Of the more than 300 Iranian missiles fired in Israel’s path last week, the majority were shot down by Israel and its allies. Israel’s response to military targets in Isfahan on Friday also had more to do with show than substance. Whatever the outcome, Iran’s attack – and the way it was characterized in the Western media – may have given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government more support in this global battle of perceptions.
Helpers:
Laleh Khalili – Professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter
Gideon Levy – Columnist, Haaretz
Mohammad Ali Shabani – Editor, Amwaj.media
Ali Vaez – Iran Project Director and Senior Advisor, Crisis Group
On our radar:
The New York Times is facing fresh criticism over a memo about the language journalists should and shouldn’t use when discussing Palestine and Israel. About Meenakshi Ravi.
Deadly Kenyan televangelist
After more than 400 bodies were found in a forest in Kenya last year, Paul Mackenzie – a televangelist preacher – has been accused of murder. Nicholas Muirhead reports on the authorities’ plans to regulate televangelism and prevent another ‘Shakahola massacre’.
Here:
Ezra Chiloba – CEO of the Communications Authority of Kenya
Reuben Kigame – Broadcast journalist and musician
Lee Scharnick-Udemans – Principal Investigator of the Desmond Tutu Center
Rodgers Shibutse – Victim’s son
Joseph Yeri – Journalist
