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As tech billionaires infiltrate the White House, the question looms, “Who really rules us, the government or Silicon Valley?" This film examines the influence and ideology of technocrats over the last century, and asks whether they pose a threat to democracy. Contributors: Gil Duran – Tech journalist Siva Vaidhyanathan – Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia Payal Arora – Digital anthropologist Cori Crider – Senior Fellow, Open Markets and the Future of Tech Institute

The renewal of Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza has unleashed yet more death, destruction and displacement, but Palestinians remain determined to make the world witness their plight. Contributors: Shahd Abusalama – Palestinian scholar and artist Omer Bartov – Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Brown University Abdaljawad Omar – Lecturer, Birzeit University; writer and analyst The art of the political podcast interview The 2024 United States presidential race was the first "podcast" election - and given the millions of views and votes a podcast appearance can bring, it won't be the last. Ryan Kohls reports on the allure of - and the problems with - the political podcast interview. Featuring: Susie Banikarim – Media strategist and consultant Max Tani – Media editor, Semafor Cenk Uygur – Creator and host, The Young Turks

Over the past month, hundreds of international students in the US have either been detained, deported, or stripped of their visas for protesting Israel's war on Gaza. The Trump administration's crackdown is being described as an assault on political dissent - one that has been enabled by mainstream news outlets and pro-Zionist pressure groups. This story is about more than just visas. It's about who gets to speak in Trump's America. Contributors: Adolfo Franco – Republican strategist and lawyer Eric Lee – Immigration lawyer Yumna Patel – Editor-in-chief, Mondoweiss Prem Thakker – Reporter, Zeteo News On our radar: The German government is attempting to deport four foreign students - none of whom have been charged with a crime - over their pro-Palestinian activism. Ryan Kohls reports. The media outlets in the Serbian president's corner For the past five months, Serbia has been in the grip of historic protests against President Aleksandar Vucic's government. Young people have led the way, demanding political reform. But in doing so they've faced a powerful adversary - not only in government, but in its collection of loyalists in the media. Meenakshi Ravi reports from Belgrade on the narrative they have been spinning and the pushback they are getting from Serbian citizens. Featuring: Snjezana Milivojevic – Professor, University of Belgrade Vesna Radojevic – Reporter, KRIK Suzana Vasiljevic – Media adviser to the president of Serbia

Turkiye is witnessing its largest protests in more than a decade. Millions have taken to the streets after the arrest of Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu - who is seen as the biggest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidency. Nearly 2,000 people have been detained so far, including journalists. But despite myriad official efforts to suppress news coverage, protesters keep pouring onto the streets. Contributors: Mehmet Celik – Editorial Coordinator, Daily Sabah Onur Erim – Political Adviser and President, Dragoman Strategies Ece Temelkuran – Author and Journalist Amberin Zaman – Chief Correspondent, Al-Monitor On our radar: Israel this week killed another two journalists in Gaza - Al Jazeera Mubaser's Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour from the newspaper Palestine Today. The death toll of Palestinian media workers since October 7 now stands at more than 230. Tariq Nafi reports. Milei vs the media: the war on Argentina's press freedom One year into Javier Milei's presidency, Argentina is reeling from his radical economic policies and his escalating war on the press. Milei has targeted journalists, shut down the state news agency, and bypassed traditional media in favor of online platforms. As his government tightens its grip on information, Argentina's media landscape is shifting. We hear from two journalists on opposite ends of the political spectrum about what Milei's crackdown means for press freedom in Argentina. Featuring: Marcelo Longobardi – Journalist Julia Mengolini – Founder and presenter, Futurock

The ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump in January barely lived up to its name. Despite the deal, Israel continued its attacks on Gaza, killing more than 150 Palestinians in just eight weeks. The last remnants of hope were shattered as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched one of the deadliest bombing campaigns since the genocide began - followed by a ground invasion. Israeli outlets have largely ignored the human toll while Western journalists, despite mounting criticism, remain stuck in familiar patterns of reporting. Contributors: Dalal Iriqat – Associate professor, Arab American University Palestine Haggai Matar – Executive director, +972 Magazine Assal Rad – Middle East scholar and author Nathan Thrall – Jerusalem-based writer On our radar The arrest of Istanbul's mayor and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's strongest challenger, Ekrem Imamoglu, has set off a political firestorm in Turkiye. As mass demonstrations erupt nationwide and social media platforms are throttled, Meenakshi Ravi reports on one of the biggest protest waves Turkiye has seen in a decade and how it's testing the limits of the government's control. Israel's settlers: from margin to mainstream From rampaging through the occupied West Bank to setting their sights on colonising Gaza, Israel's settlers wield more power now than ever before. Once unthinkable to many Israelis, their calls to re-establish settlements in the Gaza Strip have entered the mainstream media discussion. The Listening Post's Nic Muirhead reports on how the Israeli media have helped catapult the settlers from the margins to the mainstream. Featuring: Hilla Dayan – Sociologist, University of Amsterdam Nimrod Nir – Political psychologist, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Oren Ziv – Photojournalist, +972 Magazine

