اداء الصحافة الاسرائيلية المكتوبة في الحروب حرب لبنان الثانية نموذجا
Date
2011-04-28
Authors
سامح عبدالفتاح صالح خضر
SAMEH ABDEL FATTAH SALEH KHADER
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AL-Quds University
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Abstract
The study is focusing on the Three main Hebrew newspapers coverage to the Second
Lebanon war Haaretz, Yedioth Ahranot, and Maariv. Starting with a historical
background about the Israeli press before the state declaration and during the state
formative era. It also goes through the history of the key figures of the Israeli press
and they role in forming up the public opinion for the favor of the Zionist project.
The study spotlights the multiplicity of the Israeli press since its early beginning that
was the reason of a political and commercial competitions among newspapers in that
era. The political competition was the result of the fact that many of the political
parties that existed in that era established their own newspapers to express their
political views and attitudes towards the state building process and the ongoing
conflict with Arabs.
However, this multiplicity did not reflect a diversity in the political attitudes or
methodologies, as there was a kind of unspoken agreement among all to protect the
Zionist project and to promote it among Jewish immigrants in Palestine. These
professional attitudes and methodologies were clearly seen in the coverage of Israeli
wars with Arabs in general and the ongoing conflict with Palestinian residents in
particular.
The study shows how Israeli press systematically ignored covering actual events of
the conflict to abide by the regulations of Israeli army at that era. As a results, many
incidents were neglected during the conflict coverage and others were justified by the
press. It also discusses the reasons beyond the formation of Israeli military censorship
that was establish shortly after the state formation. It deeply examines the professional
behavior of Israeli journalists and their need for a military censorship.
Throughout the content analysis method, the study goes through the three main
Hebrew newspapers to the second Lebanon war between Israel and Hizbollah starting
from the incident in which Hizbollah conducted the kidnapping of three Israeli
soldiers, going through the decision making process and the atmosphere of the cabinet
meetings, the Israeli press vision to the goals of war, and ending with the press
criticism to the political level and their functional critical mistakes during the war.
The outcomes of the war and the disappointment of Israeli press of these outcomes
caused by the political level mistakes and the performance of the Israeli army units.
Specially at the times where Israeli press was giving all its resources to the army
spokespersons and patriotic journalists the times and spaces needed, hoping that the
victory it seeks will finally be delivered.
Finally, the studies focuses on the steps taken by chief editors against journalist who
did not abide by the regulations of the newspapers during war times and testimonies
of journalists
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الدراسات الاقليمية , Regional Studies