Ideological Roots Of Media Bias Against Israel
Media Bias against Israel The Arab-Israeli conflict dominates the news on a daily basis. It is reported more often than any other international story on earth. (Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) At its heart is a conflict that spans centuries, but has heightened and intensified since the establishment of the State in Israel in 1948.
Notwithstanding the fact that Israel embodies an age-old connection with the Jewish people as repeatedly cited in the most widely read book in the world, the Bible, that it was created based on the 1947 recommendation of the UN, and that it has been a member of the world body since 1949, there's a relentless chorus of nations, institutions, and individuals denying Israel's very political …show more content…
(Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) In March 2001, Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian Authority leader, warned that any Israeli journalist who entered Palestinian Authority areas would be killed. (Palestinefacts.org) Since then, most Israeli journalists either do not go to Palestinian Authority areas, or if they do, they make sure to be accompanied by well-connected Palestinians. (Palestinefacts.org) In 2003, the director general of the PA State Information Service (SIS), Dr. Riyad Al-Hassan, admitted in an interview that newspapers and journalists can be subjected to, "Sometimes a little punishment, [laughter] sometimes." (Palestinefacts.org) More recently, during the Israeli war in Gaza in the summer of 2014, it was discovered that Hamas, the ruling organization in Gaza, had been intimidating foreign reporters. (Behar …show more content…
(“Lack of Empathy”) This is clearly reflected in its reporting. Thus, a BBC reporter informed a Jewish interviewee, after a Muslim terrorist murdered four Jewish shoppers at a Paris supermarket, that “[m]any critics of Israel’s policy would suggest that the Palestinians suffered hugely at Jewish hands as well.” (Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) To the media, everything can be linked to what it terms as the Jewish occupation of Arab lands, and Jews can be blamed even for the attacks against them. (Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) The media bias reflects media sentiment that the Jews of Israel are a symbol of the world’s ills like nationalism, militarism, colonialism, and
Notwithstanding the fact that Israel embodies an age-old connection with the Jewish people as repeatedly cited in the most widely read book in the world, the Bible, that it was created based on the 1947 recommendation of the UN, and that it has been a member of the world body since 1949, there's a relentless chorus of nations, institutions, and individuals denying Israel's very political …show more content…
(Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) In March 2001, Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian Authority leader, warned that any Israeli journalist who entered Palestinian Authority areas would be killed. (Palestinefacts.org) Since then, most Israeli journalists either do not go to Palestinian Authority areas, or if they do, they make sure to be accompanied by well-connected Palestinians. (Palestinefacts.org) In 2003, the director general of the PA State Information Service (SIS), Dr. Riyad Al-Hassan, admitted in an interview that newspapers and journalists can be subjected to, "Sometimes a little punishment, [laughter] sometimes." (Palestinefacts.org) More recently, during the Israeli war in Gaza in the summer of 2014, it was discovered that Hamas, the ruling organization in Gaza, had been intimidating foreign reporters. (Behar …show more content…
(“Lack of Empathy”) This is clearly reflected in its reporting. Thus, a BBC reporter informed a Jewish interviewee, after a Muslim terrorist murdered four Jewish shoppers at a Paris supermarket, that “[m]any critics of Israel’s policy would suggest that the Palestinians suffered hugely at Jewish hands as well.” (Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) To the media, everything can be linked to what it terms as the Jewish occupation of Arab lands, and Jews can be blamed even for the attacks against them. (Friedman, “Ideological Roots of Media Bias”) The media bias reflects media sentiment that the Jews of Israel are a symbol of the world’s ills like nationalism, militarism, colonialism, and