Just months after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has been rocked by an eruption of violence. Coastal towns have turned into killing fields, with forces aligned with the government accused of massacring hundreds of civilians from religious minorities. The Syrian online space is also littered with misinformation - part of an information war that is inciting sectarian fear and deepening divisions, in a country still raw from years of civil war and decades under a brutal regime. Lead contributors: Zaina Erhaim – Journalist Ahmad Primo – Founder, Verify Syria Ola Suliman – Campaigns lead, The Syria Campaign Rim Turkmani – Syria research programme director, LSE On our radar: The Trump White House is waging an unprecedented crackdown on pro-Palestine activism on university campuses. Meenakshi Ravi reports on Mahmoud Khalil - a Columbia graduate and, in theory, permanent US resident, who now faces deportation. ICE's PR blitz: Immigration raids as entertainment In Trump's America, immigration enforcement isn't just policy - it's a spectacle. With ICE raids increasingly staged for the cameras, and journalists given front-row access to capture dramatic arrests, is it law and order or a made-for-TV performance? The Listening Post's Tariq Nafi explores the media's role in shaping the immigration debate. Featuring: Patrick Bet-David – Host, PBD podcast Michelle Garcia – Journalist and author Abraham Paulos – Deputy director, Black Alliance for Just Immigration

Seven weeks into the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel openly resumes its war crimes in Gaza - blocking humanitarian aid - with the tacit support of the international mainstream media. Lead contributors: Daniel Levy – President, US/Middle East Project Saree Makdisi – Professor of English and comparative literature, UCLA Samira Mohyeddin – Founder, On the Line Media Mouin Rabbani – Co-editor, Jadaliyya On our radar: The LA Times' new AI "bias meter" - which offers a counterpoint to the paper's opinion pieces, has stirred controversy. Tariq Nafi explores its role in a changing media landscape that's cosying up to Donald Trump. Are the ADL's anti-Semitism stats credible? The Anti-Defamation League is one of the most influential and well-funded NGOs in the US - and it's getting more media attention than ever. The Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi reports on the organisation, its high-profile CEO, and its troubling stance: Conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Featuring: Omar Baddar – Political and media analyst Eva Borgwardt – National spokesperson, If Not Now Emmaia Gelman – Director, The Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism

With international media's attention on the captive exchange, the Israeli military and settlers are forcibly displacing tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli journalists are parroting military talking points of security operations. Contributors: Abdaljawad Omar - Assistant professor, Birzeit University Jehad Abusalim - Co-editor, Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire Ori Goldberg - Academic and political commentator Samira Mohyeddin - Founder, On the Line Media On our radar: This week, the return of the Bibas family bodies dominated Israeli media coverage. Tariq Nafi reports on how their deaths have been used for "hasbara", after the family accused Netanyahu's government of exploiting their grief for political purposes. The Kenyan ‘Manosphere' Populated by loudmouths, shock artists and unapologetic chauvinists, the Kenyan "manosphere" is promoting an influential - and at times dangerous - take on modern masculinity. Featuring:  Audrey Mugeni - Co-founder, Femicide Count Kenya Awino Okech - Professor of feminist and security studies, SOAS Onyango Otieno - Mental health coach and writer

The far-right AfD threatens to breach the political "firewall" that has long kept it out of power, as election disinformation from both the US and Russia disrupts the German media's election coverage. Contributors: Olaf Böhnke - Berlin director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation Ulrich Brückner - Political analyst Michaela Küfner - Chief political editor, DW On our radar: This week, US President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia, kicking off an exchange of barbs with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Meenakshi Ravi reports on the diplomatic fallout and the Russian media's gleeful response. Bukele's media machine: Controlling the narrative in El Salvador Mass arrests, silencing dissent, and prisons for hire; six years on, President Nayib Bukele's unique brand of populism remains wildly popular in El Salvador. The Listening Post's Elettra Scrivo reports on the price some journalists have had to pay for it. Featuring: Sergio Arauz - President, the Journalist Association of El Salvador Jessica Ávalos - Investigative journalist Víctor Barahona - Community journalist Andrés Guzman - Presidential commissioner, human rights and freedom of expression

It's an alarming moment in US politics. Developments have been fast and furious, with Donald Trump flooding the news space at a rate journalists find hard to handle. His plan for an American takeover of the Gaza Strip, the reshaping of federal agencies and the unchecked power handed to Musk all beg a question: Who is really running the country? Contributors: Danielle Moodie – Host, The Danielle Moodie Show Jon Allsop – Journalist, Columbia Journalism Review Max Tani – Media editor, Semafor Mehdi Hasan – Editor-in-chief, Zeteo News On our radar As Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, embarks on a global PR blitz, Syrians wonder if meaningful change will follow. Tariq Nafi reports. Cameroon: The red lines around the world's oldest leader As Cameroon's 92-year-old president nears another birthday, his prolonged absences from office have prompted rumours. Rather than quashing them, Biya has simply banned Cameroon's media from reporting on his health. Featuring: Ana Aremeyaw Anas – Head, Network of African Investigative Reporters and Editors Eugene Ndi – Journalist Kah Walla – Politician and social activist Paul Chouta – Exiled journalist

