The role of media in these modern times is imperative to the understanding of a global issue. How an issue is covered and displayed to the world has a vital role in the comprehension of the viewer. Biases and opinions based in medias can corrupt one’s understanding, and therefore harm one’s overall perception. An issue in today’s spectrum that which contains such biases is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This issue’s has been known to have two conflicting perspectives. One side that believes Israel is a legitimate and rightfully founded state. And the other side believing the the formation of Israel was an invasion of Palestinian land, rather than a peaceful solution. The Arab-Israeli conflict is seen to be a heated issue and of global significance.
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Especially when there is more than one side to the same story. Although this conflict is of international notice, the Western world has easier access to technologies, such as the internet, that help to broadcast information. In the following investigations, a variety of sources will be used to research the effects of biases and rhetoric on the reader, and what conclusions these biases push the reader to find. Moreover, in this investigation the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its controversy will be considered. Also, how identity is perceived by a reader from opposing sources will be …show more content…
As stated before, the Jewish people have felt to have special relationship with the land of Israel. God had promised the ancient Israelites this land in Exodus 32. A section of God’s promise reading: “I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand..and you shall drive them out from before you.”. This relationship between the Jews and their promised land created an irreplaceable aim for land located in Palestine, which was found to be former Jerusalem (Britannica, Diaspora). Moreover, the Zionist movement in 1897 speed the process of Israel being formed in Palestinian land. With the creation of Zionism, a battle for a national Jewish homeland was set in place. According to Mitchell Bard, throughout the centuries, the expansion of Christianity resulted in different varieties of anti-sentiment. Bard states: “Jewish thinkers began to conclude that there was no way to eradicate this hatred and death, the only way to insure Jewish and survival was to establish a homeland where the Jews would be in control of their own destiny.”. The believe of Zionists was that if the Jewish people could not create a national home, the Jewish people would be wiped out (Britannica,Zionism). God’s promise to the Jewish people found in the bible along with Zionist believes drove this pursuit of land found in Palestinian. This aspect is important because giving Zionist a portion of land would not suffice.
Especially when there is more than one side to the same story. Although this conflict is of international notice, the Western world has easier access to technologies, such as the internet, that help to broadcast information. In the following investigations, a variety of sources will be used to research the effects of biases and rhetoric on the reader, and what conclusions these biases push the reader to find. Moreover, in this investigation the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its controversy will be considered. Also, how identity is perceived by a reader from opposing sources will be …show more content…
As stated before, the Jewish people have felt to have special relationship with the land of Israel. God had promised the ancient Israelites this land in Exodus 32. A section of God’s promise reading: “I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand..and you shall drive them out from before you.”. This relationship between the Jews and their promised land created an irreplaceable aim for land located in Palestine, which was found to be former Jerusalem (Britannica, Diaspora). Moreover, the Zionist movement in 1897 speed the process of Israel being formed in Palestinian land. With the creation of Zionism, a battle for a national Jewish homeland was set in place. According to Mitchell Bard, throughout the centuries, the expansion of Christianity resulted in different varieties of anti-sentiment. Bard states: “Jewish thinkers began to conclude that there was no way to eradicate this hatred and death, the only way to insure Jewish and survival was to establish a homeland where the Jews would be in control of their own destiny.”. The believe of Zionists was that if the Jewish people could not create a national home, the Jewish people would be wiped out (Britannica,Zionism). God’s promise to the Jewish people found in the bible along with Zionist believes drove this pursuit of land found in Palestinian. This aspect is important because giving Zionist a portion of land would not suffice.