Israel’s renewed offensive in Gaza City - the largest Palestinian population centre - is being framed as an assault on Hamas’s “final stronghold”. But behind that narrative lies a campaign of expulsion and erasure that bears all the hallmarks of an endgame.

Contributors: 
Dana Mills - Writer, Local Call & +972 Magazine
Muhammad Shehada - Journalist
Saree Makdisi - Professor of English & Comparative Literature, UCLA
Tahani Mustafa - Visiting fellow, ECFR

On our radar:

A new AI-generated website unveiled by an Israeli minister claims to “uncover the hidden ties” between Palestinian journalists and Hamas. And despite its amateurish feel, it follows a pattern of dangerous smears against Palestinians. Post’s Tariq Nafi reports.

The sci-fi obsessions of the tech elite

Silicon Valley’s tech titans often say they are shaping a better tomorrow. This is a clique of men - names like Musk, Zuckerberg, Thiel and Altman - who all say they’ve been heavily influenced by science fiction. But those imagined sci-fi futures often come with a dystopian side, warnings that tech billionaires have seemingly failed to understand.

Featuring: 

Alex Hanna - Director, Distributed AI Research Institute
Max Read - Senior editor, New York magazine
Tim Maughan - Author and Journalist

A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media, how they operate and the stories they cover.

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