Ilan Pappe on Israel’s new government, Laura Albast on the media coverage of Palestine

Voices of the Middle East and North Africa

With the arrival of notorious fascists in prominent positions of power in Israel, Western news media everywhere seem surprised at the extreme tenor of Israel’s government since Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power for the umptieth time, as if racism, colonialism and apartheid were somehow alien to the very DNA and mission of the so-called Jewish state. This week, prominent Israeli historian scholar professor Ilan Pappe discusses with us the implications of the recent change of administrations in Israel, for both Palestine and the entire region.