How the media manufactured consent for genocide

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Key points

• The historian joins presenter Richard Gizbert to discuss her new book, Don't Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide.
• Contributor: Assal Rad, author, Don't say Palestine: How the media manufactured consent for genocide.
• In it, Rad traces the role the mainstream media played in normalising the dehumanisation of Palestinians and whitewashing Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza.
• Journalist Ameed Shehade, a correspondent for Al Araby TV, speaks with us regarding what it is like to live, and work, with a target on his back.
• Assal Rad built a reputation on social media as the "headline fixer" for her work correcting journalistic sins at major news outlets.

Notably, the historian joins presenter Richard Gizbert to discuss her new book, Don't Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide.

Contributor: Assal Rad, author, Don't say Palestine: How the media manufactured consent for genocide. Journalist Ameed Shehade: "I escaped death four times."

Over the past few weeks, Israel has intensified its efforts to create life unbearable in the occupied West Bank, where settlers – protected by the Israeli army – have been besieging, attacking and killing Palestinians. Journalist Ameed Shehade, a correspondent for Al Araby TV, speaks with us regarding what it is like to live, and work, with a target on his back. Featuring: Ameed Shehade, West Bank correspondent, Al Araby TV. Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026.

In short, how the media manufactured consent for genocide is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.