More Bad News from Israel.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Final Status Map -- Introduction -- 1. Histories of the Conflict -- Introduction -- ZIONIST ROOTS AND THE FIRST WAVE OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION INTO PALESTINE -- THEODOR HERZL AND THE EMERGENCE OF POLITICAL ZIONISM -- THE SECOND WAVE OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION INTO PALESTINE -- THE BALFOUR DECLARATION AND THE BRITISH MANDATE -- THE ARAB REVOLT -- AMERICAN POLITICS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS -- THE END OF THE MANDATE -- THE UNITED NATIONS DEBATES THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE -- THE UNOFFICIAL WAR -- THE FIRST ARAB-ISRAELI WAR -- POST-WAR NEGOTIATIONS: PEACE TREATIES, BORDERS AND REFUGEES -- 1956: THE SUEZ CONFLICT -- 1967: THE SIX DAY WAR -- RESOLUTION 242 AND THE WAR OF ATTRITION -- SETTLEMENT BUILDING, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND THE OCCUPATION -- MILITARY OCCUPATION/ADMINISTRATION -- NATIONALISM AND THE RISE OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENTS -- 1973: THE OCTOBER WAR /THE YOM KIPPUR WAR -- CONFLICT IN LEBANON -- DIPLOMACY AND THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS -- 1982: THE INVASION OF LEBANON -- 1987: THE FIRST INTIFADA -- THE BEGINNING OF THE OSLO PROCESS -- THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES -- THE CAIRO AGREEMENT, OSLO II AND THE ISRAEL-JORDAN PEACE TREATY -- THE NETANYAHU ADMINISTRATION -- THE BARAK ADMINISTRATION -- THE CAMP DAVID FINAL STATUS TALKS -- SEPTEMBER 2000: THE SECOND INTIFADA -- THE SHARON ADMINISTRATION -- THE 'ROAD MAP' TO PEACE -- THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE WALL -- THE DEATH OF ARAFAT -- THE WITHDRAWAL OF SETTLERS FROM GAZA -- HAMAS WINS THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- THE 2006 LEBANON WAR -- HAMAS TAKES CONTROL OF GAZA -- THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASEFIRE -- THE 2008/09 GAZA WAR -- 2009: THE GOLDSTONE REPORT -- THE SECOND NETANYAHU ADMINISTRATION -- 2010: THE ATTAC K ON THE GAZA AID FLOT ILLA -- 2. Content Studies 2000-02 -- INTRODUCTION: THE DISPUTED ORIGINS OF THE CONFLICT.

CONTENT ANALYSIS: METHODS -- SAMPLES AND RESULTS -- SAMPLE ONE: 28 SEPTEMBER TO 16 OCTOBER 2000 -- ADDITIONAL CONTENT SAMPLES: OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2001, MARCH-APRIL 2002 -- SAMPLE TWO: OCTOBER -DECEMBER 2001 -- SAMPLE THREE: MARCH 2002 -- SAMPLE FOUR: JENIN, APRIL 2002 -- 3. Audience Studies 2001-02 -- INTRODUCTION -- SAMPLES AND METHOD -- FOCUS GROUP METHODS AND QUESTIONS ASKED -- QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES -- THE QUESTIONNAIRES -- RESULTS -- MEMORIES, IMAGES AND ASSOCIATIONS -- SOURCES OF INFORMATION USED -- ORIGINS, HISTORY AND CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT -- THE NEWS WRITING EXERCISE -- BELIEFS ABOUT CASUALTIES -- CULTURAL IDENTIFICATION AND EMPATHY -- UNDERSTANDING AND INTEREST IN NEWS -- 4. Why Does it Happen? -- FACTORS IN PRODUCTION? -- CLAIMS THAT THE MEDIA ARE BIASED AGAINST ISRAEL -- THE US CONNECTION -- 5. Conclusions on the 2000-02 Content and Audience Samples -- 6. News Content and Competing Explanations of the 2008/09 Gaza Attack -- SAMPLE AND METHODS -- CAUSE, CRITICISM AND DEFENCE OF ACTION -- EXPLANATORY THEMES -- THE FRAGMENTED PALESTINIAN CASE -- PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS -- COVERAGE OF ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CASUALTIES -- 7. Audience Understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Gaza Attack 2008/09 -- SAMPLE AND METHOD -- RESULTS -- QUESTIONS AND REPLIES ON THE GAZA ATTACK -- 8. Attack on the Gaza Flotilla, 2010 -- THE BLOCKADE -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Answers to Questions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Student Groups 2001-02 -- Appendix 1 (continued): Answers to Questions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Student Groups 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 -- Appendix 2: Answers to Questions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Focus Groups 2001-02 -- Appendix 3: Gaza Study, Content Analysis Language Counts -- Appendix 4: Black Holes of History: Public Understanding and the Shaping of Our Past.

Appendix 5: Responses on History Questions 2004-09 -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Examination of media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East.

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