Terms like ‘invasion’, ‘unprovoked aggression’ and ‘resistance’ can and should be used in conflict reporting.

Dr Zahera Harb is Leader of International Journalism Studies Cluster at City, University of London. She previously worked as a broadcast Journalist in... Lebanon for local and international news organisations. She is board member of Ethical Journalism Network, Dart Centre Europe for Journalism and Trauma and several other professional and academic editorial boards. Harb has published extensively on Middle Eastern media and politics.
Terms like ‘invasion’, ‘unprovoked aggression’ and ‘resistance’ can and should be used in conflict reporting.
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