The Public Source - مصدر عام

18/09/2025

“We Are Your Eyes”: Hundreds gathered at Corniche Ain al-Mreisseh yesterday to honor the more than 3,000 people injured in the Israeli Mossad’s act of terrorism last year.

People who spoke to The Public Source described their participation in the march as a duty.

“It was our loved ones, our relatives, our neighbors, our friends who were harmed,” Batoul, 25, told us. “One year later, and 10 years later, we will continue to stand by you. We will not forget. Your pain is our pain.”

“Maybe I won’t be able to help this country in any way, but at least I will have shown the survivors: I feel with you,” said Wafa, a former detainee of Khiam Prison who hails from Bint Jbeil. “It is not easy to lose your sight,” she said while holding a poster that read: “We are your eyes.”

Organizers of the march called on the Lebanese government to pursue international legal action against Israel. They demanded the prosecution of every individual who plotted, commanded, and executed the mass electronic device explosions.

“The goal of the enemy was to confine us to our homes, to break us,” said Ali Khalil, who lost his vision in the attack. “We say to you: We will not be broken. We have recovered, spiritually and socially, and we grow stronger each day.”

At the march’s conclusion, participants lingered, chatting and lighting candles.

“They died for us,” Rima Ollaik said. She held up the end of a yellow banner she had wrapped around her neck, emblazoned with the image of a young martyred fighter, Haidar Ollaik. “Why wouldn’t I be here today?”

Ain al-Mreisseh. September 17, 2025. (Lylla Younes/The Public Source)

P.S: We sat with six survivors of the pager attacks and, in an upcoming PS Visual, we’ll share their reflections one year after their lives were upended.

04/09/2025

During the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, the practice of journalists embedding with the military was perfected as a well-regulated propaganda tool. Like the embeds in Lebanon in October 2024, the stories produced became the ‘master narrative.’

This works not only because mainstream media comply with an invading military’s conditions, but also because occupying forces deliberately direct violence against journalists who work outside the embedded bubble. Israel’s military has killed more journalists and media workers than any other force in the world.

In our latest Long Read, Habib Battah and Christina Cavalcanti unpack how embedding with the Israeli military in Lebanon has shaped the story.

Read more:
https://thepublicsource.org/media-ethics-embeds-israel

02/09/2025

Israel’s chief genocidaire, Benjamin Netanyahu, admitted his regime is losing “the propaganda war.” His offer to provide military es**rt for foreign journalists to embark on guided tours of Gaza serves to control your view of genocide — sanitizing and legitimizing it. It is a bargain no journalist with professional ethics, integrity, or a conscience must accept.

We at The Public Source are calling on journalists not to participate in Israel’s war crime propaganda. Read our editorial to learn why:

https://thepublicsource.org/media-embeds-genocide

Israel’s military is planning to take foreign journalists on guided tours of Gaza. The Public Source is calling on journalists not to participate in Israel’s war crime propaganda.

01/09/2025

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28/08/2025

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will soon start bringing foreign journalists into Gaza on military embeds. We’ve seen this play before: last October, Western reporters joined Israeli forces on a guided tour of occupied southern Lebanese villages.

Their stories omitted crucial context, relied solely on military sources, and went unchallenged — turning news into state propaganda.

In our latest Long Read, Habib Battah and Christina Cavalcanti expose the omissions, errors, and false claims that slipped into mainstream coverage.

As Israel plans to es**rt foreign press into Gaza, we confront a critical question: when does access journalism cross the line into propaganda?

🔎 Read the full investigation: https://thepublicsource.org/media-ethics-embeds-israel

26/08/2025

صباح الثاني من شباط ٢٠٢٥، اختطفت قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الصياد اللبناني محمد جهير وأخفته قسرًا. وفي الرابع من حزيران، اختطفت قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي الصياد اللبناني علي فنيش.

تحدّثت ليلّا يونس وكريستينا كفلكنتي إلى ١١ صيادًا يعملون بين صيدا والناقورة قالوا إنّ الهجمات الإسرائيلية المتكررة دفعت الصيادين بعيدًا عن مياه البلاد الجنوبية، مما أجبرهم على التجمّع في مناطق أبعد شمالًا قرب مدينة صور، حيث الصيد أقلّ وفرة. باتت أكشاك بيع الأسماك على أرصفة الناقورة، والتي كانت يومًا مركزًا حيويًا لأهل الجنوب والسياح الباحثين عن الصيد اليومي الطازج، مهجورة. لم تقدم الحكومة اللبنانية على فعل شيء يُذكر لحماية الصيادين من التوغلات الإسرائيلية أو تعويضهم عن خسائرهم.

