The Performance of the Israeli Media in the Battle of Saif al-Quds

Year 2023, Volume: 23 Issue: 1, 151 - 172, 30.06.2023

Sami Ali Abdel Qader Abu Jalhum

https://doi.org/10.31456/beytulmakdis.1166491

Abstract

This research includes an introduction to the Israeli media: written, audio, visual and digital. It presents the vision and messages of the Israeli media towards the Israeli home front during the Battle of the Sword of Jerusalem, the position of this media on the Palestinian Arab uprising in the 1948 occupied territories, the events of the battle and their impact on Israeli society, highlighting the partisan conflict and the absence of Zionist consensus towards dealing with the resistance. As for the messages of the Israeli media directed to the Palestinian people and the Gaza Strip, they were part of psychological warfare and an attempt to weaken the morale of the Palestinians. And that the Zionist crimes of killing, destruction and sabotage were due to the activity of the Palestinian resistance and not because of the occupation policy in Jerusalem and the occupied Palestinian territories. The messages of the Israeli media to the Arab world came to influence the Arab incubator, which is inherently supportive of the Palestinian resistance, and it used some Arab and foreign Arabic-speaking satellite channels, and Arab activists and media professionals who adopted the Israeli version of the conflict. The Israeli media was interested in conveying the Israeli narrative to the international community, especially to its traditional allies in the West and the United States, through the Israeli media itself, or through appearances in foreign media. Despite the great activity of the Israeli media on the Internet and social networking sites, he is disappointed with the great sympathy with the Palestinians on these media. This research ends with a set of conclusions and recommendations.

Keywords

Jerusalem, Gaza, israeli media, Sword of Jerusalem Battle, Media

Supporting Institution

PALM Strategic Initiatives Centre

أداء الاعلام "الإسرائيلي" في معركة سيف القدس

Abstract

أدرك الصهاينة منذ بداية مشروعهم، أهمية امتلاك آلة إعلامية تناسب حجم المشروع. فأسسوا الصحف التي وجّهت رسائلها للتجمعات اليهودية في العالم وبشتى اللغات؛ لتجميعهم حول الفكرة الصهيونية، كما عملوا على إنشاء صحافة قادرة على اختراق الرأي العام العالمي لتأييد مشروعهم، وفي ذلك السياق، أنشأوا صحافة باللغة العربية، كتب فيها يهود عرب، وعرب متصهينون. وبعد إنشاء "دولة إسرائيل" على أنقاض الشعب العربي الفلسطيني، كان الإعلام الصهيوني جزءاً لا يتجزأ من أسلحة الدولة الصهيونية في حربها لتثبيت أركانها، وتحجيم أو تصفية أعدائها، مادياً ومعنوياً، بتبرير الجرائم التي يرتكبها الجيش "الإسرائيلي" ضد العرب، بل بتحريض المؤسسة الأمنية لمزيد من "الضربات" لردع المقاومة العربية والفلسطينية (نظرية الجدار الحديدي). وخلال معركة سيف القدس "حارس الأسوار" لعب الإعلام "الإسرائيلي" دوراً بارزاً في توجيه رسائل الدولة الصهيونية تجاه "مواطني إسرائيل" اليهود، وتجاه فلسطينيي الداخل المحتل عام 1948، وتجاه المواطنين الفلسطينيين في القدس والضفة الغربية وقطاع غزة، وكذلك تجاه الشعوب العربية والمجتمع الدولي. فإلى أي مدى نجح أو أخفق في إيصال رسائله، وما أبرز التحديات التي واجهته؟

Keywords

القدس, غزة, سيف القدس, الاعلام, فلسطين, إسرائيل

İsrail Medyasının Seyfu’l-Kudüs Savaşındaki Performansı

Abstract

Bu araştırma İsrail medyasına bir giriş içermektedir: yazılı, işitsel, görsel ve dijital. Seyfu’l-Kudüs Savaşı sırasında İsrail medyasının İsrail iç cephesine yönelik vizyonunu ve mesajlarını, bu medyanın 1948'de işgal edilen topraklardaki Filistinli Arap ayaklanmasına ilişkin tutumunu, savaşın olaylarını ve İsrail toplumu üzerindeki etkilerini sunmakta, partizan çatışmasını ve direnişle başa çıkmaya yönelik Siyonist uzlaşmanın yokluğunu vurgulamaktadır. İsrail medyasının Filistin halkına ve Gazze Şeridi'ne yönelik mesajlarına gelince, bunlar psikolojik savaşın ve Filistinlilerin moralini zayıflatma girişiminin bir parçasıydı. Yine buna göre, siyonistlerin işlediği öldürme, yıkım ve sabotaj suçları, Kudüs ve işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarındaki işgal politikasından değil, Filistin direnişinin faaliyetlerinden kaynaklanıyordu. İsrail medyasının Arap dünyasına verdiği mesajlar, doğası gereği Filistin direnişini destekleyen Arap inkübatörünü etkilemeye başladı ve bazı Arap ve Arapça konuşan yabancı uydu kanallarını ve çatışmanın İsrail anlatımını benimseyen Arap aktivistleri ve medya profesyonellerini kullandı. İsrail medyası, İsrail anlatısını uluslararası topluma, özellikle de Batı'daki ve ABD'deki geleneksel müttefiklerine, İsrail medyasının kendisi aracılığıyla ya da yabancı medyada yer almak suretiyle aktarmakla ilgileniyordu. İsrail medyasının internet ve sosyal paylaşım sitelerindeki büyük etkinliğine rağmen, bu mecralarda Filistinlilere duyulan büyük sempati onu hayal kırıklığına uğratmıştır. Bu minvalde, araştırma bir dizi sonuç ve öneriyle sona ermektedir.

Keywords

Kudüs, Filistin, İsrail, Medya

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