Last week I posted the first three parts of Blakkbox’s documentary series on last summer’s Israel-Lebanon war. Below are three more of the short (~6 minute) docs which are now airing on Current TV.

“Laughter Amid Bombs,” is my favorite of this bunch because of its focus on the civilian victims of war and its examination of the Israeli leaflets dropped over Lebanon. The fortune cookie style of the leaflet propaganda is almost laughable, but it’s no joke. Here’s an excerpt:

“Hassan [Nasrallah] is playing with fire, and Lebanon is going to burn. Hassan has mortgaged your future, and look; you are paying the price.”

Most of the time, these leaflets provided the only warning to the Lebanese that Israeli air-strikes were on the way.

I clearly can’t testify to the accuracy of the translation in “Laughter Amid Bombs,” and I wasn’t able to find any other reporting which confirmed that particular leaflet. But based on a Reuters article about the leaflets and some source documents, it seems like a reasonable translation. Notice how the themes of punishment and humiliation run throughout Israel’s communications with the Lebanese people. What if all citizens of the U.S. were punished militarily by the world community for the actions of our rogue leader? Would that be fair?

Part 4: “Laughter Amid Bombs”

Hit the jump for parts 5 and 6. I’ll post the seventh and final episode when it airs.

Part 5: “War on a Moped”

Part 6: “Chasing the Carnage”