Introduction Translation and Subtitles: Abir Kopty – Freie Universität Berlin It is the eastern gate that consecutive civilizations had stepped in throughout history. Palestine, the heart of ancient world, is located south-west of the Levant between the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the Jordan River in the east. It was first inhabited by Arab Canaanites and afterwards many other nations and states have competed to reign such as Babylonian and Assyrian then Persian and Roman till the Islamic conquests in the 7th century. The last Islamic ruling ended with the Ottoman Empire after its defeat in WWI and the…
Antonia Novak, Bruna De Cristofaro & Nana Dolidze Palestine, the heart of the ancient world, lies in the southwest of Asia on the southern part of the Mediterranean Eastern Coast. Villages, cities and little towns within the West Bank and Gaza Strip have a unique history and are beautifully located. Despite this beauty, there is the sad reality of ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel, which makes life hard for citizens. The Palestinian territories are divided into the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The Gaza Strip is administered by the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, while…
Seeing the Unseen: How Framing Influences Perceptions of Palestine Created by: Christina Cavalcanti, Nilofar Eschborn, Antonia Gottschick, Lourde Hadid, Yumna Hamidi, Taha Yassen Jasim, & Mohammad Abdallah Khamis *Antonia Gottschick on screen* “As you’ve just read, today we’re going to talk about the aspects of protests in Palestine that are unseen in the media. We’re also going to discuss how the parts that are seen are framed in German media.” As a little disclaimer in the beginning: The purpose of this video is not to antagonize anyone, but to show how the media can create certain narratives through framing. *Antonia…
By Yasmine Guerin and Jan-Lukas Bohnhoff PDF Palestine regularly gains extensive coverage in international news, due mainly to its ongoing conflict with Israel, which is one of the longest violent conflicts in modern history. Unsurprisingly international coverage of the conflict has become a contested area as well. The influence of journalistic coverage on public opinion about the conflict cannot be underestimated, since foreign audiences as well as politicians often rely on it. Professional journalists are obligated to report objectively and neutrally, but are regularly accused of failing these goals, when it comes to Palestine (Deprez & Raeymaeckers, 2010). Pro-Israeli voices…
SILENCING PALESTINIAN CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA A film by Abdelmonem Mohamed,Dima Teeti, Laura Kübler,Canan Fedrowitz, Humaid AlAufi Start Scenes of the movie: Social media has become a very important news source for Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Especially young citizens gather information online. Among the social media platforms, Facebook is the most popular. More than one million Palestinians have a Facebook profile. Social media is seen as a tool for freedom of expression. Palestinian activists and social rights defenders use social media for sharing their opinion and organizing political events. But Israeli policies made it very hard for Palestinian activists…
Created by Juman Quneis, Muna Al Kurd & Khawla Mohammed 2020 Voiceover: This is a lens of an Israeli sniper’s rifle, watching the movement of an unarmed young man. The sniper aims at him and bets that he would shoot him to cheer. On the other side, it is the lens of the camera of a Palestinian journalist monitoring and documenting the incident. The impact of the two lenses is incomparable. Upon its creation, the occupying state of Israel committed dozens of massacres. They were reported by survivors and some historians, since there was no press that could reach out…
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