{"id":41678,"date":"2019-11-23T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=41678"},"modified":"2019-11-23T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T10:22:09","slug":"distract-deflect-disinform-israeli-politics-in-spin-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=41678","title":{"rendered":"Distract, deflect, disinform: Israeli politics in spin cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On this episode of The Listening Post<\/em>: Caught in a political tangle, Israeli politicians are demonising Palestinians and using Gaza to score points. Plus, Algeria’s viral stars.<\/p>\n

Israel: War as a political weapon<\/h2>\n

In Israel<\/a>, war, usually waged on Gaza<\/a>, can be a means of distraction; a political weapon. And that context is often missing in the news coverage.<\/p>\n

Last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> launched air raids on the Gaza Strip, what his government called “a targeted killing” of an Islamic Jihad commander.<\/p>\n

However, in political terms, those missiles weren’t even aimed at Islamic Jihad.<\/p>\n

The real target was Benny Gantz<\/a>, Netanyahu’s political rival.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu is fighting for more than his job. He’s just become the first sitting Israeli prime minister charged with a crime: indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust.<\/p>\n

So Netanyahu could use the distraction and he knows that conflict with Palestinians – military and political – can pay off.<\/p>\n

He can also count on those in the media<\/a>, who tend to shorthand the political context – and go long on the dominant narrative – that Palestinians somehow pose an “existential threat” to Israel.<\/p>\n

Lead contributors<\/strong>:
Yara Hawari – Palestine policy fellow, Al Shabaka
Anat Balint – Media scholar
Tareq Baconi – Analyst, International Crisis Group
Edo Konrad – Editor-in-chief, +972 Magazine<\/p>\n

On our radar<\/h2>\n

Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi about the internet shut-down in Iran; and election tactics in the UK.<\/p>\n

Algeria: The revolution will be YouTubed<\/h2>\n

For months now, Algerians have been hitting the streets demanding political change.<\/p>\n

Back in April they succeeded in toppling the country’s long-time president – Abdelaziz Bouteflika<\/a> – but they aren’t done. They have rejected the government’s proposed presidential elections in December, persisting with their demand that – “They must all go”.<\/p>\n

And long before this year’s demonstrations began, a generation of YouTubers – people like Raja Meziane and Anes Tina emerged as unofficial spokespeople for Algeria<\/a>‘s youth.<\/p>\n

We spoke with the two of them about the grievances they articulate, the political and social change they advocate in the videos they’ve produced – videos that have become part of the soundtrack of the Algerian revolution.<\/p>\n

Feature contributors:<\/strong>
Anes Tina – Comedian
Raja Meziane – Musician<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span>\u00a0Al Jazeera News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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