For episode 213, I talk about the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, how we got here, and what this means for both Iran and Lebanon. Also: Israel’s ideological opposition to the concept of accountability, Israel’s decreasing popularity in the US, the Ayatollah’s brutal reign, and finally Hezbollah’s catastrophic decision to join the war and how this is causing a severe crisis in Lebanon.

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Highlighted Hauntologies articles

• Report from Belfast. Day 1.⁠ (July 2026)
• The Lie I Tell Myself When Covering Israel (April 2026)
• Israel’s Lebanese Ghosts (March 2026)
• This moment (January 2025)
• Iranian protesters don’t owe us an explanation (February 2026)
• How Hezbollah lost everything (January 2026)
• Notes on Assadism, Zionism, Fascism and Hope (August 2025)

From The Periphery

TFTT is a proud member of ⁠From The Periphery Media Collective. Check out other projects: Politically Depressed⁠ | Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution | From The Periphery Podcast | The Mutual Aid Podcast⁠

Mutual Aid links: ⁠Lebanon emergency relief⁠

Credits:

Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode design), ⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music), ⁠⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design), ⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design), ⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics) and ⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠ (Transcriptions).

Note on sound quality: I know there’s a bit of a variation as I was pacing between two different rooms. Note to self for next time: stick to one room! I also had to do a quick edit on this one and I may have missed a cough or two. Hopefully not.