Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe"Mesh Masrahiyeh," hosted by journalist and presenter Joe Maalouf. Young voices on screen. Credit: Screenshot from MTV Lebanon’s YouTube channel.On prime-time television, Lebanese hosts and guests are openly discussing negotiations and normalization with Israel. Some subjects, however, are still tabooMay 11, 2026About two weeks ago, Michel Tawk, a young Lebanese man appearing on the Lebanese MTV talk show "Mesh Masrahiyeh," said: "We want to see an Israeli embassy in Beirut. In Achrafieh," referring to the upscale, predominantly Christian neighborhood in East Beirut. The studio audience quickly burst into applause.In the News'We Want an Israeli Embassy in Beirut': Surprising Shift in Lebanese Talk ShowsIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Between Tel Aviv and Rajasthan, Jonny Greenwood Would Rather Talk MusicWhat Scares Louis Theroux More: The Manosphere or the Dystopia of the West Bank?Jewish Identity, Trauma and 'Lascivious Jewish Men' Collide in New NovelRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWhatsApp Co-founder Donates Record-breaking $200 Million to Jerusalem HospitalThe Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of DaysLeaked Video of Arab Lawyer's Violent Arrest Contradicts Israel Police Account'A Slave Economy': Inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox Parallel StateConstruction Begins on Bypass Road to Bring 'One Million' Israelis to West BankZionism Didn't Go Wrong, It Was Always Built This Way