FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Dr. Diana Buttu, Former Legal Advisor and Negotiator for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. She discusses what it has been like witnessing the Israeli reaction to the October 7th Anniversary from Ramallah and Israelis lack of recognition of anything they have done to Palestinians over the last year of genocide, Israel’s de facto designation of anyone opposing Israeli military rule as a ‘combatant’, whether Americans will recognise that the aid for Israel could pay for natural disaster responses and public services that they don’t have, the crackdown on pro-Palestine activists and free speech in the US’ university campuses, Israel’s glorification of the genocide against Palestinians in pop culture, the Israeli press’ role exposing the lies about October 7th while simultaneously cheering on genocide and Israel’s escalations, Western media’s role as stenographers parroting Israel’s propaganda rather than questioning Israeli atrocities, the harrowing accounts of torture and maltreatment she has heard from Palestinians who have been held hostage by the Israeli army, the ICC’s failure to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli officials and her conclusion that it is just a court to go after Vladimir Putin and African leaders, the need for accountability against Israeli soldiers who have committed these war crimes, Israel’s growing confidence about pursuing regime change across the region while simultaneously being surprised at the level of resistance after one year since the genocide started, why it makes no difference to Palestinians if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump is elected in November, the US’ number one policy being to keep the Israeli colonial entity in place, how long it will take for the sickness of supremacist Israeli Zionism to be removed, and much more.

Hundreds of Israeli protesters blocked one of the main roads in central Tel Aviv as part of a weekly demonstration to demand a deal to return the remaining hostages held in Gaza.

FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/goingundergroundtv On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigerian Minister of Culture and Tourism, he also served as the Aviation Minister. He discusses why he said anyone calling what Israel is doing in Gaza a ‘war’ is either a paid Israeli asset, mischievous, or ignorant, his belief that Israel could spark World War 3 let alone a regional conflict, the freedom of speech in Nigeria and the rest of the world regarding what is happening in Gaza as opposed to the draconian crackdowns in the US, UK, and EU, why Israel no longer has the right to exist based on the precedent of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War 2, South Africa rising to the occasion to take Israel to the International Court of Justice for genocide, Israel’s history of playing both sides in the Nigerian Civil War and its influence over the country, Nigerians looking eastwards to Russia and China as Washington’s unipolar hegemony crumbles, his prediction a regional war of Iran vs Israel and the US will eventually bring in Russia and possibly China, why his Christianity compels him to oppose Israel, Joe Biden’s cancelled trip to Angola, Russia becoming one of the greatest friends to Africa, and much more.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. His comments follow the UK's announcement that it is considering sanctions against two members of the Netanyahu government. RT discusses the developments with Manuel Sarkis Hassassian, professor and former Palestinian ambassador to the UK.