Israel is returning to its wartime playbook as it authorizes an indefinite war in Lebanon.
In the past few weeks, the fierce war between Israel and Hezbollah that has been fought on the Lebanon-Israel border for a year has metastasized. Thousands of Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes as Israeli attacks intensify. More than 600 have been killed.
In addition to airstrikes and preparations for ground attacks, there is a psychological pressure component that Israel uses as well, designed to intimidate people and make them consent to war.
Contributors:
Habib Battah – Founder, Beirut Report
Ori Goldberg – Education and political commentator
Zahera Harb – Senior Lecturer in Journalism, City University
Assal Rad – Author, State of Resistance
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A shocking new plan to ethnically cleanse North Gaza has landed on Netanyahu’s desk. Tariq Nafi looks at the man behind the “Management Plan” and the support he has received from all walks of life in Israel.
Zionist activists are online
“Hasbara” – a Hebrew word translated as “explanation”, “persuasion” – was the main strategy of the Zionist movement. It has taken the form of media-trained government spokesmen delivering noise on television, PR campaigns that advertise the Israeli military as not only moral but also cool, and broad messaging on social media.
Nicholas Muirhead reports on the work of online habarists and how the carnage in Gaza has made their jobs more difficult.
Included:
Hen Mazzig – Israeli writer, commentator and activist
Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and comparative literature, UCLA
Tamara Nassar – Associate Editor, Electronic Intifada
Matt Lieb – Host, Bad Hasbara
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