis.
11:38Right away, I place the guest of the major newspaper, Medirin Morning.
11:52A year after the attacks of October 7, the conflicts are in full swing in the Gaza Strip.
11:59The war between Israel and the Palestinian movement, Hamas, wraps up its first year,
12:05nearly 40,000 dead, Gaza is in ruins and the fighting continues.
12:12We are live with Mohamed Baddine El Yatoui,
12:16a researcher studying strategy at the National College of Defense of the United Arab Emirates.
12:24Hello Mr. El Yatoui, thank you for being with us.
12:30Hello and thank you for your invitation.
12:33A year after the attack of October 7 in Israel and the beginning of the war in Gaza,
12:40the fighting continues without a ceasefire as hoped in Gaza.
12:45Is there no prospect of a ceasefire in your opinion?
12:50No, in the short term, we see very little possibility of a ceasefire,
12:55since Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer of a Franco-American last week at the General Assembly of the United Nations.
13:02And so we seem to be in a form of impasse,
13:05since the Israeli government wants to continue to strike the interests of both Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
13:14And we see very little political initiative on the Israeli side,
13:19but above all the continuity in terms of destruction and in terms of attacks against the leaders of the different enemy groups.
13:27Palestinian society is divided in space between Gaza and Jordan,
13:33but also politically divided between these two territories.
13:37Is there a form of unity in this conflict?
13:42Yes, clearly there is a unity that is developing,
13:45which has always developed between Gaza and Jordan.
13:48And we see, moreover, that it poses a problem for the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas,
13:52there is also a form of internal contestation that has existed for some time
13:57and which has been intensified with what has been happening in Gaza for a year.
14:01And of course, in the absence of political solutions in Gaza,
14:06the situation in Jordan should also, due to colonization,
14:10worsen unfortunately for the Palestinian population
14:13and also for all the regional actors who have tried in the very short term
14:19to bring the balance of power to the Palestinian side.
14:22But we see very, very few initiatives that bear fruit in the face of the Israeli government's containment
14:27for many months now.
14:30Speaking of mediation initiatives, since the beginning of the conflict,
14:36the mediation of Qatar and Egypt has never ceased.
14:39A mediation that we find at the time of the first truce,
14:43which was short of a week in November 2023.
14:47Do you think that this is where the solution to this conflict and the end of the war should go?
14:56In fact, we have realized that despite the attempts to mediate and negotiate
15:01that have been carried out in Doha and the role that Qatar and Egypt have tried to play
15:05due to their relationship with the different actors,
15:08Hamas for Qatar and Egypt, which has a historical role in the region,
15:13we see that there are real difficulties,
15:15since the only real actor who can put pressure on the Israeli government
15:21are the United States of America.
15:23Joe Biden is in a situation of end of term where he does not represent himself
15:27and Benjamin Netanyahu clearly demonstrated that he was not interested in what Joe Biden was saying.
15:32On the other hand, Kamala Harris is in the middle of an election campaign.
15:35Avoid making decisions, or at least saying things
15:39that could go against the friendship between the United States and Israel.
15:43And Donald Trump is totally in support of Benjamin Netanyahu.
15:47So we see that Benjamin Netanyahu understood very well that by the end of November,
15:51by the end of November of the American election,
15:53no one was going to put pressure on him from Washington,
15:56and most certainly until the end of January,
15:58that is, the appointment of the future president.
16:00So the only country that can really put pressure
16:03and that has a different lever of action via military aid,
16:07financial support, in terms of armament,
16:09are the United States, and they do not play their role.
16:15After a year of war in Gaza,
16:17has Israel not yet reached all its objectives against Hamas?
16:26So the problem is that Benjamin Netanyahu clearly told us from the start,
16:30in fact, on October 7, that he wanted the destruction of Hamas.
16:34But the destruction of Hamas,
16:36he never explained what the political objectives were.
16:38Was it to destroy Hamas in Gaza,
16:41that is, to destroy the tunnels and take control of these tunnels?
16:45Was it to implant and recolonize Gaza,
16:48as was the case until Sharon evacuated it nearly 20 years ago?
16:52He never explained what he wanted to do.
16:54Is the fact of having assassinated Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran
16:57a sufficient element?
16:58Is he now going to want to assassinate Berkesi Noir,
17:02the new leader of Hamas?
17:03So all this is very vague.
17:04And we see that, in fact, there is an escape from the Israeli side,
17:08with the support of Benjamin Netanyahu and Smotrych,
17:11this government,
17:12which means that we are in a kind of escape,
17:14without a truly political objective clearly affirmed.
17:17And also a part of the Israeli population
17:19who both wanted the return of the hostages,
17:21and it does not seem to be happening.
17:23And also the sequel.
17:25What is the sequel?
17:26Is Israel going to recontrol Gaza?
17:28Will there be a new Palestinian Authority in Jordan and Gaza?
17:32All these elements, Benjamin Netanyahu never explained them,
17:35and he never even thought about it,
17:38because we see very clearly that we are in a war of outrage,
17:41where destruction and the control of the tunnels
17:45is the only element that has been clearly affirmed for a year.
17:49Some experts believe that the determination of Prime Minister Ismail Netanyahu
17:55is motivated by personal political considerations,
17:59since he risks seeing the most radical elements of his coalition abandon him
18:05if he moderates his approach.
18:08What do you think?
18:10Yes, it is quite right.
18:12In fact, the problem of Benjamin Netanyahu,
18:13we must never forget that before October 7,
18:15there were 18 months of protests in the streets
18:18in the face of a judicial reform that he wanted to put in place.
18:21So the Israeli political situation before October 7
18:24was already complicated for him.
