International Courant
Israel returns to its wartime playbook because it authorizes all-out conflict in opposition to Lebanon.
In current weeks, the low-intensity conflict that Israel and Hezbollah have been waging on the Lebanon-Israel border for a yr has metastasized. Hundreds of Lebanese have been pushed from their properties as Israeli bombardments have intensified. Greater than 600 folks have died.
Along with airstrikes and preparations for a land invasion, there may be additionally a component of psychological stress that Israel is exerting, designed to terrorize folks and acquire consent for conflict.
Contributors:
Habib Battah – Founder, Beirut Report
Ori Goldberg – Educational and political commentator
Zahera Harb – Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Metropolis College
Assal Rad – Creator, State of Resistance
On our radar:
A terrifying new plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza has landed on Netanyahu’s desk. Tariq Nafi appears on the man behind the “Generals’ Plan” and the assist he has acquired throughout the Israeli political spectrum.
On-line Zionist influencers
‘Hasbara’ – the Hebrew phrase that interprets to ‘declaration’, ‘persuasion’ – has been a central technique of the Zionist motion. It has taken the type of media-trained authorities spokespersons giving sound bites on TV, PR campaigns that promote the Israeli navy as not solely ethical but in addition cool, and in depth social media posts.
Nicholas Muirhead studies on the work of on-line hashbarists and the way the genocide in Gaza has made their work far more difficult.
Of:
Hen Mazzig – Israeli creator, commentator and influencer
Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA
Tamara Nassar – Affiliate Editor, Digital Intifada
Matt Lieb – Host, Unhealthy Hasbara
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