The ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump in January barely lived as much as its identify. Regardless of the deal, Israel continued its assaults on Gaza, killing greater than 150 Palestinians in simply eight weeks.
The final remnants of hope had been shattered as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched one of many deadliest bombing campaigns for the reason that genocide started – adopted by a floor invasion.
Israeli shops have largely ignored the human toll whereas Western journalists, regardless of mounting criticism, stay caught in acquainted patterns of reporting.
Contributors:
Dalal Iriqat – Affiliate professor, Arab American College Palestine
Haggai Matar – Government director, +972 Journal
Assal Rad – Center East scholar and writer
Nathan Thrall – Jerusalem-based author
On our radar
The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s strongest challenger, Ekrem Imamoglu, has set off a political firestorm in Turkiye.
As mass demonstrations erupt nationwide and social media platforms are throttled, Meenakshi Ravi studies on one of many largest protest waves Turkiye has seen in a decade and the way it’s testing the boundaries of the federal government’s management.
Israel’s settlers: from margin to mainstream
From rampaging by means of the occupied West Financial institution to setting their sights on colonising Gaza, Israel’s settlers wield extra energy now than ever earlier than. As soon as unthinkable to many Israelis, their calls to re-establish settlements within the Gaza Strip have entered the mainstream media dialogue.
The Listening Publish’s Nic Muirhead studies on how the Israeli media have helped catapult the settlers from the margins to the mainstream.
That includes:
Hilla Dayan – Sociologist, College of Amsterdam
Nimrod Nir – Political psychologist, Hebrew College of Jerusalem
Oren Ziv – Photojournalist, +972 Journal
