Israel is returning to its war strategy as it fabricates its consent to all-out war against Lebanon.
In recent weeks, the low-intensity war that Israel and Hezbollah have been waging for a year on the Lebanese-Israeli border has metastasized. Thousands of Lebanese were forced to leave their homes as Israeli bombing intensified. More than 600 people were killed.
Alongside air raids and preparations for a ground invasion, Israel is also exerting an element of psychological pressure, intended to terrorize the population and incite war.
Contributors:
Habib Battah – Founder, Beirut Report
Ori Goldberg – academic and political commentator
Zahera Harb – Lecturer in Journalism, City University
Assal Rad – Author, State of Resistance
On our radar:
A terrifying new plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza has made its way to Netanyahu’s desk. Tariq Nafi looks at the man behind the “Generals’ Plan” and the support he received across the Israeli political spectrum.
Zionist influencers online
“Hasbara” – the Hebrew word meaning “explanation”, “persuasion” – has been a central strategy of the Zionist movement. This took the form of media-trained government spokespeople delivering soundbites on television, public relations campaigns portraying the Israeli military as not only moral but also cool, and numerous social media posts.
Nicholas Muirhead reports on the work of Hasbarists online and how the genocide in Gaza has made their work much more difficult.
With :
Hen Mazzig – Israeli author, commentator and influencer
Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA
Tamara Nassar – Deputy Editor, Electronic Intifada
Matt Lieb – Host, Bad Hasbara