Media Coverage Analysis

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Media Coverage of
Israel-Palestine
Conflict

2. Outline
 The Israel-Palestine conflict
 Media coverage
I. US Media
II. British Media
III. Arab Media
IV. Pakistan Media
 Analysis of media coverage
 Suggestions

3. The conflict dates back
to the end of the
nineteenth century,
primarily as a conflict
over territory. After the
1948 Arab-Israeli war,
the Holy Land was
divided into three
parts: the State of
Israel, the West Bank
(of the Jordan River),
and the Gaza Strip.

4. US Media
U.S. mainstream media’s coverage of
the issue favors Israel by providing
greater access to Israeli officials,
focusing on Israeli narratives both in
terms of the quantity of coverage as
well as the overall sentiment, as
conveyed by headlines.
“Palestinian is killed after fatal
attack.”

5. THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF
PALESTINE AND US’ MEDIA
A study,
“50 Years of
Occupation”
concludes that,
 Israeli point of view was
featured much more
prominently than the
Palestinian one,
 Palestinian narrative is
highly
underrepresented, and
several key topics that
help to identify the
conflict in all its
significance, remain
understated.
Headlines
In the headlines of American
press,
 Israelis are narrated as the
respondents of
Palestinians’ attacks.
 Words, “offend” and
“defend” are attached with
Palestinians and Israelis
respectively.
 References to Palestinians’
experiences of being
“refugees” or living under
“occupation” have steadily
declined.

6. British Media
The British media tends to
portray Israel as a peace-
seeking victim of and responder
to Palestinian, Arab and Muslim
aggression through,
 Depicting Palestinians as
militants
 Pictures of suffering Israelis
 False statistics about deaths
and injuries of both sides

7. Headlines
“In response, Israel re-
imposed a series of
restrictions on Palestinians
travelling through the West
Bank.”
“Israel strikes back after
yesterday’s suicide bombing.”
“Israel withdrew from Gaza
two months ago but
maintained control of its
borders for security reasons,
it said.”
Palestinians are also
portrayed as responding but
very little, as 2 times out of
10.
“Just this week it buried a
senior commander who had
been killed by Israeli forces.
After his death, Islamic Jihad
promised to take revenge.”
“People here expected that
there may well have been
some kind of a response
from Islamic Jihad, and that
did seem to come yesterday
in Hadera.”

8. Arab Media
Arab media highlights Palestinian
perspectives over Israeli ones and
frame Palestinians as victims of
Israeli aggression. The networks
regularly described Palestinian
casualties and showed images of
Palestinian grief, provided more
voice to Palestinian sources, and
personalized Palestinian deaths.

9. Headlines
Three evident patterns of
headlines
 Empathic Approach
To move reader emotionally,
“Aggression on Gaza
martyrdom of two families…”
 Informational
For making a detailed descrip
tion of the events.
“Morocco continues cities soli
darity with Gaza and is prep
aring for a major march.”
 Explicit Quotations
For showing preference for
the Gaza cause.
as Reuters
The aide said Barak told
Reuters that Israel is ready
to escalate its military attack
s on the Gaza Strip.

10. Pakistan Media
Pakistan, being a Muslim state,
became for Islamic cause,
always frame Palestinian
victimhood of Israeli occupation
and attacks.
But on the same lines, Pakistani
media always supported the
two-states solution i.e.
"establishment of a viable,
independent and contiguous
State of Palestine”, on the basis
of internationally-agreed
parameters

11. Headlines
“Pakistan on Wednesday
reiterated its longstanding
position on the Palestine
dispute, but avoided
condemnation of President
Trump’s ‘peace plan’.”
“Pakistan on Wednesday
backed Palestine's demand
for making Jerusalem as the
capital of its independent
state on the basis of pre-
1967 borders, a statement
released by the Foreign
Office said.”
“Horror as Israeli strike kills
Gaza family”
“Ever since the establishment
of the state of Israel, most
US governments — both
Democrat and Republican —
have maintained a policy of
steadfastly supporting Tel
Aviv regardless of its
atrocious behavior towards
the Palestinians.”

12. Analysis of Media Coverage
As it is discussed that the media i.e. US and British, Arab and
Pakistan, have covered the conflict under the influence of their
government and its alliance. Every media has narrated the
perspective of its interesting side strongly and the other remains
understated.
Reasons
 Media allow its political ideology to influence its reporting
 Strong alliance
 Strong media agencies

13. Suggestions
The Israel-Palestine conflict can’t
be resolved unless media play its
due role. So it should be fair and
unbiased.