The return of more than half a million displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, having survived war, siege and starvation, is a historic moment. For right-wing media outlets in Israel, however, it's a humiliation. Contributors: Abdullah Al-Arian – Associate Professor, Georgetown University in Qatar Jehad Abusalim – Executive Director, Institute for Palestine Studies Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man – Director of Israel-Palestine Research, DAWN Yara Hawari – Co-Director, Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network On our radar The new White House press secretary gives the media briefing a Trumpian makeover. Ryan Kohl reports. Black Myth: Wukong - China's journey to the west Merging traditional Chinese folklore with modern technology, the video game Black Myth: Wukong is revolutionising China's gaming industry - and politicians in Beijing are reaping the rewards. Featuring: Daniel Camilo – China Gaming Consultant Lizzi Lee – Host, The China Project Tingting Liu – Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

A year into the civil war in Sudan, the humanitarian costs have been staggering - but the news coverage has been minimal.A conflict on this scale should top the news agenda but it has been relegated to the back pages – in part – because of what is happening in Gaza and Ukraine. And it is increasingly difficult to deny that the lack of media interest in this war comes down to where it is being fought and how it is understood.Contributors:Hager Ali – Research fellow, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)Kholood Khair – Founding director, Confluence AdvisoryMatthew Benson – Sudan research director, London School of EconomicsYassmin Abdel-Magied – Editor, Eyes on SudanOn our radar:Silencing the voices of dissent at United States universities over Israel and Gaza. Producer Tariq Nafi reports on what that says about freedom of speech in the US.Poland's media revolutionRestoring the independence of state-owned news outlets in Poland has not exactly gone according to plan. Producer Ryan Kohls on Donald Tusk's media overhaul in the country.Featuring:Daniel Tilles – Editor-in-chief, Notes from PolandDorota Nygren – JournalistMaciej Czajkowski – Deputy director, TVPMichal Adamczyk – Former head, TVP

The algorithms that Big Tech designed - and the genocide they assisted. The Listening Post explores how Israel's killing campaign of Palestinians has relied on artificial intelligence to choose its targets. A dystopian nightmare serves as a marketing campaign for technology flawed by design, and deepens the global digital divide.Contributors:Sophia Goodfriend – Researcher, Duke UniversityMona Shtaya – Digital rights scholarMatthew Mahmoudi – Researcher, Amnesty TechSebastian Ben Daniel – Journalist, +972 MagazineOn our radar:Nicaragua put Germany in the dock at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of facilitating genocide in Gaza. Germany is the second largest weapons supplier to Israel.Meenakshi Ravi dissects the reaction from Berlin and the German media to the case.Truth to power in wartime UkraineThree years into Ukraine's war with Russia, journalists are feeling the pressure. Where once investigative outlet Bihus.info was relied on to expose Russian war crimes, they're now undergoing Soviet-style surveillance by security services for exposing corruption in Ukraine.Featuring:Yaroslav Yurchyshyn – Ukrainian Member of Parliament and chair, Freedom of Speech CommitteeNatalia Ligachova – Editor-in-Chief, Detector MediaMaria Zemlyanska – Investigative journalist, Bihus.InfoDenys Bihus – Founder, Bihus.InfoSubscribe 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

It is election season in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems set to win a third successive term in the national elections — for good reason, say his supporters. They claim 10 years of the Modi government have transformed India, from lifting millions out of poverty to elevating India's global status, but his critics say Modi's record is far from perfect.In this episode of The India Report, we analyse how India has fared in the past decade on the foreign policy and economic policy fronts.Featuring:Jayati Ghosh - Professor of economics, University of MassachusettsAnand Gurumurthy - BJP spokesperson  and economistSuhasini Haider - Diplomatic affairs editor, The HinduRaghuram Rajan - Former governor, Reserve Bank of IndiaVeena Sikri - Former external affairs diplomat for India

With international reporters locked out, Palestinian journalists have made huge sacrifices to keep the world informed of the unprecedented killing and destruction in Gaza.More media workers have been killed by Israel since October 7 than in any other conflict in modern history.Like the rest of the population, Gaza's journalists have also been maimed, arrested or threatened, have seen their homes and offices destroyed and are grieving over the loss of those close to them.The Listening Post spent time with three Al Jazeera journalists between February and March 2024.Contributors:Anas al-Sharif – Reporter, Al Jazeera ArabicHind Khoudary – Reporter, Al Jazeera EnglishMarah Elwadiya – Journalist, Al Jazeera DigitalA Listening Post/Ain Media co-production.Tariq Nafi – Senior ProducerShrouq Aila – Gaza-based ProducerAhmed Madi – ProducerKit Harwood – EditorMeenakshi Ravi – Executive ProducerSubscribe 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

