MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Introduction ............................................ 1
Background ........................................ 1
Significance of the Issue ......................... 2
Problem and Research Question ..................... 3
Methodology ............................................. 6
Design and Concept ................................ 6
Selection and Collection of Data .................. 9
Analysis of Data .................................. 12
Findings ................................................ 20
Conclusion .............................................. 25
Recommendation .......................................... 25
References .............................................. 26
Three highly divisive forces at play globally in the first decade of the twenty-first century are nationalism, ethnicity, and religion. Problems associated with these forces are exacerbated where religion, ethnicity, and nationalism interact. The longer such problems simmer, the more intractable they appear to become (Kurth, 2001). One such case involves the decades-long dispute between the Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East, where the Israelis and the Palestinians have been attempting to coexist (at times with more success than at other times) on the same land for centuries (Binder, 1999).
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been the focus of intensive negotiations for more than three decades. The objectives of all of the negotiations have been to find a solution acceptable to both the Israelis and the Palestinians. In spite of many promising efforts, such a solution has thus far eluded all of the negotiators (Gazit & Abington, 2001).
The Palestinian Intifada began about four years ago, when the current Israeli Prime Minister (then simply a minister in the Israeli government of the day) purpo...