A propaganda battle between Israel and Hamas – completely different messages, completely different audiences. Plus, Francesca Albanese on media missteps on this struggle.
Forty-eight days of bloodshed later, a truce lasting 96 hours – between Israel and Hamas – has come into impact, giving Palestinians in Gaza some short-term room to breathe. However within the data struggle, there is no such thing as a ceasefire in sight.
Contributors:
Abboud Omar Hamayel – Tutorial, Birzeit College
Hussein Ibish – Arab Gulf States Institute
Mia Bloom – Professor, Georgia State College
Shashank Joshi – Defence Editor, Economist
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This previous week has been one of the devastating for journalists in Gaza. This, in a struggle that has already been described because the “deadliest period on record” for the media. Meenakshi Ravi has the main points.
In latest weeks, there was an alarmingly small variety of official voices calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. One exception has been Francesca Albanese – the United Nation’s Particular Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories. She joins us for an interview on terminology, context and the blindspots of mainstream media.
Contributor:
Francesca Albanese – UN Particular Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories