The FlyDubai incident: Fear and art of political fiction

Podcast: New Politics: Australian Politics, News, Analysis & Commentary · New Politics

Opublikowano: 2026-10-09

A crisis doesn’t have to be manufactured to become propaganda. We examine FlyDubai Flight FZ1073, Benjamin Netanyahu’s response and how terrorism and national security narratives can serve political survival, while diverting attention from Gaza and government accountability. Drawing on Operation Northwoods, the Gulf of Tonkin and Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction claims, we explore why journalists need to heavily scrutinise official versions of events, challenge unsupported assertions and follow the evidence. These historical examples don’t prove FlyDubai was a false flag, but they show why a politically convenient story should never be a substitute for a properly...