At Glastonbury, Britain’s largest music competition, two artists known as out Israel’s genocide in Gaza and accused the British authorities of complicity. On-stage remarks by certainly one of them – Bob Vylan – plunged the nation’s public broadcaster, the BBC, which livestreamed the efficiency, into yet one more Gaza-shaped row.
Contributors:
Des Freedman – Creator, The Media Manifesto
Peter Oborne – Journalist and broadcaster
Karishma Patel – Former newsreader, BBC
Justin Schlosberg – Professor of Media and Communications, College Of Westminster
On our radar:
In the USA, Zohran Mamdani has secured the Democratic nomination for New York mayor, regardless of relentless media assaults that focus much less on his insurance policies and extra on his outspoken stance in opposition to Israel’s warfare on Gaza.
Tariq Nafi reviews.
Palestinians are seen as some form of existential menace, only for being there
Whereas debates rage in worldwide media over phrases like “from the river to the ocean” and “demise to the IDF,” far much less scrutiny falls on the anti-Palestinian abuse that has turn into regular inside Israel – from pop songs to viral chants.
Palestinian analyst Abdaljawad Omar joins us from Ramallah to unpack this on a regular basis Israeli racism.
That includes:
Abdaljawad Omar – Lecturer, Birzeit College