The Listening Post

The evidence provided by Israeli forces to justify their attacks on Gaza's hospitals has come up short - and so has the news coverage.Contributors:Alice Rothchild - Health Advisory Council, Jewish Voice for PeaceDiana Buttu - Palestinian LawyerMeron Rapoport - Editor, Local CallYumna Patel - Palestine News Director, MondoweissOn our radar:Israeli politicians are calling for the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza. Producer Tariq Nafi reports on how they’re using the media to transmit the message loud and clear.The Israeli anti-war Left: Where to next, after October 7?:A special interview with journalist and human rights activist Orly Noy on the pain and loneliness of the Israeli anti-war Left, post-October 7th.Contributor:Orly Noy - Chair, B’TselemSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

Freedom of expression is under the gun in the Land of the Free. We look at what media in the United States is missing in Israel’s war on Gaza - and why it matters.Contributors:Noura Erakat - Associate Professor, Rutgers UniversityAbdallah Fayyad - Journalist; Former Member, Boston Globe Editorial BoardAlex Kane - Senior Reporter, Jewish CurrentsJack Mirkinson - Acting Senior Editor, The NationOn our radar:The vast majority of mainstream outlets in the US are corporate-owned. Nic Muirhead reports on how publicly-funded broadcasters in the Anglosphere are taking heat over their coverage of the Gaza story.‘India Stands With Israel’:Indo-Israeli relations have been on the upswing for the past few years. And in this war, Indians have been showing their support through posts online, and rants on TV with some disinformation thrown in, to skew how this conflict is understood. Meenakshi Ravi reports.Contributors:Azad Essa - Author, Hostile Homelands; Journalist, Middle East EyePooja Chaudhuri - Researcher and Trainer, BellingcatSwasti Rao - Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and AnalysesSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

After three weeks of a punishing Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel is still refusing to allow international journalists in.News outlets and audiences are entirely reliant on local Palestinian reporters, who risk their lives to provide a window into the war.Contributors:Tal Schneider - political and diplomatic correspondent, Times of IsraelNathan Thrall - author of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine StoryJoshua Leifer - journalist, Dissent MagazineOmar Baddar - deputy director, Arab American InstituteOn our radar:The ethnic cleansing of the occupied West Bank intensifies. Meenakshi Ravi reports on how Israelis are documenting and sharing the evidence online.Israel's automated occupation: HebronTariq Nafi examines Israel’s use of AI-powered surveillance in Hebron, which has entrenched the Israeli government’s control over Palestinians.Contributers:Izzat Karaki - activist and volunteer, Youth Against SettlementsSophia Goodfriend - researcher, Duke UniversityMatt Mahmoudi - researcher and adviser, Amnesty International

After three weeks of punishing Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel is still refusing to allow international journalists in. News outlets and audiences are entirely reliant on local Palestinian reporters, who risk their lives to provide a window into the war.Contributors:Mouin Rabbani - Co-editor, JadaliyyaOmar Shakir - Human Rights Watch, Israel and Palestine directorYara Eid - Gazan journalistOn our radar:The online space has been a significant arena of battle throughout this war. Flo Phillips reports on the power that social media companies wield when it comes to what can and cannot be seen from Gaza.Ghassan Kanafani and the era of Palestinian revolutionary media:Silencing Palestinian voices is not new for Israel. We take you 50 years back for a historical case in point - Ghassan Kanafani. Reporter Tariq Nafi explores Kanafani’s work as a journalist and the era of Palestinian revolutionary media.Contributors:As’ad Abukhalil - Professor of political science, California State UniversityElias Khoury - Novelist and literary criticRefqa Abu-Remaileh - Professor of modern Arabic literature and film, Free University BerlinSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

Two weeks into Israel’s war on Gaza, what the world is witnessing - from Israeli leaders' racist and genocidal rhetoric to the mass killing of Palestinian civilians - bears the hallmarks of a historic crime. This episode looks at how the media are responding - in Israel and beyond.Contributors:Neve Gordon - professor of international law and human rights, Queen Mary UniversityTariq Kenney-Shawa - US policy fellow, Al-ShabakaAntony Loewenstein - Author of books such as The Palestine LaboratoryYousef Munayyer - senior fellow, Arab Center Washington, DCSherine Tadros - deputy director of advocacy & UN representative, Amnesty InternationalFrom disinformation to 'shadow banning': Marwa Fatafta on the digital front lineWith journalists locked out of the Gaza Strip, social platforms have become a vital means of finding and sharing information as well as another front in the propaganda war. Marwa Fatafta, a Palestinian digital rights analyst, talks us through the online dimension of this conflict - including disinformation, hate speech and the censorship of Palestinian voices.Contributor:Marwa Fatafta - MENA policy manager, Access Now