Six months into Israel's devastating war on Gaza, the United Nations Security Council has finally passed a resolution demanding a ceasefire. The United States's abstention marks a pivotal moment in Israel's increasing international isolation.In the Israeli media, the opposition to the UN vote is near-unanimous and unsurprising. More striking is the lack of interest from American news outlets. The implications this story raises are perhaps a little uncomfortable for them - they hit too close to home.Contributors:Ramzy Baroud - Editor, The Palestine ChronicleArdi Imseis  - Former UNRWA officialDaniel Levy - President, US-Middle East ProjectSarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director, DAWNOn our radar:A New York Times piece has revealed more information about the mass surveillance Israel has deployed on Palestinians in Gaza. Producer Tariq Nafi reports on how facial recognition is being used to collect and catalogue the faces of Palestinians, “without their knowledge or consent".Modi's messaging machineIn a few weeks, India will launch a six-week-long process of voting for the next national government - and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to win an historic third term in office. Producer Meenakshi Ravi explores the all-encompassing information ecosystem that is likely to help put Modi back in the prime minister's office.Featuring :Neerja Chowdhury - Contributing editor, Indian ExpressNilanjan Mukhopadhyay - Author, Narenda Modi: The man, the timesSaba Naqvi - Author, The Saffron Storm

With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India's mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how did the media in India get to this point and what does it mean for the upcoming elections?Featuring:Ravish Kumar - Former Host, NDTVShashi Shekhar Vempati - Former CEO, Prasar BharatiPramod Raman - Chief Editor, MediaOneAmy Kazmin - Former South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial TimesMeena Kotwal - Founder, The MooknayakSubscribe 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 threat to ban TikTok in the United States has prompted an online backlash. Critics question the premise that Chinese ownership poses a security risk and suggest the real reason may be the surge in pro-Palestinian content since October 7.Contributors:Julia Angwin - Tech Policy Writer, New York Times; Founder, Proof NewsRussel Brandom - Tech Editor, Rest Of The WorldMarwa Fatafta - MENA Policy and Advocacy Director, Access NowEvan Greer – Director, Fight for the FutureOn our radar:In yet another deadly raid on Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital, Israel abducted Palestinian journalists covering the story – including one of Al Jazeera's own. Producer Nicholas Muirhead reports.Why Russia has looted Ukraine's artFollowing Vladimir Putin's expected re-election this week, we're revisiting a story about the Russian military's targeting of Ukraine's heritage. Producer Tariq Nafi explores how Russia's war on Ukrainian culture is designed to rewrite history and weaken the country's resistance.Featuring:Milena Chorna - Head of International Exhibitions, War Museum in UkraineAlina Dotsenko - Director, Kherson Regional Art MuseumIhor Poshyvailo - General Director, Maidan Museum

Elections are weeks away in India and opposition parties are attempting to take on the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking a third consecutive term.The opposition claims that Modi's success rate has very little to do with his governance – but more because scores of his political rivals have been arrested or charged on questionable grounds. They say it has kneecapped the opposition and gamed the political arena in favour of the governing party.In this episode of The India Report, Sreenivasan Jain examines whether these actions are – as the Prime Minister claims – part of his crusade against high-level corruption, or an unprecedented campaign against of the opposition which is deeply dangerous to India's democracy.Featuring:Derek O'Brien - Member of Indian ParliamentAdish Aggarwala - President, Supreme Court Bar AssociationAnjali Bhardwaj - Founder, Satark Nagrik SangathanPriyanka Kakkar - Chief Spokesperson, AAPMaya Tudor - Professor, Blavatnik School of Government

With the global media's attention trained on Gaza since October 7, things have worsened for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and near impossible for journalists to cover.With their movement severely restricted, dozens of Palestinian journalists have been arrested, often held without trial or charge.Contributors:Anan Quzmar - JournalistAssal Rad - Middle East Scholar and AuthorMariam Barghouti - Writer and JournalistOren Ziv - Journalist, +972 MagazineOn our radar:Ahead of an upcoming election in India, there has been a slew of movie releases built around key Modi government talking points. Producer Tariq Nafi discusses Bollywood's role in electioneering.George Soros - Financier, philanthropist Or bogeyman?Hungarian-American billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros has been at the centre of countless conspiracy theories. Flo Phillips sifts through fact and fiction to understand how the crusade against Soros became one of the most destructive smear campaigns of the 21st century and a blueprint for others.Featuring:Emily Tamkin - Author, The Influence Of SorosHannes Grassegger - Reporter and Founder, Polaris NewsMarius Dragomir - Director, Center For Media, Data and Society (CMDS)Credits: George Soros images courtesy of the Open Society Foundations

The politics of Hindu nationalism have played a central role in the dramatic rise of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As the elections have neared, the Modi regime has turbocharged its Hindu-first agenda - best exemplified in the inauguration of the Ram Temple in the city of Ayodhya.Veteran journalist Sreenivasan Jain explains how the opening of this temple - and the whitewashing of its controversial past - illustrates how Modi and his party have made their brand of Hindu supremacism not only acceptable, but a key part of Narendra Modi's appeal to Indians.Featuring:Asaduddin Owaisi - Member of the Indian ParliamentUma Bharti - Former Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata PartyHartosh Singh Bal - Political Editor, The Caravan

