Episode 249.5.5 – Wartime Cafe (free preview)

This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only!   We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content, including Roqayah's new weekly column "Last Week in Lebanon," by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you're at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts.  This week, Roqayah is joined in Beirut by writer and video journalist Hadi Hoteit, war correspondent for Press TV and producer of Wartime Cafe with Laith Marouf along with other programming at Free Palestine TV.  Hadi has been reporting from the frontlines of Israel's ongoing assault on Lebanon where he covers the aftermath of Israeli strikes and their devastating impact on infrastructure and civilian life. They discuss the politics of so-called media "neutrality," the dehumanization of communities in the South, the erasure of Lebanese suffering, and the emotional toll of documenting war. Hadi also reflects on the complicity of mainstream media in Israeli impunity and the silence of the Lebanese state in the face of relentless bombardment. You can watch Free Palestine TV on YouTube and follow Hadi Hoteit on Twitter.