Why Lebanon stays central to Israel’s multi-front wars. Plus, AfrofeminasGPT, a chatbot designed to advertise extra moral AI.
The deadlock within the US-Israel battle on Iran has turned Lebanon into the battle’s most energetic entrance. Israeli forces are entrenched within the nation’s south, a de facto occupation, and have lowered whole neighbourhoods to rubble. In the meantime, US President Donald Trump seeks to protect delicate negotiations with Iran, however, as Israeli help for the battle continues to develop, Lebanon stays a key level of competition.
Lead contributors:
Nicholas Noe – Senior fellow, Refugees Worldwide
Maya Rosen – Editor, Jewish Currents
Randa Slim – Center East programme director, Stimson Centre
On our radar:
This week, two distinguished American commentators, Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, had their UK visas revoked earlier than scheduled talking occasions in London. Each are outspoken critics of Israel, its occupation, its wars and the US coverage in direction of it. The motion by the UK authorities has referred to as into query the precise to free speech and political expression within the nation. Meenakshi Ravi stories.
AfrofeminasGPT: AI by means of a Black feminist lens
Synthetic intelligence programs are sometimes skilled on information formed by human bias. In consequence, discrimination can unfold by means of the programs that more and more form our lives. In Spain, one lady is making an attempt to alter that with AfrofeminasGPT – a chatbot skilled on Black feminist and decolonial thought, designed to problem racism in AI. However can an alternate, constructed on the identical mannequin that it seeks to reform, ever really be impartial?
Characteristic contributor:
Mutale Nkonde – AI Researcher, Cambridge College
Safiya Noble – Professor, UCLA
Antoinette Torres Soler – Founder, Afrofemin
Printed On 6 Jun 2026