The United States' airdrops of aid into Gaza are a textbook case of cognitive dissonance on the part of the US administration - dropping food while continuing to send Israel bombs with which to pulverise Gaza. And the gulf between what's happening on the ground and the mainstream media's reportage continues to widen.Contributors:Laura Albast - Fellow, Institute for Palestine StudiesMohamad Bazzi - Professor, New York UniversityAntony Loewenstein - Author, The Palestine LaboratoryMouin Rabbani - Co-editor, JadaliyyaOn our radar:Since Israel launched its assault on Gaza, the war has been a delicate subject for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The war has led to censorship of news coverage and suppression of public protest. Meenakshi Ravi reports.Israel's cultural annihilation in GazaThe Listening Post has covered Israel's war on Gaza through the prism of the media, including the unprecedented killing of Palestinian journalists. But there's another level to what's unfolding in Gaza: the genocidal assault on Palestinian history, existence and culture.Featuring:Jehad Abusalim - Executive Director, The Jerusalem Fund

In December 2023, The New York Times published an explosive article - now widely discredited - that detailed Hamas's agenda to weaponise rape and sexual violence on October 7. We reveal the controversies surrounding the article along with the broader issue of Western media outlets' pro-Israeli/anti-Palestinian bias.Lead contributors:Ali Abunimah - Director, Electronic IntifadaChris Hedges - Former Middle East Bureau Chief, The New York TimesYumna Patel - Palestine News Director, MondoweissOn our radar:After they won an award at the Berlinale film festival, the reaction to a speech by filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra has become the latest example of Germany's toxic debate on Gaza.  Meenakshi Ravi reports.Genocide in Gaza through the eyes of Israeli soldiersFor months, Israeli soldiers in Gaza have been documenting their own war crimes against Palestinians and sharing them on social media.The Listening Post collected and reviewed hundreds of items. We asked three experts on human rights and torture to examine the material.Featuring:Basil Farraj - Assistant Professor, Birzeit UniversityLisa Hajjar - Professor of Sociology, UC Santa BarbaraSarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)Producers: Tariq Nafi and Elettra ScrivoWith thanks to: Younis Tiwari and Tali ShapiroSubscribe 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

With Alexey Navalny's death and Julian Assange's extradition appeal happening within a week of each other, we look at the selective treatment of the two dissenters in the Western media.Lead contributors:Chip Gibbons - Policy Director, Defending Rights & DissentMatt Kennard - Chief Investigator, Declassified UKBranko Marcetic - Writer, JacobinRebecca Vincent - Director of Campaigns, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)On our radar:Usually silent in the face of the suffering in Gaza, Israeli TV channels broadcast segments on the abuse of Palestinian captives - with a positive spin. Tariq Nafi reports.Namibia's (mis)remembered genocideGermany's genocide in Namibia early in the 20th century has long been a misremembered episode in colonial history. Despite efforts to correct that record, many are yet to hear the testimonies of the victimised communities: the Herero and Nama peoples.Featuring:Christina Haritos - Communications ScholarSuzie Ndaundika Shefeni - Researcher and JournalistJephta Nguherimo - Herero Activist and Poet

More than a million Palestinians have been crammed into the city of Rafah -  which is being bombed by Israel with the imminent threat of a ground invasion. Western media, however, has once again failed to communicate the severity of this moment.Contributors:Laura Albast - Media Analyst, Institute for Palestine Studies-USANabih Bulos - Middle East Bureau Chief, LA TimesAdel Iskandar - Professor of Global Communication, Simon Fraser UniversityJacob Magid - US Bureau Chief, The Times of IsraelOn our radar:Haaretz newspaper published an article about Israeli soldiers cooking food in Palestinian homes– the same homes these soldiers chased them out of, all while Palestinians themselves are being starved by Israel. Nic Muirhead on the mocking of Palestinian suffering.The Kremlin's youth militarisation pushSince Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has invested considerably in managing domestic perceptions of the war - including among younger citizens.With the war dragging on, the government's youth propaganda has escalated. Educational institutions have become part of an orchestrated effort to shape loyal militarised nationalists and passive media consumers.Contributors:Alexander Borodikhin - Editor, MediazonaEkaterina Kotrikadze - Anchor, TV RainIan Garner - Professor, Queen's University Centre for International and Defence Policy

This past week's elections in Pakistan were meant to be a formality, the outcome - a win for the PMLN - predetermined by the Pakistani military and intelligence apparatus.But despite their attempt to manage the narrative and meddle with politics, former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party, the PTI, had an unexpected pull with the people.Contributors:Amber Shamsi - Director, Centre for Excellence in JournalismAsma Shirazi - Anchor, HUM NewsFahd Husain - President, AIK NewsMoeed Pirzada - Journalist and YouTuberOn our radar:Two weeks after the International Court of Justice concluded Israel may be committing genocide in Gaza, Israeli soldiers continue to film and upload evidence of their own war crimes. Tariq Nafi examines the material being posted online.John Kirby: US messenger on the Gaza WarFor Israel's primary backer in its war on Gaza, the United States, getting the messaging right has not been easy. The face of the White House's policy is US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.Despite some uncomfortable exchanges with reporters, Kirby has maintained an aggressive approach in his delivery. Whether audiences are buying it is another matter.Meenakshi Ravi explores the figure of the spokesperson and the challenges of being President Biden's messenger on Gaza.Featuring:John Nichols - National affairs correspondent, The NationKristian Denny - Associate professor, Columbia UniversityPrem Thakker - Politics reporter, The Intercept

