Essay On Israel's Bias

On April 5th, 2018, a group of Palestinian protesters marched their way to the Gaza-Israel border, before being interrupted by a sudden eruption of gunfire and smoke. The Israeli army opened fire on thousands of civilians, killing 18 and wounding many others. Israeli troops fight and kill the inhabitants of their neighboring territory, those who are innocent civilians of their own country (Jones). Tragedies like this happen nearly every month, in dozens of regions across the globe. Armed forces brought upon residents in an effort to eradicate, disguised as control. Ranging from police brutality to ethnic cleansings and cultural genocide, the use of military force is severely abused, and results in devastation around the world. Therefore, the

Every time someone turns on the news there is so much that is going on in the world like the Russians secret nuclear plant, the President of the United States flirts and takes selfie, actors that died or are going to rehab, violence against ethnicities in Syria , and fighting for religious freedom in Egypt. How much of this is real? How much attention is given to the important news? The media has a tendency of showing what they know will be popular eve, if it’s not true. Like the previous examples, the media only displays what will cause more controversy on the issue of Israel. They make false claims and only show parts of footage that set up Israel to look like the enemy. Since we are not living in the Middle East, we swallow the news up

The sensationalized depictions of Palestinians have affected a good majority of people in the United States. Following the 9/11, attack on the World Trade Center is a perfect example why. It was one of our nation’s greatest losses and a genocide that will never be forgotten. After the incident occurred, our media made it very clear to the people that it was done by members of the Muslim religion. Now people from all around the World started to associate terrorism with a specific look and religion. However, this doesn’t excuse why human rights have been violated since the beginning of time and in the reading, the Palestinians have been forced from their land by the Israelites and placed in refugee camps, they are also discouraged from speaking

In a review from a battlefield, Journalists have a special immunity. In order to have this kind of immunity they should be strict to a behavior code which they do not take side or interfere with the battle occurrences. In the article By Aviv Lavie, he brings many situations held while confronting between the IDF and the Palestinians. One of them is a story of two Israeli journalists, who covered a battle held in the Gaza strip. On that battle, one of the journalists decided to take action and report a Palestinian subterfuge activity against the IDF. A short while after the report, the place they had been reporting from got shot by Palestinian forces. This case shows, in my opinion, that they have clearly violated the unwritten terms which constitutes the pillars of this

I also agree with Friedman that Palestinian voices and opinions are not shared nearly enough in journalism. Through my consumption of media, I have experienced two portrayals of Palestinians - the victim oppressed by Israel, and the radical Jihadi terrorist. Yet, there is such a wide breadth of Palestinian opinions and identities that the media does Palestinians a disservice by limiting their portrayal to two largely inaccurate stereotypes. The FOX News article does little to delve beyond these stereotypes. It mentions “Islamic militant group Hamas” throughout the article, and writes of the Palestinians who “threw stones” in a futile attempt to defend themselves against Israeli arson, portraying these people as innocent victims in the Arab-Israeli conflict, anxiously grabbing at straws (or, in this

**It is perfectly acceptable to criticize Israel’s policies. Israelis do it all the time in blistering debates, but criticism turns into classic anti-Semitism, according to Stand with Us and Christians United for Israel in the magazine Israel 101, when it exhibits the Three Ds of anti-Semitism Delegitimization, Double Standards, and Demonization. “Delegitimization: The Jewish State has no right to exist. Israelis do not belong in the Middle East. Double Standards: Israel is condemned harshly for self-defense measures and social problems that are seen as acceptable or inevitable in other nations. Demonization: Through distortions and lies, Israel is depicted as the world’s most evil and dangerous country, and the claim is made that if the

“Since the beginning of October, according to the Red Crescent Society, 44 Palestinians, including those engaged in militant activities, have been shot dead in Israel and the West Bank, 17 of whom have been killed during demonstrations and riots. Since the escalation of Rosh Hashana on September 15th, there have been more than 1,100 attacks, 8 Israelis were killed and 188 were wounded, most of which are civilians, by Palestinian assailants.” Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kidra said, “Israeli strikes raised the death toll there to 135, with more than 920 wounded, and the new round of airstrikes raised the death toll to at least 342 Palestinians, many of them civilians.” The consequences because of the cruelty of others, it has lead to many more deaths, injuries, and loss. Just like The Jews of medieval Europe came to be subjected to periodic libels, attacks, and expulsions.

In our society people do not understand why the Palestinians act the way they do. The news could be a reason why people believe Palestinians are bad people because they do not release the facts. People believe that the Palestinians are nothing but terrorist that likes to blow their selves up. That is not the case Palestinians are regular human beings that want best for their families. The Palestinians become human bombs because of their loyalty to their people. After reading The Attack it gave me a better understanding on why Palestinians have trouble believing in a better day. The anger that enrage in the Palestinians has a lot to do with the loss of land that meant everything to them. The Palestinians were kicked out of what was known of their holy land in 1947 and left stateless. Palestinian’s believe they should have a land back that was once theirs.

