Peace, propaganda, & the promised land : U.S. media & the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Media Education Foundation ; directors, Sut Jhally, Bathsheba Ratzkoff ; producer, Bathsheba Ratzkoff ; writers, Bathsheba Ratzkoff, Sut Jhally.

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This documentary contends that the foreign policy interests of American political elites, working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies, exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Combines U.S. and British television news footage with...

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Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Jhally, Sut
Ratzkoff, Bathsheba
ʻAshrāwī, Ḥanān
Chomsky, Noam
Fish, Robert
Solomon, Alisa, 1956-
Lerner, Michael, 1943-
Bernstein, Dennis
Halper, Jeff
Arasoughly, Alia, 1947-
Koebner, Ian
Skvorak, Kevin
Terkel, Amir
Surasky, Cecilie
Even, Rona
Sanders, Elizabeth
Sanders, Marthame
Language:English
Arabic
French
Hebrew
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional Arabic, English, French, Hebrew or Spanish subtitles.
Published: [Northampton, Mass.] : Media Education Foundation, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:Expanded version with additional documentary films.
Subjects:
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993- > Public opinion.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993- > Press coverage.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993- > Mass media and the conflict.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1973-1993 > Public opinion.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1973-1993 > Press coverage.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1973-1993 > Mass media and the conflict.
Mass media > Political aspects > Israel.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States.
Mass media > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > Israel.
Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > United States.
Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > Great Britain.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (621 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Also issued online.
Variant Title:
Peace, propaganda, and the promised land : U.S. media & the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
U.S. media & the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
U.S. media and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • American media: occupied territory
  • Hidden occupation
  • Invisible colonization
  • Violence in a vacuum
  • Defining who is newsworthy
  • Myth of U.S. neutrality
  • Myth of the generous offer
  • Marginalized voices
  • Is peace possible?