Lebanon and Israel's perpetual war machine | The Listening Post

The impasse in the US-Israel war on Iran has turned Lebanon into the conflict's most active front. Israeli forces are entrenched in the country's south, a de facto occupation, and have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump seeks to preserve delicate negotiations with Iran, but, as Israeli support for the war continues to grow, Lebanon remains a key point of contention.

Lead contributors: 

Nicholas Noe - Senior fellow, Refugees International
Maya Rosen - Editor, Jewish Currents
Randa Slim - Middle East programme director, Stimson Centre

On our radar: 

This week, two prominent American commentators, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, had their UK visas revoked before scheduled speaking events in London. Both are outspoken critics of Israel, its occupation, its wars and the US policy towards it. The action by the UK authorities has called into question the right to free speech and political expression in the country. Meenakshi Ravi reports.

AfrofeminasGPT: AI through a Black feminist lens

Artificial intelligence systems are often trained on data shaped by human bias. As a result, discrimination can spread through the systems that increasingly shape our lives. In Spain, one woman is trying to change that with AfrofeminasGPT - a chatbot trained on Black feminist and decolonial thought, designed to challenge racism in AI. But can an alternative, built on the same model that it seeks to reform, ever truly be independent?

Feature contributor: 

Mutale Nkonde - AI Researcher, Cambridge University
Safiya Noble - Professor, UCLA
Antoinette Torres Soler - Founder, Afrofemin

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