Why Every Lebanese Crisis Feels Worse Than the Last

The Failure to Stop Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Has Allowed It to Expand Into Lebanon

While the world’s attention is focused on the U.S.-Israeli aggression in Iran and Donald Trump’s genocidal proclamations, Israel is perpetrating genocide in Lebanon. Trump threatened genocide in Iran on April 7, stating, “A whole civilization will die tonight.” The next day, he agreed to a two-week ceasefire. In response, Israel almost immediately intensified its assault on Lebanon… Source

Why Every Lebanese Crisis Feels Worse Than the Last

Hosted by Faisal Al YafaiFeaturing Nada Bakri and Zahra HankirProduced by Finbar Anderson Listen to and follow The LedeApple Podcasts | Spotify | Youtube | Podbean Israel’s strikes on Lebanon on April 8 came out of the blue, journalist and returning guest to the podcast Zahra Hankir tells Faisal Al Yafai on The Lede. “People had no idea what was coming — they thought Lebanon was part of the ceasefire [agreed between the U.S. and Iran],” she says…

Rami Zurayk on Israel's ongoing assault against Lebanon

In April 12, JWE president Helena Cobban conducted a timely conversation with with Prof. Rami Zurayk on the impact on Lebanon of the violence that Israel has unleashed against the country for many months now. (Israel escalated that violence very notably on April 8– the very day on which it looked as if Washington was finally ready to sit down and negotiate a serious ceasefire with Iran.) This was the twelfth episode in JWE’s ongoing project on t…