i24NEWS and Lebanese platform This Is Beirut announce media partnership

The Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS and the Washington-based Lebanese media platform ‘This Is Beirut’ have announced a new media partnership. The collaboration was revealed through a promotional video featuring Israeli presenters, a group of Jewish, Muslim, and Druze Israelis, and Lebanese-Israeli activist Miriam Younes.

The video, which depicts the participants dancing and discussing a potential ‘different future,’ includes a message inviting the Lebanese public to visit Israel and expressing a desire to visit Beirut. The partnership is framed as an effort to bring newsrooms from different sides of the border together to listen to one another through culture and dialogue.

Specific details regarding the nature of the collaboration—such as whether it involves joint journalistic production or the exchange of reports—have not been disclosed. The announcement comes amid ongoing Israeli military actions and occupation in parts of southern Lebanon. The owner of ‘This Is Beirut,’ Antoun Sehnaoui, has previously faced legal scrutiny in Lebanon regarding his interactions with Israel.