The livestream from Gaza’s killing fields resumes

President Donald Trump’s January ceasefire barely lived up to its name. More than 150 Palestinians were killed in just eight weeks of Israeli attacks on Gaza despite the agreement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched one of the most deadly bombing campaigns since the genocide started, followed by a ground invasion, destroying all hope left.

Despite growing criticism, Western journalists continue to follow the same old patterns of reporting while Israeli outlets have largely ignored the human toll.

Contributors:
Associate professor, Arab American University in Palestine, Dalal Iriqat
Haggai Matar, Executive Director, + 972 Magazine
Assal Rad, a scholar and author of the Middle East,
Writer from Jerusalem named Nathan Thrall

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Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s most powerful challenger, was arrested, sparking a political uprising there.

Meenakshi Ravi examines one of the biggest protests Turkiye has seen in a decade and how it is testing the limits of the government’s control as mass demonstrations spread across the country and social media platforms are hampered.

From the fringe to the mainstream: Israel’s settlers

Israel’s settlers now have more authority than ever before, from waging riots through the occupied West Bank to attempting to colonize Gaza. The majority of Israelis have been discussing the need to reestablish settlements in the Gaza Strip since they were once unthinkable.

Nic Muirhead of The Listening Post discusses how the Israeli media has helped to advance the settlers from the fringes to the mainstream.

Source: Aljazeera