🔴 The Times they are a changing - The Grayzone live

About this episode

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss media coverage of Israeli practices and current geopolitical tensions.

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the furor over a New York Times report finally exposing legacy media readers to the systematic Israeli practice of sexual violence against Palestinian detainees. They then fact check a fabrication-filled new Israeli report designed to deflect from the PR crisis, which has prompted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to threaten a lawsuit against the Times.They also cover the latest from Lebanon, the prospect of renewed attacks on Iran, Trump's summit with Xi, and the looming political crisis in Israel. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Max Blumenthal

Guest: Aaron Mate

Topics covered

• Israeli practices
• media criticism
• political crisis
• international relations
• fact-checking

Keywords

• New York Times
• Israeli violence
• Palestinian detainees
• fact-checking
• political crisis
• Iran
• Lebanon
• Trump
• Xi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Places: Lebanon, Iran, Israel

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