What we are seeing in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel has no precedent - thebarbarism, the talk of vengeance, the war crimes. And the signs, all too familiar ones, of journalists succumbing to the pressures under the powers that be.In this special episode, we delve into the news coverage of the war in Palestine and Israel. We examine the narratives that have emerged since Hamas’s surprise attack - a seismic news event that is destined to take ownership of the date on which it happened - October 7, 2023.Contributors:Mariam Barghouti - Writer and JournalistDaniel Levy - President, US/Middle East ProjectMouin Rabbani - Co-editor, JadaliyyaMeron Rapoport - Editor, Local CallSarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director, DAWN

With a week to go until elections in Poland, the ruling Law and Justice Party has used its control of the public broadcaster to drown out opposition voices and push its anti-European Union, anti-migrant messaging.Contributors:Jan Cienski - Senior Policy Editor, Politico EuropePaulina Lenik - Assistant Professor, Kozminski UniversityAnita Prazmowska - Professor in International History, LSEWojciech Przybylski - Editor-in-Chief, Visegrad InsightOn our radar:Police in Delhi raided the offices of news website NewsClick, detaining journalists over accusations of spreading Chinese propaganda. Johanna Hoes reports on the climate of tense Sino-Indian relations behind the arrests, and the unlikely source of the tip-off.Why Russia is looting Ukraine’s art:From the moment the Russian invasion began, museum workers in Ukraine knew they were coming for their collections. Tariq Nafi looks into the war being waged against Ukraine’s heritage and history.Contributors:Milena Chorna  - Head of the International Exhibitions Department, National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World WarAlina Dotsenko - Director, Kherson Regional Art MuseumIhor Poshyvailo - General Director, Maidan MuseumSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

The resignation of 92-year-old media magnate Rupert Murdoch has set in motion the long-awaited succession of his empire. What effect will his son Lachlan’s leadership have on media - and politics - worldwide?Contributors:Kerry Flynn - Media Reporter, AxiosDes Freedman - Professor, Goldsmiths, University of LondonMatt Gertz - Senior Fellow, Media Matters for AmericaPaddy Manning - Author, The SuccessorOn our radar:With a general election just two weeks away, a Polish film telling the story of Syrian and Afghan refugees has drawn the ire of the country’s ruling party. Meenakshi Ravi reports on the campaign targeting the film’s director.The Mafia’s TikTok takeover:Elements of the Italian underworld are surfacing … online. Flo Phillips reports, from Rome, on the Mafia’s new stomping ground - TikTok.Contributors:Alessandra Dolci  - Deputy Prosecutor, Milan Anti-Mafia DirectorateNico Falco  - Journalist, FanpageMarcello Ravveduto  - Professor of Public and Digital History, University of SalernoSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

As the residents of the city of Derna count their dead, authorities in eastern Libya expel news crews from the city and evade scrutiny of their role in the disaster.Contributors:Elham Saudi - Co-founder & director, Lawyers for Justice in LibyaSami Zaptia - Editor-in-chief, Libya HeraldAnas El Gomati - Director, Sadeq InstituteOn our radar:Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch announced his resignation this week aged 92, handing over the reins of his empire to his son. Reporter Johanna Hoes explains the implications of the long-awaited move.Archiving Nigeria’s past in print:Fu’ad Lawal is a Nigerian journalist on a mission; to make a free online archive of the country’s newspapers since 1960. Meenakshi Ravi reports on the ambitious project aiming to bring Nigeria’s past to life.Contributors:Fu’ad Lawal - Founder, Archivi.NgRuth Zakari - Editor-in-chief, ZikokoToyin Falola - Author, Decolonizing African Studies, Professor, University of Texas at AustinSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News

Saudi Arabia’s massive spending on sport is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s strategy to diversify the petrostate’s economy and re-shape its brand.Contributors:Abdullah Al-Arian - Author, Football in the Middle EastGregg Carlstrom - Middle East Correspondent, The EconomistKristin Diwan - Senior Research Scholar, The Arab Gulf States InstituteRayhan Uddin - Journalist, Middle East EyeOn our radar:This week saw the launch of the biggest antitrust trial of the century against tech behemoth, Google. Flo Phillips explains what’s at stake, and why governments in the US and Europe are taking big tech to task.God and atheism on YouTube:Religious evangelists of all stripes have long enjoyed large platforms on social media - now, atheism is growing online. The Listening Post’s Ryan Kohls reports from the US on the country's Godless apostles on YouTube.Contributors:Seth Andrews - YouTuber, @TheThinkingAtheistDrew McCoy - YouTuber, @GeneticallyModifiedSkepticChrissy Stroop - Senior Correspondent, Religion DispatchesSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News