He debates the issue of swayed media attention (focusing on Israel) when it comes to Israeli-Palestinian outbreaks and wars, because of two main reasons. One, the fact that Israel is a “democracy” making journalist reporting easier, and two, the fact that the victims involved are Jews. Whether people are for or against them, attention is typically focused on Jewish victims in Israel. An example the author gave was the Iraq-Iran war, which occurred for eight years and caused more death and demolition than all Arab-Israeli wars put together, and received far less attention. I truly agree with that. The many deaths and troubles that Arab and non-Arab nations face are constantly ignored or

Though these diplomatic travesties are enough to call our diplomatic relationship into question, the United States still continues to give Israel large sums of foreign aid. Glenn Greenwald, the author of four best-selling law and policy books, and co-founder of The Intercept, an online news-outlet he co-founded. In response to President Barack Obama’s announcement to sign a deal that increases the amount of Israel’s funding, he published “As Israel Prospers, Obama Set to Give Billions More in Aid While Netanyahu Demands Even More.” He writes United States gave over $3.1 billion taxpayer dollars to Israel in 2015—nearly half the foreign aid budget—totaling over $38 billion in aid for the next ten years. The article explores how foreign aid deals with Israel surmount aid to any other country, even though Israel no longer has a flourishing economy.

For the last sixty years, the Palestinians and Israelis have been involved in a nearly non-stop game of tag, except this form of tag involves suicide bombers, Qassam rockets, hell fire missiles and tanks. This paper will examine how public opinion has affected the intricacies of this game of tag and attempt to prove that no matter who leads the Israeli government, the response to Palestinian aggression has always been violence in one degree or another.

In recent years, mostly throughout the second intifada, many different Palestinian organizations have killed hundreds of Israeli civilians and have injured thousands of Israeli civilians intentionally. Israel military has needed funding since the wars against the Palestinians because they never know when they are going to attack them. For example the Palestinians surprised the Israelis during the Yom Kippur (which is one of the most important holidays for the Jewish) and attacked them. This really took Israel by surprise because many soldiers were of duty because of the holiday. The Palestinians have attacked Israel many times, which have left many lives suffering. B'Tselem’s research has found that from June 2004 to November 2012 there has been 4 minors and one foreign national killed with Palestinians rocket and motor fire, 3 soldiers that were killed in Israel, a Qassam rocket killed one Israeli and three foreign nationals in the Gaza strip, one Israeli citizen and one soldier were killed by anti tank missiles. This is just some of the deaths caused by Palestinians. There has been over 1,000 death in just the beginning of the second intifada. This is one of the reasons why Israeli needs a better military.

The news of people dying and suffering, killings of women and children, and bombings by terrorists and militaries, has undoubtedly grabbed the world’s attention towards the Israel-Palestine conflict. While Palestinian children scream for their dead parents, the world’s leaders and academics initiated a frantic debate, trying hard to point out the real cause and viable solutions for the current situation. This has led to many peace initiatives by the international community that were unfortunately a devastating failure. This deadlock had left leaders and supporters of both sides blaming each other for their stubbornness, in some cases elevating the unrest in Israel and Palestine (Reynolds). In this difficult condition, it is hard for us to

There has been certain periods where it would vary throughout the decade but generally, it was more balanced. When the first intifada started in 1987, the author claimed that up towards end of 2001, coverage was increasingly becoming pro-Israeli. “Specifically, the newspaper has used a higher percentage of Israeli sources and more Israeli end quotes and personalized Israeli deaths more than Palestinian deaths.” (Elmasry, 2010). The author goes on to discuss the methods used by news articles that make them pro-Israeli rather than balanced. Among those reasons is the old “self-defence” claims. Another reason used is claiming “it was an accident”. An example of this is “The Israeli army attacked a Palestinian militia leader with a helicopter gunship Thursday, missing him but killing two others.” (Dellios, 2001) another more recent example occurred during the 2014 war on Gaza when the Israeli military launched missiles on a beach killing 4 boys who were playing soccer. “The boys were killed in full view of a hotel filled with foreign correspondents reporting on the conflict, which led to harrowing first-hand accounts of the attack.” (2015) the author spends a portion of the paper talking about the justification news articles use to legitimize Israel’s actions but that will be covered in the final

     Ariel Sharon is a big bully. I do not justify Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians, and I do believe that Yasser Arafat supported terror strikes, but Sharon knows that he has the upper hand in the whole situation. America is going to stand behind Israel, so Sharon makes all these crazy demands from the Palestinians. He will give them some of their land, but Israel will control the air space in the new Palestinian territory. Of course Palestine is not going to agree to that, demands like that are absurd, but Sharon has the world on his side because when he blows up a house full of Palestinians, it is referred to as a military action, but when Palestinians attack Israel it is looked at as terrorism.     President Bush and his cabinet of maniacs has created this entire scare of terror attacks, and Ariel Sharon was the first person to jump on that bandwagon. This was exactly what he