Israeli intelligence accuses a UN refugee agency of collusion with Hamas – and the media take it at face value.Israel has for years been claiming that the United Nations refugee agency (UNRWA) is in cahoots with Hamas. The latest allegations – which coincided with the International Court of Justice's order for Israel to prevent genocide – bear the hallmarks of a distraction tactic. So far, the media have taken the bait.Contributors:Diana Buttu – Palestinian lawyerTal Mimran – Former Israeli government adviserAbdaljawad Omar – Academic, Birzeit UniversityKenneth Roth – Former executive director, Human Rights WatchOn our radarLast month, a New York Times investigation carried Israeli allegations of sexual violence by Hamas during its October 7 attacks. Meenakshi Ravi explains why that story is being called into question.Germany's ‘Palestine exception' to free speechHistorical guilt and the stifling of pro-Palestinian dissent in Germany.Contributors:Hebh Jamal – Palestinian journalistHanno Hauenstein – Journalist and former editor, Berliner ZeitungWieland Hoban – Chair, Jewish Voice for Peace

Part 1: What does the ICJ ruling mean for Israel?Judgement day at the International Court of Justice. The court has ruled the people of Gaza must be protected from genocidal acts carried out by Israel.Richard Gizbert is joined by producer Tariq Nafi to discuss the impact this ruling could have on how the media discuss the war in Gaza.Part 2: Mohammed el-Kurd on Palestinian resistanceWriter and journalist Mohammed el-Kurd in a video essay on Palestinian resistance and the Western media's warped coverage of Palestine.Contributor:Mohammed el-Kurd - Writer and journalistPart 3: India: Temple opening or election campaign kickoff?A long-anticipated – and deeply contentious - consecration of a Hindu temple in India this past week featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi front and centre.The country's mainstream media enthusiastically played along, giving Modi valuable airtime in what is an election year.Contributors:Apoorvanand - Professor, Delhi UniversitySeema Chishti - Editor, The WirePamela Philipose - Author, Media's Shifting TerrainSreemoy Talukdar - Deputy executive editor, Firstpost

The ICJ hearings have drawn scorn as well as shock from Israel's media punditry. In the West, however, the case has emboldened journalists to ask tougher questions of the Israeli narrative.Lead contributors:Oren Ziv - Reporter, +972 MagazineMouin Rabbani - Co-editor, JadaliyyaSelma Carmey - Human rights lawyerGideon Levy - Columnist, HaaretzDaniel Levy - President, US/Middle East Project; Former Israeli political adviserOn our radar:Australia's public broadcaster- ABC - fired a radio host after she shared a report on Gaza's humanitarian crisis to her social media. Meenakshi Ravi reports on a leak showing a pro-Israel pressure group may have been involved.Feature: Top marks for FinlandFinland's educational drive around media literacy offers a model for educators, broadcasters and countries around the world.Feature contributors:Leo Pekkala - Deputy director, National Audiovisual InstituteMari Vesanummi - Media education producer, YLEValtteri Kela - Finnish language teacher, Helsinki French Finnish SchoolValentina Uitto - History teacher, Helsinki French Finnish School

With the International Court of Justice deliberating over South Africa's genocide case against Israel, we look at how the proceedings could affect reporting on the war.Contributors:Qaanitah Hunter - Journalist, News24Nimer Sultany - Editor-in-Chief, The Palestine Yearbook of International LawDaniel Levy - President, US/Middle East ProjectTony Leon - Political commentatorOn our radar:In Ecuador, masked gang members break into the studio of the state broadcaster, firing at staff and taking hostages. Tariq Nafi explains the country's gang violence crisis and why the media has become a target.Feature - Sudan: 2023's Forgotten WarThousands killed, millions displaced - the crisis in Sudan continues unabated and underreported. Two Sudanese journalists reflect on the coverage of Sudan's civil war.Contributors:Yassmin Abdel-Magied - Editor, Eyes on SudanIsma'il Kushkush - Sudanese-American journalistSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ajlisteningpostFind us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ajlisteningpostCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-listening-post/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #SouthAfrica #News

After three months of destruction, displacement and the killing of Palestinians, we take a deep dive into the way the Gaza story has been covered.Since the attacks on October 7, The Listening Post has interviewed a range of experts on the news coverage – what's missing in it, and how it has helped enable the crimes being waged on Palestinians in Gaza.In this special edition, we've compiled three interviews – with one journalist, one expert on human rights and another on digital rights. They talk us through the way the media – through their news coverage – have helped pave the way to a genocide.Contributors:Francesca Albanese – United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMarwa Fatafta – MENA Policy and Advocacy Director, Access NowMariam Barghouti – Writer and journalist

