International Insider: Conflict Week Two; Big Questions At Mipcom; Saudi Setback
20.10.2023 - 12:33
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Good afternoon Insiders. We’re back after a busy week in Cannes and Max Goldbart is here helming your weekly dose of news and analysis. Read on and sign up here.
Here for the long haul: We are approaching the two-week anniversary of the bloody Hamas massacre on Israel, and there is now a terrifying recognition that the region is in it for the long haul. This week has been about attempted damage limitation as Israel takes revenge on its attackers and Western nations rush to stem the flow of a crisis that is so far estimated to have claimed around 5,000 lives. Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have both visited, attempting to walk a tightrope in pledging their support for Israel while stressing the need for international law to be observed and innocent Palestinian lives to be spared. Biden was the most successful, securing a deal with Egypt to deliver aid to Gaza to ease the humanitarian crisis. News teams worldwide have been keeping track of the conflict 24/7 and if you are going to read one piece this week I would recommend Mel’s analysis of the Palestinian journalists navigating a blockade, bombs, and evacuation to keep the news flowing out of Gaza. “Often when people cover a conflict, they go somewhere to cover a conflict. Here, our staff are living in the middle of a conflict,” AFP Global News Director Phil Chetwynd tells Mel. Dive deeper here.
Events in disarray: In our world, Mipcom Director Lucy Smith kicked off the week by saying there would be increased security at the Cannes Palais. By this morning, four film festivals in the Middle East and North Africa – Cairo, El Gouna, Qatar’s Ajyal, and Tunisia’s Carthage Film Days – had been canceled as the packed fall film fest season shuts down in the region.
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