One year in, Israel’s ‘new Middle East’

One year in, Israel’s ‘new Middle East’

One year after October 7, 2023, the images of Israel and Gaza were unimaginably different. More Palestinians were being forced to leave their homes as Israel mourned the victims and captured in a Hamas attack that Israel had been completely unprepared for.

In Israel’s mainstream media, a narrative of mourning sits alongside one of revenge. Many Israeli news outlets ignore, or at times even encourage, atrocities in Gaza.

Contributors: 

Jehad Abusalim – Executive director, Institute for Palestine Studies

Nomi Bar-Yaacov – Associate fellow, Chatham House

Diana Buttu – Human rights lawyer &amp, analyst

Haggai Matar – Executive editor, + 972 Magazine

On our radar:

Israel’s unprecedented use of journalists’ targets has been a horrific aspect of its occupation of Gaza. A particularly brutal week is broken down by Nicholas Muirhead.

An interview with Karim Makdisi

We spoke with Karim Makdisi about Israel’s psychological conflict and the desire of the political and media to “remake the Middle East” as Lebanon is constantly under Israeli control.

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Source: Aljazeera

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