Israel reverted to its wartime playbook and agreed to launch an all-out struggle in opposition to Lebanon.
Up to now few weeks, a year-long low-intensity struggle between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese-Israeli border has shifted. Hundreds of Lebanese have been pressured from their properties as Israeli bombing intensifies. Greater than 600 individuals had been killed.
Along with airstrikes and preparations for a land invasion, Israel exerted psychological stress aimed toward horrifying the inhabitants and creating consent for struggle.
Contributors:
Habib Battah – Founding father of Beirut Report
Ori Goldberg – tutorial and political commentator
Zahera Harb – Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Metropolis College
Assal Rad – writer of “State of Resistance”
On our radar:
A horrific new plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza has landed on Netanyahu’s desk. Tariq Nafi seems to be on the man behind Challenge Common and the help he acquired in Israeli politics.
On-line Zionist Influencers
“Hasbara” – a Hebrew phrase translated as “clarification” or “persuasion” – has been a core technique of the Zionist motion. This takes the type of TV spotlight reels by media-trained authorities spokesmen, public relations campaigns that promote the Israeli army as not solely ethical but additionally cool, and widespread messaging on social media.
Nicholas Muirhead stories on the work of the Haba individuals on-line and the way the genocide in Gaza has made their work more difficult.
function:
Hen Mazzig – Israeli author, critic and influencer
Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA
Tamara Nassar – Affiliate Editor, Digital Intifada
Matt Lieb – Host of Unhealthy Hasbara
