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The Beirut-based journalist provides his analysis on why Israel is able to impose a one-way 'ceasefire', its broader war aims in South Lebanon, and the people caught in the middle.
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Please note this episode was recorded prior to the extension of the 'ceasefire' announced on 23 April 2026.
Mat Nashed is an award-nominated journalist who has covered the MENA region since the Arab Spring. He was previously the feature's print correspondent for Al Jazeera English and has written and reported for various other platforms, including Newlines Magazine, The New Humanitarian, The Committee to Protect Journalists, the Carnegie Endowment, and many others. He has extensively covered politics and conflict in the Nile Basin and the Levant.You can follow him at @matnashed on X and Instagram.
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