In 17 years of The Listening Post, we have never seen a story anything like Israel's war on Gaza.It has been a turning point for the world order as we know it and its media ecosystem – which is why, since October 7, we have covered nothing else.In this special edition, we compiled our reporting on the Gaza war over the past 12 weeks. The extent of the brutality, a genocide unfolding in plain sight; the sheer volume of disinformation, designed to defend the indefensible; and the complicity of so many Western news outlets – repeatedly exposed for failing to question Israeli propaganda, then spreading it.Contributors:Ariella Aïsha Azoulay - Professor of Modern Culture & Media, Brown UniversityAzad Essa - Author, Hostile HomelandsDaniel Levy - President, US/Middle East ProjectOrly Noy - Journalist, Human Rights AdvocateOmar Al-Ghazzi - Associate Professor of Media & Communications, London School of EconomicsRami Younis - Journalist; Former host On the Other Hand, Makan 33Ramzy Baroud - Editor-in-Chief, Palestine ChronicleSarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director, DAWNSwasti Rao - Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & AnalysesYara Eid - Palestinian Journalist in GazaYumna Patel - Palestine News Director, MondoweissSubscribe 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

According to Gaza's government media office, Israel's military has now killed 97 journalists in the Strip. Israel has barred international media from entering Gaza, firsthand reporting on the onslaught there has been left to Palestinians already locked into the occupied territory - documenting their own genocide.Contributors:Amahl Bishara - Professor of anthropology, Tufts UniversityArwa Damon - Former senior international correspondent, CNNSari Bashi - Program director, Human Rights WatchWael Dahdouh - Gaza bureau chief, Al Jazeera ArabicOn our radar:The settler movement - which has placed 700,000 Israelis on the West Bank in complete contravention of international law - now has its eyes on Gaza. Producer Flo Phillips on Israeli developers' plans in post-war Gaza.The war in Gaza & the end times - the Christian Zionist view:Evangelicals in the United States - many of whom call themselves Christian Zionists - are some of the biggest supporters of Israel in the US, and they broadcast their support on TV and radio networks that have huge audiences.Contributors:Chrissy Stroop - Senior correspondent, Religion DispatchesMelani McAlister - Author, The Kingdom of God Has No BordersSarah Posner - Journalist and author, UnholySubscribe 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

Israel's ethnic cleansing of Gaza is being witnessed in real time, with Palestinian civilians broadcasting their own bombardment; Israeli soldiers streaming sadistic acts of humiliation - proof of an historic crime. The question Palestinians are asking - urgently - is whether it will make any difference.Contributors:Ariella Aisha Azoulay - Professor of Modern Culture & Media, Brown UniversityOmar Al-Ghazzi - Associate Professor of Media & Communications, LSERamzy Baroud - Editor-in-Chief, Palestine ChronicleYumna Patel - Palestine News Director, MondoweissOn our radar:Eighty-nine journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7. Producer Tariq Nafi on the targeting of journalists, and their families, in Gaza.Silenced and surveilled: Palestinian citizens of Israel:Hundreds of Palestinian citizens of Israel have been arrested for social media posts criticising Israel's assault on Gaza. Rami Younis talks about the clampdown on Israel's Palestinian citizens.Contributor:Rami Younis - Journalist, Former host of ‘On the Other Hand', Makan 33Subscribe 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

More than 60 days into the Israel-Gaza war, two Israeli news outlets - +972 magazine and Local Call - published a report on The Gospel, a new artificial intelligence system deployed in Gaza.The AI helps generate new targets at an unprecedented rate, allowing the Israeli military to loosen its already permissive constraints on the killing of civilians.Contributors:Marwa Fatafta - MENA Policy and Advocacy Director, Access NowOmar Shakir - Israel and Palestine Director, Human Rights WatchSophia Goodfriend - JournalistTal Mimran - Former legal adviser, Israeli Ministry of Justice and Israeli militaryOn our radar:The exchange of hostages between Israel and Hamas late last month created some challenges for the Netanyahu government - and its messaging. Producer Meenakshi Ravi looks at how Israeli media has been reporting on the story.Mariam Barghouti: “The media is complicit in the Gaza war”:As the world is focused on the events unfolding in Gaza, Israel has also escalated its attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, where Hamas has no authority or military presence. Journalist Mariam Barghouti joins us to discuss the intensification of surveillance technologies, the clamp down on speech and the rise of violence in the West Bank.Contributor:Mariam Barghouti - Palestinian Writer and JournalistSubscribe 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

