Trump’s second within the Center East

United States President Donald Trump’s tour of the Center East this week is his first worldwide journey since he began his second time period. Conspicuously absent from his itinerary, nevertheless, was Washington’s closest ally within the area: Israel. Within the US and Israeli media, the obvious snub has fuelled discuss of a rising rift between Trump and his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Contributors:
Diana Buttu – Human rights lawyer and analyst
Dana Mills – Author, +972 journal and Native Name
Jeremy Scahill – Cofounder, Drop Website Information

On our radar:

Tariq Nafi experiences on the killing this week of one in every of Gaza’s best-known journalists – and why it represents a brand new low in Israel’s unparalleled warfare on the press.

Are India’s information channels serving to or harming?

The tit-for-tat battle between India and Pakistan lasted solely every week earlier than a ceasefire deal was reached, but it surely was lengthy sufficient to supply an perception into the position the media would possibly play in an extended warfare.

We communicate with Indian journalist Hartosh Singh Bal about mainstream media below Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities – from misinformation to hate speech – and the choice information shops attempting to supply the antidote.

That includes:
Hartosh Singh Bal – Government editor, The Caravan journal