Israel reverts to its wartime playbook because it manufactures consent for all-out warfare on Lebanon.
Prior to now couple of weeks, the low-intensity warfare that Israel and Hezbollah have been preventing throughout the Lebanon-Israel border for a 12 months has metastasised. Hundreds of Lebanese have been pressured from their houses as Israeli bombardment has intensified. Greater than 600 have been killed.
Alongside air raids and preparations for a land invasion, there is a component of psychological stress Israel exerts too, designed to terrorise individuals and manufacture consent for warfare.
Contributors:
Habib Battah – Founder, Beirut Report
Ori Goldberg – Educational and political commentator
Zahera Harb – Senior lecturer in journalism, Metropolis College
Assal Rad – Writer, State of Resistance
On our radar:
A terrifying new plan to ethnically cleanse North Gaza has made its manner onto Netanyahu’s desk. Tariq Nafi seems on the man behind the “The Generals’ Plan” and the help he has obtained throughout the Israeli political spectrum.
On-line Zionist Influencers
“Hasbara” – the Hebrew phrase that interprets to “rationalization”, “persuasion” – has been a central technique of the Zionist motion. It’s taken the type of media-trained authorities spokespeople delivering soundbites on TV, PR campaigns promoting the Israeli military not simply as ethical but additionally cool, and intensive messaging on social media.
Nicholas Muirhead reviews on the work of on-line hasbarists and the way the genocide in Gaza has made their jobs much more difficult.
That includes:
Hen Mazzig – Israeli writer, commentator and influencer
Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and comparative literature, UCLA
Tamara Nassar – Affiliate editor, Digital Intifada
Matt Lieb – Host, Dangerous Hasbara