18:26He had more corruption cases than he wanted,
18:28and if he was ever to be dismissed from his post,
18:31there would also be a commission of inquiry
18:34put in place on October 7
18:36to know and understand the flaws of the information.
18:38So all these elements that play in his favor,
18:41plus the fact that his majority is in the hands of Benjamin Netanyahu,
18:46which I mentioned,
18:47who are the two most extremist ministers,
18:49in the end, of his war cabinet and his government,
18:52prove that Benjamin Netanyahu has an agenda that is a personal agenda
18:56and that is a personal agenda
18:58that ultimately goes against the interests,
19:00in the very long term, of the national security of his country, Israel.
19:06So all these elements, free from taboo,
19:08prove that there is an absence of initiative and political strategy
19:19Mr. Yatewi, on this anniversary day,
19:25Israel is on alert and is always preparing its response against Iran.
19:31The Israeli army is acting on multiple fronts.
19:34Can you say that this marks a size change in the conflict in Gaza?
19:40Yes, of course.
19:43The fact that we are looking in more detail at the Israeli strategy in the region
19:48proves that there is a will to maintain pressure on Gaza and its inhabitants,
19:53the humanitarian situation is catastrophic,
19:55but also now to attack all the enemies of Israel at the same time,
19:58that is, Hezbollah in Lebanon,
20:00the Houthis in Yemen who were targeted by the Israelis,
20:04and then certainly also the different groups that are present in Syria and in Iran.
20:10So all these elements prove that little by little we are heading towards a regional war
20:15and that the Israeli government wants to go all the way,
20:18that is, to destroy its enemies without really thinking about the political consequences,
20:22and with the risk, as we saw last week,
20:25of Iranian attack and also of Israeli retaliation.
20:29In fact, we are entering a kind of cycle
20:31where we would have an exchange of attacks here or there between Israel and non-state actors,
20:38or worse, between Israel and a state like Iran,
20:41which could really lead to a war of another intensity
20:45and also perhaps quite harmful consequences for all the countries in the region
20:49that are not part of the conflict,
20:51I think in particular of Jordan or Syria,
20:54which could be targeted by different attacks and have indirect consequences.
21:00Let's talk about the conflict with Hezbollah.
21:02How do you assess the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah?
21:09So we see that the conflict with Hezbollah began with this attack against Hassan Nasrallah,
21:15who was killed last week,
21:17and we also see that the political objectives are not clearly defined,
21:21since now we have an Israeli incursion in the Sudi Bank,
21:24the Sudi Bank that Israel occupied until 2000,
21:27and of course, in the Israeli state and in the Israeli political class,
21:31there is always this image of 2006,
21:33where Hezbollah had held its head against the Israeli army,
21:36which is doing the opposite again.
21:37And we see that in the face of the weakness of the Lebanese army,
21:39the Lebanese institutional army,
21:41despite the presence of the AFIMUL, which represents the United Nations,
21:44we are going towards a war again between Hezbollah and Israel,
21:49but this time on the ground,
21:50which poses real problems,
21:52since Lebanon has very deep economic, social and political problems
21:56for a certain number of years.
21:57It is a country that unfortunately has never recovered from the civil war
22:00that began in 1975,
22:02and which is in the midst of a whole lot of regional pressure,
22:06for Israelis, Iranians and others.
22:08And we see that the situation could also intensify in Lebanon,
22:13and it remains to be seen how long the Israeli army will stay on Lebanese territory,
22:18and how long it will also be able to withstand human losses.
22:22It should be remembered that in 2006 it had lost more than 200 soldiers,
22:25so it will be necessary to see how Benjamin Netanyahu will get out of the situation in Lebanon,
22:30and that Joe Biden, just like Emmanuel Macron,
22:33tried to put out the fire that failed last week.
22:37What to say about the behavior of Western countries
22:40and the international community in the face of this conflict?
22:46The international community is largely up for this conflict,
22:51whether it is the conflict in Lebanon or the conflict in Gaza.
22:53But the margin of error remains very limited,
22:55since the United Nations Security Council,
22:57American support, is also very favorable to Israeli support,
23:01and this support is indefensible.
23:03On the other hand, we see that Western countries have a problem with what is happening,
23:07since they promote values,
23:10in particular human rights values, which are abused.
23:13And everything that has happened for a year,
23:15whether in Lebanon or, of course, in Gaza,
23:19finally proves that there are very strong contradictions.
23:22We saw that there were pursuits on the international level against Benjamin Netanyahu,
23:26and that Western countries, in their vast majority, refused to apply them,
23:30especially if there was an arrest warrant against him.
23:32So we see that we are faced with very, very strong contradictions
23:35that ultimately make the game and the bed of global trends,
23:41which see a globalization that is being fragmented,
23:45finally, with camps that are being reconstituted,
23:48and which are opposing each other,
23:50without really finding solutions in the very long term for this region,
23:54which is opening up a lot.
23:56And this is where we see that, in particular, Morocco has a role to play,
23:59as the bridge and country that has always promoted the values of negotiation,
24:04and also the defense of a Palestinian state at the borders in 1967,
24:08with Gaza, Jordan and East Jerusalem.
24:11We see that all these values are unfortunately being lost,
24:14in many Western countries,
24:16with the exception of Spain, I think,
24:18are completely aligned with what the Israeli government has been doing
24:22in Gaza and Lebanon for a year now.
24:25Mohamed Badine Eliatoui, thank you for all these clarifications.
24:29Thank you for answering our questions.
24:31And I remind you that you are a professor,
24:33a researcher in strategic studies at the National College of Defense of the United Arab Emirates.
24:40Thank you and have a good day.
24:43Voilà, c'est ainsi que s'achève cette édition.
24:46Merci de l'avoir suivie. Restez avec nous sur Lédiens TV.
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