If the United States has aided and abetted Israel's campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, the European Union's role has been one of quiet complicity.In a special edition of The Listening Post, we examine the discourse around the conflict in three EU countries: Germany, where shows of support for the Palestinians have been heavily suppressed; France, where television news channels have distorted the debate to suit their own agendas; and the outlier that is Ireland, where there has been probing criticism of Israel's actions - from politicians and in the media.Segment 1: GermanyContributors:Hanno Hauenstein - Journalist and former editor Berliner ZeitungWieland Hoban - Chair, Jewish Voice for PeaceHebh Jamal - Palestinian journalistSegment 2: FranceContributors:Rima Hassan - International Lawyer and President, Refugee Camps ObservatoryThomas Legrand - Radio Host, France InterDaniel Schneidermann - Founder & Columnist, Arrêt Sur Images and Columnist, LibérationSegment 3: IrelandContributors:Brendan Ciarán Browne - Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Fellow of Trinity College DublinUna Mullally - Columnist, The Irish TimesShona Murray - Europe Correspondent, EuronewsSubscribe 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

Forty-eight days of bloodshed later, a truce lasting 96 hours - between Israel and Hamas - has come into effect, giving Palestinians in Gaza some temporary room to breathe. But in the information war, there is no ceasefire in sight.Contributors:Abboud Omar Hamayel – Academic, Birzeit UniversityHussein Ibish – Arab Gulf States InstituteMia Bloom – Professor, Georgia State UniversityShashank Joshi – Defence Editor, EconomistOn our radar:This past week has been one of the most devastating for journalists in Gaza. This, in a war that has already been described as the “deadliest period on record” for the media. Meenakshi Ravi has the details.Francesca Albanese: Western media living in ‘alternative reality':In recent weeks, there has been an alarmingly small number of official voices calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. One exception has been Francesca Albanese - the United Nation's Special 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 Special Rapporteur on the Occupied TerritoriesSubscribe 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 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

Politicians have long had a tendency to frame the past in a way that suits their political agenda in the present and the Holocaust is no different.In this special episode of The Listening Post, Johanna Hoes reports on historical revisionism in Poland; the governing right-wing Law and Justice party's attempts to portray all Polish people as heroes or victims while concealing an uncomfortable truth: that some Poles collaborated with the Nazis and were complicit in crimes against Jews.Contributors:Nelly Ben-Or - Holocaust Survivor & PianistMindu Hornick - Auschwitz SurvivorPawel Sawicki - Press Officer, Auschwitz-Birkenau State MuseumJan Grabowski - Professor of History, University of OttawaKatia Patin - Multimedia Editor, Coda StorySubscribe 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

A military takeover in Niger as the Kremlin and Russian mercenaries lurk on the sidelines and the airwaves. But would Russia be any less exploitative than Niger's old colonial masters?Contributors:Alexis Akwagyiram - Managing editor, Semafor AfricaMathieu Oliver - Journalist, Jeune AfriqueAanu Adeoye - West Africa correspondent, Financial TimesDelina Goxho - Security analystOn our radar:China wants its citizens to be on the lookout - online - for spies. Johanna Hoes looks at their tips and tricks for spotting the difference between work and espionage.India's media whistleblower:"India's media is one of its biggest problems right now," says veteran Indian journalist Ravish Kumar, offering a sobering temperature check on the country's news media ahead of an upcoming election.Contributor:Ravish Kumar - Former host, NDTV IndiaSubscribe 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

A viral video revealing a shocking case of sexual assault has put the northeastern Indian state of Manipur on the radar and shed light on a place that the mainstream media has paid scant attention to.Contributors:Anubha Bhonsle - founder, NewsworthySamrat Choudhury - journalist and author, Northeast India: A Political HistoryPatricia Mukhim - editor, The Shillong TimesSushant Singh - consulting editor, The Caravan; senior fellow, Centre for Policy ResearchOn our radar:Israelis are describing the fight over judicial reform as a looming civil war. Producer Tariq Nafi looks at how the Israeli media has covered the story.Satellite imagery: the final frontier for news?:Satellites have entered the newsroom, but are they the all-seeing eye their makers claim them to be? Producer Ahmed Madi reports on the stories they are telling - and the stories they aren't.Contributors:Michael Cruickshank - geospatial analyst and open-source journalistChris Quilty - satellite and space industry analyst; CEO, Quilty AnalyticsLisa Parks - director, Global Media Technologies & Cultures Lab; author, Cultures in Orbit: Satellites and the Televisual

For the first time in 63 years, Hollywood actors have joined writers in a double strike against studio powerhouses, demanding better pay, fairer working conditions, and protections from present and future AI threats.Contributors:Miranda Banks - Media professor, Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and TelevisionDaheli Hall - Writer and actorMeg James - Senior entertainment writer, Los Angeles TimesSharon Waxman - CEO and founder, The WrapOn our radar:Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the United States this past week in an attempt to smooth over some diplomatic tensions. Meenakshi Ravi reports on the ceremonies and spectacle of the visit.The politics behind football's greatest rivalry:Spanish voters head to the polls in a general election that could result in the strongest showing for the far right since the days of the Franco dictatorship. Flo Phillips explores the role football has played, and still plays, in Spanish politics and propaganda.Contributors:Guillem Balague - Football journalist and commentatorSid Lowe - Author of Fear and Loathing in La LigaAlejandro Quiroga - Reader in Spanish history, Newcastle UniversitySubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News