اقرأو هذه القصة المنشورة بالتعاون مع دروب سايت:

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تمت ترجمة هذا المقال من قبل فاطمة فؤاد السمان، وتم التحرير من قبل لارا بيطار وشريف عبد القدوس.
📸 فاطمة جمعة

في جنوب لبنان، يفقد الصيادون التقليديون مصادر رزقهم بين عمليات الخطف والهجمات الإسرائيلية المتكررة والدولة اللبنانية لا تحرّك ساكنًا.

22/08/2025

In our tetas’ kitchens, every scrap had a purpose: bones became broth, lemon peels were turned into lemonade, and every last remnant found its way into a jar of preserves. But today, plastic takeout boxes dominate Beirut’s tables.

In this personal essay, journalist Layla Yammine takes us from her tiny corner butcher shop to her grandmother’s empty mouneh room to discover what we’ve lost in the age of $15 kale salads.

Read “From Mouneh to Takeout: How Beirut Ate My Teta’s Recipes,” to learn what happens when we lose our ancestral wisdom

https://thepublicsource.org/mouneh-zero-waste-cooking

15/08/2025

What is Masar Basil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement?

was launched simultaneously in Beirut, Madrid, and São Paolo in October 2021, during a period of growing transnational solidarity sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We spoke with Jaldía Abubakra, who sits on Masar Badil’s executive committee, about her role in Masar Badil, the collective’s vision for a liberated Palestine, and the shifting tides of public opinion on Zionism.

“Liberation is not the final destination. We have to start building now. We don’t have the luxury of waiting until Palestine is free to start building our state.”

Our reporters sat down with Abubakra to discuss Masar Badil’s objectives, funding, and what lies ahead for the movement.

Read the interview at the link in bio!

15/08/2025

What is Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement?

Masar Badil was launched simultaneously in Beirut, Madrid, and São Paolo in October 2021, during a period of growing transnational solidarity sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We spoke with Jaldía Abubakra, who sits on Masar Badil’s executive committee, about her role in Masar Badil, the collective’s vision for a liberated Palestine, and the shifting tides of public opinion on Zionism.

“Liberation is not the final destination. We have to start building now. We don't have the luxury of waiting until Palestine is free to start building our state.”

Our reporters sat down with Abubakra to discuss Masar Badil’s objectives, funding, and what lies ahead for the movement.

Read the interview:

Jaldía Abubakra on how Masar Badil is building a revolutionary Palestinian movement from exile.

11/08/2025

Anas Al-Sharif has been the voice of Gaza to the world — Palestinian journalists like him have been reporting on the life-and-death struggle of their people. The Israeli regime sees this work as a powerful weapon against genocide. So, they threaten, target, and kill journalists.

These were the words from Anas Al-Sharif's last will and message, shared on his social media accounts by friends after his martyrdom.

In a targeted strike on the journalists’ tent near al-Shifa hospital yesterday, Israel killed six journalists: Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Aliwa, Mohammed Noufal, and Mohammed al-Khalidi.

Israel hopes the world will turn its gaze away from the slaughter, misery, and cruelty it is inflicting on Palestine. For months, despite the repeated threats targeted at Anas Al-Sharif, he remained steadfast in his duty to tell the truth and cover the increasingly horrifying news coming from Gaza, from Israeli airstrikes to its imposed starvation.

The Public Source mourns the loss of these six journalists — a loss that will reverberate around the world — and we reaffirm our unwavering and unconditional solidarity with all our Palestinian colleagues.

05/08/2025

On the morning of February 2, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped and forcibly disappeared Lebanese fisherman Mohammad Juhair. On June 4, they abducted Lebanese fisherman Ali Fneish.

Lylla Younes and Christina Cavalcanti () spoke to 11 fishermen who work between Saida and Naqoura, who say repeated Israeli attacks have driven them away from the country’s southernmost waters, forcing them to cluster further north near the city of Sour, where the catch is less plentiful. Their testimonies reveal how the Lebanese government’s neglect has left fishermen unprotected from the Israeli incursions.

Read the story, published in collaboration with , at the link in bio.

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This story was edited by Lara Bitar and Sharif Abdel Kouddous ()

📸Fatima Joumaa

05/08/2025

On the morning of February 2, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped and forcibly disappeared Lebanese fisherman Mohammad Juhair. On June 4, they abducted Lebanese fisherman Ali Fneish.

Lylla Younes and Christina Cavalcanti spoke to 11 fishermen who work between Saida and Naqoura, who say repeated Israeli attacks have driven them away from the country’s southernmost waters, forcing them to cluster further north near the city of Sour, where the catch is less plentiful. Their testimonies reveal how the Lebanese government’s neglect has left fishermen unprotected from the Israeli incursions.

🔗Read the story, published in collaboration with Drop Site News

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This story was edited by Lara Bitar and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Photography by Fatima Joumaa/The Public Source.

In Southern Lebanon, legacy fishermen lose their livelihoods among repeated Israeli abductions and attacks. The Lebanese state is doing little to help.